| 20-53 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 |
| 2007 | 22545110 | 5017747 | 701481 | 349208 | 3640554 | 12836120 |
| Beijing | 340120 | 93475 | 4898 | 5227 | 76992 | 159528 |
| Tianjin | 247584 | 65725 | 3014 | 2636 | 54736 | 121473 |
| Hebei | 1004636 | 122426 | 24371 | 3262 | 144729 | 709848 |
| Shanxi | 687679 | 134252 | 20061 | 3862 | 101456 | 428048 |
| Inner Mongolia | 486148 | 70527 | 27645 | 2160 | 82346 | 303470 |
| Liaoning | 715461 | 115042 | 26747 | 8204 | 151814 | 413654 |
| Jilin | 558105 | 82004 | 25639 | 8026 | 114689 | 327747 |
| Heilongjiang | 678135 | 116331 | 32285 | 7448 | 137244 | 384827 |
| Shanghai | 337699 | 100722 | 2368 | 5916 | 80551 | 148142 |
| Jiangsu | 998178 | 113031 | 28309 | 7263 | 177228 | 672347 |
| Zhejiang | 688800 | 97574 | 18852 | 6155 | 143448 | 422771 |
| Anhui | 711492 | 83840 | 19707 | 3310 | 94159 | 510476 |
| Fujian | 519534 | 67607 | 13540 | 4568 | 65439 | 368380 |
| Jiangxi | 618036 | 72574 | 20558 | 3269 | 113665 | 407970 |
| Shandong | 1494182 | 213572 | 46735 | 11312 | 270715 | 951848 |
| Henan | 1263425 | 119226 | 27417 | 5550 | 184489 | 926743 |
| Hubei | 804191 | 79913 | 18757 | 6462 | 186162 | 512897 |
| Hunan | 905426 | 106498 | 30595 | 9464 | 167301 | 591568 |
| Guangdong | 1234792 | 140828 | 17311 | 5711 | 246480 | 824462 |
| Guangxi | 745589 | 128345 | 23337 | 3031 | 119447 | 471429 |
| Hainan | 124419 | 9077 | 4110 | 403 | 24216 | 86613 |
| Chongqing | 373697 | 43424 | 15794 | 2525 | 56986 | 254968 |
| Sichuan | 999505 | 115685 | 47835 | 6389 | 167050 | 662546 |
| Guizhou | 525180 | 57759 | 26715 | 1399 | 74479 | 364828 |
| Yunnan | 659890 | 82453 | 38277 | 3589 | 104992 | 430579 |
| Tibet | 42402 | 2743 | 1751 | 623 | 8151 | 29134 |
| Shaanxi | 619805 | 95602 | 26874 | 2786 | 97876 | 396667 |
| Gansu | 433827 | 58075 | 24210 | 2013 | 59510 | 290019 |
| Qinghai | 102388 | 15016 | 8372 | 603 | 19501 | 58896 |
| Ningxia | 117468 | 20079 | 10624 | 524 | 18580 | 67661 |
| Xinjiang | 411099 | 50286 | 33776 | 2452 | 69091 | 255494 |
| 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. | ||||||