How big is the gap between China and the United States in bio-industry?

? The medical industry in the United States, whether it is medicine, nurses or related pharmacists, is an industry with stable income and high social status. But there is no medical major in American undergraduate courses. When I entered medical school, this science biology had great advantages. Therefore, in the past two or three decades, undergraduate biology in the United States has been a popular choice for students, because most of them are engaged in medical majors. And China, medicine and biology, are two independent majors. There is no big industrial market for biology specialty at present, and in the long run, this industrial market will not be very big.

? Postgraduate education in biology in the United States is usually provided by two colleges, one is the College of Arts and Sciences, which is the traditional biology department. The other is medical college, or pharmaceutical college. This is the real main force. Most of the departments of biochemistry, biophysics and genetics we know are under the medical college. I roughly estimate that the number of teachers and students engaged in biology in American liberal arts colleges is less than one tenth of that in medical colleges. Because the American medical system makes a lot of money, they have enough money to invest in related basic scientific research, build various majors, recruit employees, students and doctors. Because American students don't apply so much, they also vigorously recruit international students.

? Therefore, if it is easier for graduate students majoring in biology in the United States to find jobs than in China, it is because the medical industry in the United States is very rich, which has produced more basic and applied research posts and absorbed a large number of doctors in biology. Although the average wage in the United States is a little lower, it can guarantee a well-off or middle-class life in terms of the economic level of the United States. Unlike China, except IT and finance, most people feel that normal wages are not enough.