The number of returnees establishing themselves in Hsinchu hit a high of 6,000 in 1995. As of 2004, Taiwanese who had studied abroad had founded 113 of the park's 384 firms (29 %) and accounted for 4 % of its 100,000 workers. In recent years, the numbers returning to Hsinchu have ebbed, a fact which some attribute to the science park having reached capacity.
根據 2004 年的統計，竹科 384 家廠商，約有 113 家、29 % 由海外學人創立，歸國學人佔竹科十萬員工的 4 %，並在 1995 年達到 6000 人回流的高峰。