APPENDIX 1-26  Number of Research Staff, Technicians and Supporting Personnel and Expenditures for R&D
Year
	Number of Research Staff,				Expenditures for Research
	Technicians and Supporting Personnel				and Experimental			Number of
	(person)①				Development②			Research
								Staff
								per 10 000
								People
	Total	Research Staff	Technicians	Supporting	Total	As % of	As % of	(person)
				Personnel	(NT $100	GDP	Government
					million)		Subsidies
1991	82436	34387	34630	13419	818	1.65	52.1	16.7
1992	77750	36658	33815	7277	948	1.72	52.2	17.6
1993	90918	40464	38161	12293	1036	1.70	49.0	19.3
1994	95088	43115	39108	12865	1147	1.72	47.4	20.4
1995	105822	47867	44246	13709	1250	1.72	43.7	22.4
1996	116853	53754	46844	16255	1380	1.74	41.6	25.0
1997	129165	56419	54190	18556	1563	1.82	40.2	25.9
1998	129305	62586	51158	15561	1765	1.91	38.3	28.5
1999	134845	67165	51754	15926	1905	1.98	32.5	30.4
2000	137622	69526	51581	16515	1976	1.97	33.4	31.2
2001	138409	73239	48886	16283	2050	2.08	33.3	32.7
2002	162340	93139	51820	17381	2244	2.18	35.2	41.4
2003	172950	100164	55541	17245	2429	2.31	35.2	44.3
2004	187001	108891	60425	17684	2633	2.38	33.6	48.0
2005	195721	115954	62298	17469	2810	2.45	31.5	50.9
2006	212483	126168	67715	18600	3070	2.58	31.4	55.2
2007	228551	135918	72709	19924	3314	2.62	29.9	59.2
Note: ① Data since 2002 includes national defence students and PhD students, data since 2003 includes the newly investigation industry; Research
staff refers to people with postgraduate degree or PhD degree.
② Data since 2002 includes national defence industry; data since 2003 includes the newly investigation industry; GDP data is calculated based
on 1993 SNA; the classification of the origins of Expenditures for Research and Experiment Development is made according to OECD
standard. Data on government excludes state-run enterprises, and covers the year of 1999.