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It has been confirmed that the departure of human resources between 30 and 40 years in the biological field that investigates corona vaccines and the routes of virus infection abroad is serious.
In 2017 alone, there were about 10,000 people employed in the United States, and as it is important to secure national technology, it is noted that measures to attract talent are necessary.
Reporter Han Yeon-hee reports.
[기자]In the corona pandemic, countries around the world have entered a war without gunfire.
In addition to the development of vaccines and treatments, we are focusing on research to examine the structure of the virus and the route of infection in preparation for a variant of the virus that may come after Corona 19.
At the forefront are experts in life sciences and the field of medicine.
Since vaccines are considered a strategic material, it is important to secure virus-related technologies and human resources in Korea, but conversely, the outflow of human resources in the biological field has been found to be severe.
Regarding the distribution of jobs of Koreans who have been employed in the United States as assured by the Ministry of Science and ICT, the number of employees in the fields of biology, agriculture and environmental life has more than doubled by seven years, from 4,092 in 2010 to 9,493 in 2017.
In particular, the number of workers in their 30s who were relatively skilled and active in active activities increased from 1,732 in the United States in 2010 to 7,396 in 2017.
The trend of skilled labor employment in the United States is also evident in the fields of science and engineering.
The proportion of Koreans aged 20 and under who were employed in the field of science and engineering in the United States decreased from 35.1% in 2010 to 13% in 2017.
The percentage of employed people in their thirties rose steadily from 38.2% to 53.7%, and the percentage of people in their 40s also increased.
[전혜숙 / 더불어민주당 의원 : 유망 분야에서 왕성하고 숙련된 유능한 인재들이 해외로 유출되면서 대한민국이 인재 공백에 처해있습니다. 과학기술계의 유능한 인재들을 지원할 전략과 지원정책이 정부 차원에서 필요하다고 봅니다.]Clearly, there is freedom of choice and it is not easy to realistically prevent the outflow of foreign labor, since it is a private sector.
However, if Korea focuses more on the field of biological sciences and the conditions are established to provide better treatment, the degree of leakage will naturally decrease.
This is YTN Han Yeon-hee.
