Recent rapid development of the Chinese economy based on science and technology is challenging Korean industries and economy. Since the driving force for this rapid development of China is known to be scientific technologies, the purpose of this research is to confirm the current status of Chinese scientific research in the field of "Materials Science and Engineering" and propose a strategy for competition with China. Even though there are numerous journals of "Materials Science and Engineering", the 10 most popular journals with high impact factors were selected to cover general materials, nano materials, bio materials, and electronic materials. It was found that the number of scientific papers written by Chinese scientists for the materials field in the 10 journals was slowly increasing from the year 2000 until 2005, but has been rapidly increasing since 2005. This research found that Chinese research activities in the traditional metallic materials and nano materials have tremendously increased to occupy around 30 % or more papers published in several major journals related with materials science and engineering. On the other hand, bio materials and electronic materials research has not been pursued so actively; however, very recently the number of publications in these fields is also beginning to increase. To compete with this tremendously growing Chinese scientific development, Korea should have a policy of "selection and concentration" in materials-related fields, including basic science in nano, bio, and electronic materials.

최근 일련의 총기범죄는 우리사회가 이제 더 이상 총기로부터 안전한 사회가 아니라는 것을 증명해주었다. 총기범죄는 그 피해가 막대하고 사회에 미치는 영향이 파격적이므로 더 이상 확산되기 전에 대책을 강구해야 한다. 유엔을 비롯하여 세계 각국에서도 총기의 제조 및 판매, 소지를 제한하는 각종 법규 및 프로그램을 강구, 시행 중이며, 우리나라에서도 관련법제를 두어 총기판매 등을 제한하고 있으나 실제로는 총기의 불법유통과 이로 인한 범죄발생 등에 효과적으로 대처하지 못하고 있다. 따라서 이 논문은 국제사회의 총기범죄의 실태 및 대책을 살펴보고 이를 통해 우리나라의 관련대안을 모색하는데 연구목적을 두었다.