| 20-42 Number of Scientific and Technical Personnel in State-owned | ||||||
| Enterprises and Institutions at the Year-end | ||||||
| (persons) | ||||||
| Year | Total | Engineering | Agriculture | Scientific | Health Care | Teaching |
| Region | Research | |||||
| 1978.6.30 | 4345000 | 1571000 | 294000 | 310000 | 1276000 | 894000 |
| 1979 | 4705400 | 1666900 | 324600 | 316800 | 1396400 | 1000700 |
| 1980 | 5276000 | 1862000 | 311000 | 323000 | 1530000 | 1250000 |
| 1981 | 5714000 | 2077000 | 328000 | 338000 | 1680000 | 1291000 |
| 1982 | 6264000 | 2354000 | 362000 | 372000 | 1807000 | 1369000 |
| 1983 | 6852000 | 2802000 | 405000 | 328000 | 1934000 | 1383000 |
| 1984 | 7466000 | 3162000 | 435000 | 335000 | 2078000 | 1456000 |
| 1985 | 7817000 | 3404000 | 451000 | 336000 | 2161000 | 1465000 |
| 1990 | 10808572 | 5100773 | 550954 | 291314 | 2719864 | 2145667 |
| 1991 | 17168413 | 5024000 | 463050 | 341934 | 2757993 | 8581436 |
| 1992 | 17596532 | 5204950 | 476853 | 337146 | 2827599 | 8749984 |
| 1993 | 18124140 | 5363632 | 496279 | 333851 | 2916255 | 9014123 |
| 1994 | 18658689 | 5535329 | 519827 | 321036 | 2995940 | 9286557 |
| 1995 | 19133834 | 5625850 | 535731 | 302879 | 3035335 | 9634039 |
| 1996 | 19856213 | 5680795 | 579157 | 303177 | 3130788 | 10162296 |
| 1997 | 20495006 | 5719337 | 611458 | 302684 | 3213762 | 10647765 |
| 1998 | 20913343 | 5656735 | 635929 | 290537 | 3254958 | 11075184 |
| 1999 | 21430140 | 5654863 | 654138 | 283532 | 3329706 | 11507901 |
| 2000 | 21650807 | 5551098 | 670105 | 274506 | 3371966 | 11783132 |
| 2001 | 21698037 | 5316327 | 674644 | 265554 | 3390233 | 12051279 |
| Beijing | 347390 | 109749 | 4971 | 4053 | 66466 | 162151 |
| Tianjin | 268957 | 83349 | 2684 | 2178 | 56727 | 124019 |
| Hebei | 955477 | 155957 | 25078 | 2860 | 123013 | 648569 |
| Shanxi | 590460 | 125134 | 17549 | 3463 | 86843 | 357471 |
| Inner Mongolia | 416932 | 69548 | 18979 | 2084 | 69156 | 257165 |
| Liaoning | 861628 | 228402 | 27553 | 6703 | 165332 | 433638 |
| Jilin | 552708 | 105418 | 27578 | 3684 | 97302 | 318726 |
| Heilongjiang | 737459 | 175644 | 29905 | 5069 | 132167 | 394674 |
| Shanghai | 357431 | 119039 | 2823 | 5720 | 79623 | 150226 |
| Jiangsu | 1094258 | 242075 | 36862 | 6416 | 168459 | 640446 |
| Zhejiang | 635185 | 112939 | 19195 | 4205 | 121796 | 377050 |
| Anhui | 719800 | 115741 | 20471 | 3111 | 92677 | 487800 |
| Fujian | 515624 | 81635 | 14498 | 4218 | 57343 | 357930 |
| Jiangxi | 582360 | 90871 | 19717 | 2446 | 100608 | 368718 |
| Shandong | 1457094 | 290743 | 51940 | 8467 | 236073 | 869871 |
| Henan | 1219574 | 154717 | 28071 | 4056 | 162295 | 870435 |
| Hubei | 899209 | 159821 | 30501 | 6345 | 188711 | 513831 |
| Hunan | 904692 | 142341 | 26275 | 4884 | 144901 | 586291 |
| Guangdong | 1079642 | 168354 | 14151 | 4467 | 181703 | 710967 |
| Guangxi | 663716 | 125345 | 23754 | 2791 | 104876 | 406950 |
| Hainan | 102205 | 12270 | 3434 | 465 | 16249 | 69787 |
| Chongqing | 352303 | 53246 | 11899 | 2097 | 53288 | 231773 |
| Sichuan | 1009663 | 148890 | 43258 | 5005 | 156444 | 656066 |
| Guizhou | 472857 | 66473 | 26491 | 1682 | 71203 | 307008 |
| Yunnan | 631726 | 99653 | 38082 | 3493 | 100695 | 389803 |
| Tibet | 31532 | 3139 | 1766 | 363 | 7131 | 19133 |
| Shaanxi | 532056 | 100312 | 19350 | 2400 | 78838 | 331156 |
| Gansu | 357019 | 60742 | 18296 | 1905 | 50370 | 225706 |
| Qinghai | 90940 | 15337 | 5864 | 615 | 17136 | 51988 |
| Ningxia | 115606 | 23776 | 7076 | 736 | 20435 | 63583 |
| Xinjiang | 387545 | 60068 | 30049 | 2626 | 65740 | 229062 |
| a)The regional data exclude the personnel in the state-owned enterprises and institution under the central government. | ||||||