21-33  Basic Statistics on Scientific and Technological Activities                              
           
Item 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003  
           
  Personnel Engaged in S&T Activities (10 000 persons)       290.6 322.4 314.1 322.2 328.4
        Scientists and Engineers          159.5 204.6 207.2 217.2 225.5
  Full-time Equivalent of R&D Personnel 82.2 92.2 95.7 103.5 109.5
                                                 (10 000 man-years)
        Scientists and Engineers          53.1 69.5 74.3 81.0 86.2
  Funding for S&T Activities              (100 million yuan) 1460.6 2346.7 2589.4 2938.0 3459.1
        Government Funds           473.0 593.4 656.4 776.2 839.3
        Self-raised Funds by Enterprises 745.9 1296.4 1458.4 1676.7 2053.5
        Loans from Finance Institutions                        123.0 196.2 190.8 201.9 259.3
  Internal Expenditures on S&T Activities 1284.9 2050.2 2312.5 2671.5 3121.6
                                                               (100 million yuan) 
      Service Fees 270.2 475.8 549.3 654.6 751.5
    Purchase or Construction of Fixed Assets 357.4 607.3 692.3 722.6 852.4
  Expenditure on R&D                         (100 million yuan)  678.9 895.7 1042.5 1287.6 1539.6
      Basic Research 33.9 46.7 52.2 73.8 87.7
      Applied Research 151.5 151.9 175.9 246.7 311.4
      Experimental Development 493.5 697.0 814.3 967.2 1140.5
  Proportion of Expenditure on R&D to GDP           (%) 0.83 1.00 1.07 1.23 1.31
  
  Achievements in S&T and National Prizes Won
      Number of Major Achievements 31060 32858 28448 26697 30486
         in Science and Technology 
      Number of National Invention Prizes Awarded  69 23 14 21 19
      Number of National Scientific and            476 250 191 218 216
        Technological Progress Prizes Awarded      
  Transaction Value in Technical Market (100 million) 523 651 783 884 1085
  Total Patent Applications Examined 134239 170682 203573 252631 308487
       Inventions 36694 51747 63204 80232 105318
       Utility Models 57492 68815 79722 93139 109115
       Designs 40053 50120 60647 79260 94054
  Total Patent Applications Certified 100156 105345 114251 132399 182226
       Inventions 7637 12683 16296 21473 37154
       Utility Models 56368 54743 54359 57484 68906
       Designs 36151 37919 43596 53442 76166