According to the Executive Yuan, of the 79,000-some students who have left Taiwan over the past twenty years to pursue further studies abroad, only 11,000 have returned. Luring these talented, experienced people back home is a goal that the government has been actively working for.
據行政院青年輔導委員會統計，過去的廿年內，台灣地區總共有七萬九千名學生出國深造，其中絕大部分到了美國；學成回國的卻只有一萬一千，這些留滯異鄉遊子中，不乏有高學歷、具工作經驗，且「身懷絕技」的科技人才，是政府積極爭取的目標。