21-34 Basic Statistics on Scientific Research and Development Institution
Item	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Personnel Engaged in S&T Activities (10 000 persons)	53.5	47.2	42.7	41.5	40.6
Scientists and Engineers	33.6	29.7	27.6	27.1	26.7
Full-time Equivalent of R&D Personnel	23.3	22.7	20.5	20.6	20.4
(10 000 man-years)
Scientists and Engineers	16.7	15.0	14.8	15.2	15.5
Basic Research	1.9	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.6
Applied Research	5.8	7.5	7.6	8.1	7.9
Experimental Development	6.0	12.8	10.3	10.2	9.9
Funding for S&T Activities (100 million yuan)	537.6	559.4	626.0	702.7	750.6
Government Appropriation Funds	338.6	377.4	434.9	498.0	535.0
Self-raised Funds by Enterprises	34.3	37.7	25.4	36.3	47.0
Loans from Finance Institutions	20.9	10.7	8.6	11.9	11.3
Internal Expenditures on S&T Activities	491.7	495.7	557.9	620.2	681.3
(100 million yuan)
Service Fees	115.1	120.4	142.5	159.8	169.1
Operating Expenses	178.8	245.1	231.9	298.6	313.5
Purchase or Construction of Fixed Assets	99.0	99.7	123.9	122.0	138.0
Expenditure on R&D (100 million yuan)	260.5	258.0	288.5	351.3	399.0
Basic Research	20.1	25.3	34.6	40.7	46.0
Applied Research	88.6	66.7	78.9	121.2	140.3
Experimental Development	151.9	166.0	175.0	189.4	212.7
a) The coverage of statistics is the research institutions and the science, technology information and literature institutions with independent accounting
system at county and higher levels, but excluding the research institutions which system have been reformed.