8-7  Government Expenditure for Science and Research

(100 million yuan)

Year

Total

Expenditure

Expenditure

Expenditure  on Capital

Other S&T

for S&T

for Sciences

Construction of

Operating

Promotion

S&T Institutes

Expenditure

1978

52.89

25.47

15.46

6.66

5.30

1980

64.59

27.57

19.63

11.27

6.12

1985

102.59

44.35

32.00

18.83

7.41

1989

127.87

59.13

38.45

17.91

12.38

1990

139.12

63.48

44.44

17.47

13.73

1991

160.69

73.32

54.15

18.40

14.82

1992

189.26

89.41

57.16

24.55

18.14

1993

225.61

106.56

65.59

33.95

19.51

1994

268.25

114.22

87.90

36.06

30.07

1995

302.36

136.02

96.86

38.00

31.48

1996

348.63

155.01

109.66

48.55

35.41

1997

408.86

189.97

127.12

42.74

49.03

1998

438.60

189.90

151.92

47.28

49.50

1999

543.85

272.80

168.06

52.89

50.10

2000

575.62

277.22

189.03

61.52

47.85

2001

703.26

359.64

223.08

63.37

57.17

2002

816.22

398.60

269.85

69.99

77.78

2003

975.54

416.64

300.79

111.06

147.05

2004

1095.34

483.98

335.93

95.90

179.53

2005

1334.91

609.69

389.14

112.50

223.58

a) Expenses on capital construction of S&T institutes are calculated by the National Bureau of Statistics, data of 2005 are preliminary data.