APPENDIX 1-26 Number of Research Staff, Technicians and Supporting Personnel and Expenditures for R&D
                 
Year     Number of
Number of Research Staff, Expenditures for Research Research 
Technicians and Supporting Personnel and Experimental Staff
 (person) Development per 10 000
              People
Total Research Staff Technicians Assistants Total As % of As % of  (person)
        (NT $100 GDP Government  
        million)   Subsidies  
                 
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 1.97 32.5 30.4
2000 137622 69526 51581 16515 1976 1.94 33.4 31.2
2001 138409 73239 48886 16283 2050 2.06 33.3 32.7
2002 162340 93139 51820 17381 2244 2.16 35.2 41.4
2003 172950 100164 55541 17245 2429 2.27 35.2 44.3
2004 187001 108891 60425 17684 2633 2.32 33.6 48.0
2005 195721 115954 62298 17469 2810 2.39 31.5 50.9
2006 212483 126168 67715 18600 3070 2.51 31.4 55.2
2007 228551 135918 72709 19924 3314 2.57 29.9 59.2
2008 240876 143862 77117 19897 3514 2.77 28.2 62.4