According to the estimate of the industrial park, the number of senior overseas scholars who returned to obtain employment started to rise sharply in 1989. Currently, there are altogether 1000 of them working in the park, while ITRI, also located in Hsinchu, has 800 employees who returned from abroad.
根據科學園區管理局統計，歸國就業的資深海外學人，從七十八年起開始大增，目前總計有一千位在園區內工作。而同樣位於新竹的工研院中，也有八百多人是由海外回來的。