| 21-53 Number of Scientific and Technical Personnel in State-owned Enterprises and Institutions at Year-end | ||||||
| (person) | ||||||
| Year | Total | Engineering | Agriculture | Scientific | Health Care | Teaching |
| Region | Research | |||||
| 1990 | 16483542 | 4797176 | 450406 | 335066 | 2657588 | 8243306 |
| 1995 | 19133834 | 5625850 | 535731 | 302879 | 3035335 | 9634039 |
| 1996 | 19920785 | 5745367 | 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 |
| 2002 | 21860024 | 5289166 | 666998 | 262692 | 3402326 | 12238842 |
| 2003 | 21739699 | 4992867 | 683437 | 275496 | 3441109 | 12346790 |
| 2004 | 21783019 | 4807869 | 704576 | 282002 | 3532282 | 12456290 |
| 2005 | 21978684 | 4791227 | 705720 | 311166 | 3581181 | 12589390 |
| 2006 | 22298171 | 4893672 | 701930 | 326728 | 3612091 | 12763750 |
| Beijing | 338690 | 94190 | 4922 | 4261 | 76110 | 159207 |
| Tianjin | 247307 | 64632 | 2995 | 2548 | 54137 | 122995 |
| Hebei | 1004491 | 117702 | 26256 | 3491 | 145179 | 711863 |
| Shanxi | 675520 | 129860 | 20162 | 3965 | 100348 | 421185 |
| Inner Mongolia | 470959 | 59529 | 27465 | 1985 | 81658 | 300322 |
| Liaoning | 733177 | 117426 | 25440 | 7884 | 157228 | 425199 |
| Jilin | 549781 | 75871 | 23209 | 8841 | 108314 | 333546 |
| Heilongjiang | 659834 | 115626 | 28653 | 7043 | 130183 | 378329 |
| Shanghai | 331827 | 96416 | 2186 | 6366 | 79051 | 147808 |
| Jiangsu | 997427 | 118228 | 30219 | 7754 | 170548 | 670678 |
| Zhejiang | 681522 | 96700 | 18316 | 5925 | 140681 | 419900 |
| Anhui | 708707 | 82767 | 18959 | 3195 | 94947 | 508839 |
| Fujian | 513586 | 65723 | 15425 | 4411 | 64213 | 363814 |
| Jiangxi | 613347 | 72417 | 19837 | 3236 | 110404 | 407453 |
| Shandong | 1494089 | 217171 | 49025 | 11541 | 266515 | 949837 |
| Henan | 1252962 | 116771 | 26950 | 4960 | 179347 | 924934 |
| Hubei | 817456 | 85511 | 23139 | 6518 | 189613 | 512675 |
| Hunan | 908213 | 111542 | 30660 | 4527 | 174612 | 586872 |
| Guangdong | 1212040 | 137802 | 16999 | 5163 | 246679 | 805397 |
| Guangxi | 731406 | 123694 | 23527 | 3081 | 118176 | 462928 |
| Hainan | 122935 | 9810 | 3791 | 524 | 23139 | 85671 |
| Chongqing | 371332 | 43703 | 16324 | 2141 | 58280 | 250884 |
| Sichuan | 996897 | 115657 | 48390 | 4833 | 168161 | 659856 |
| Guizhou | 521801 | 61454 | 26931 | 1423 | 73374 | 358619 |
| Yunnan | 650316 | 80644 | 38854 | 3495 | 103903 | 423420 |
| Tibet | 39433 | 3430 | 1802 | 553 | 7633 | 26015 |
| Shaanxi | 612716 | 89677 | 24774 | 2728 | 96674 | 398863 |
| Gansu | 423000 | 58453 | 24211 | 1666 | 57643 | 281027 |
| Qinghai | 101162 | 14492 | 8173 | 645 | 19099 | 58753 |
| Ningxia | 121378 | 21032 | 10861 | 681 | 20979 | 67825 |
| Xinjiang | 412214 | 52118 | 33970 | 2458 | 68219 | 255449 |
| a) Since 1991, the data include the personnel in the social field and the primary teachers, but do not include the personnel in the administration. | ||||||
| b) The regional data exclude the personnel in the state-owned enterprises and institution under the central government. | ||||||