Basic Statistics on National Scientific and Technological Activities
 
Item
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Scientific and Technological Activities




 
Number of Scientific Technological 24985 23610 22531 22151 22223 28461.0
Research Institutions




 
In Large and Medium Industrial Enterprises 13107 12033 11142 10926 11237  
Number of Persons Engaged in Scientific 262.5 290.3 288.6 281.4 290.6 319.0
and Technological Activities




 
(10 000 persons)




 
Scientists and Engineers 155.4 168.8 166.8 149.0 159.5 200.4
Number of Persons Engaged in Research 75.2 80.4 83.1 75.5 82.2 89.3
and Development (10 000 person year)




 
Scientists and Engineers 52.2 54.8 58.9 48.5 53.1 67.5
Funding for Scientific and Technological 962.5 1043.2 1181.9 1289.8 1460.6 2370.0
Activities (100 million yuan)




 
Government Funds 248.7 272.0 310.0 353.8 473.0 594.8
Funds Self-raised 425.2 434.2 527.1 655.1 745.9 ¡ 1319.5
Bank Loans 127.1 149.8 155.2 171.0 123.0 194.9
Expenditures for Scientific and 846.9 933.0 1065.2 1128.5 1284.9 2064.1
Technological Activities




 
(100 million yuan)




 
Service Fees 178.7 187.1 211.5 236.2 270.2 476.5
Operation Fees 274.1 300.6 352.4 374.6 434.8  
Purchases of Fixed Assets 241.1 269.1 293.4 304.6 357.4 619.6
Research and Development Expenses 348.7 404.5 481.5 551.1 678.9 897.7
Fundamental Research 18.1 20.2 27.4 28.9 33.9 44.8
Applied Research 92.0 99.1 130.6 124.6 151.5 147.1
Experimental Development 238.6 285.1 323.4 397.5 493.5 705.8
Proportion of Research and Development 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.0
Expenses to GDP (¥)




 
Achievements in Scientific and




 
Technological Research and National




 
Prizes Won




 
Number of Major Achievements 31099 31000 30566 28584 31060 32858
in Science and Technology




 
Number of National Invention Prizes 131 111 100 72 69 23
Awarded




 
Number of National Scientific and 607 536 475 471 476 250
Technological Progress Prizes Awarded




 
Transaction Value in Technical Market 268 300 351 436 523 651
by Region (100 million)




 
Patent




 
Total Patent Applications Examined 83045 102735 114208 121989 134239 170682
Creation and Inventions 21636 28517 33669 35960 36694 51747
Utility Models 43741 49604 50129 51397 57492 68815
Designs 17668 24614 30413 34632 40053 50120
Total Patent Applications Certified 45064 43780 50992 67889 100156 105345
Creation and Inventions 3393 2976 3494 4733 7637 12683
Utility Models 30471 27171 27338 33902 56368 54743
Designs 11200 13633 20160 29254 36151 37919