| APPENDIX 1-26 Number of Research Staff, Technicians and Supporting Personnel and Expenditures for R&D | |||||||||
| Year | Number of Research Staff, | Expenditures for Research | Number of | Expenditures | |||||
| Technicians and Supporting Personnel | and Experimental | Research | for R&D | ||||||
| (person) | Development | Staff | per Research | ||||||
| Total | Research Staff | Technicians | Assistants | Total | As % of | As % of | per 10 000 | Staff | |
| (NT $100 | GDP | Government | People | per year | |||||
| million) | Subsidies | (person) | (10000 NT) | ||||||
| 2004 | 187001 | 108891 | 60425 | 17684 | 2632.71 | 2.32 | 33.6 | 48.0 | 242 |
| 2005 | 195721 | 115954 | 62298 | 17469 | 2809.80 | 2.39 | 31.5 | 50.9 | 242 |
| 2006 | 212483 | 126168 | 67715 | 18600 | 3070.37 | 2.51 | 31.4 | 55.2 | 243 |
| 2007 | 228551 | 135918 | 72709 | 19924 | 3313.86 | 2.57 | 29.9 | 59.2 | 244 |
| 2008 | 240876 | 143862 | 77117 | 19897 | 3514.05 | 2.78 | 28.2 | 62.4 | 244 |
| 2009 | 256019 | 154818 | 80163 | 21038 | 3671.74 | 2.94 | 28.9 | 67.0 | 237 |
| 2010 | 272563 | 164874 | 86667 | 21022 | 3949.60 | 2.90 | 27.5 | 71.2 | 240 |