20-43  Basic Statistics on Higher Education for Science and Technology Activities
Item	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Basic Statistics on Higher Education
Number of Institutions                                 (unit)	1867	1908	2263	2305	2358	2409
Natural Sciences & Technology	800	786	827	1003	970	975
Social Sciences & Humanities	843	840	869	954	963	997
R&D Institutions                                         (unit)	4154	4502	5159	6082	7833	8630
Statistics on R&D Input
R&D Personnel                          (10 000 persons)	42.1	44.8	47.8	50.9	59.4	63.2
Full-time Equivalent of R&D Personnel	24.2	25.4	26.6	27.5	29.0	29.9
(10 000 man-years)
Basic Research	9.0	9.4	10.9	11.3	12.0	12.9
Applied Research	11.3	12.0	13.7	14.1	14.8	15.0
Experimental Development	3.9	4.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.0
Expenditure on R&D              (100 million yuan)	276.8	314.7	390.2	468.2	597.3	688.8
Basic Research	71.4	86.8	114.8	145.5	179.9	226.7
Applied Research	137.3	161.8	208.9	250.0	337.0	372.4
Experimental Development	68.2	66.1	66.5	72.6	80.3	89.8
Government Appropriation Funds	151.5	177.7	225.5	262.2	358.8	405.1
Self-raised Funds by Enterprises	101.2	110.3	134.9	171.7	198.5	242.9
Statistics on R&D Topics
R&D Projects                                              (item)	365294	375425	429096	476708	547717	604107
Participants                            (10 000 man-years)	26.8	25.2	26.6	27.4	28.9	29.9
Expenditure                            (100 million yuan)	287.0	258.2	323.2	363.5	467.0	535.3
Statistics on S&T Outputs and Results
Scientific Papers Issued                             (piece)	830948	905985	964877	1016345	1062512	1109965
Published in Foreign Periodicals	90722	108727	134058	156750	182247	218301
Publication on Science and Technology     (kind)	34633	35733	37541	40919	38101	37472
Number of Patents Applications Accepted(piece)	24490	29860	40610	56641	72744	95592
Inventions	18059	21864	29337	36241	44132	54362
Number of Patents Applications Granted  (piece)	12043	14111	19248	25570	37490	53055
Inventions	6650	8251	10216	14408	18055	25064