Number of Scientific and Technical Personnel in State-owned
Enterprises and Institutions at the Year-end
(person)  
Year Total Engineering Agriculture Scientific Research Health Care Teaching
1978.6.30 4345000 1571000 294000 1276000 310000 894000
1979 4705400 1666900 324600 1396400 316800 1000700
1980 5276000 1862000 311000 1530000 323000 1250000
1981 5714000 2077000 328000 1680000 338000 1291000
1982 6264000 2354000 362000 1807000 372000 1369000
1983 6852000 2802000 405000 1934000 328000 1383000
1984 7466000 3162000 435000 2078000 335000 1456000
1985 7817000 3404000 451000 2161000 336000 1465000
1990 10808572 5100773 550954 2719864 291314 2145667
1991 17168413 5024000 463050 2757993 341934 8581436
1992 17596532 5204950 476853 2827599 337146 8749984
1993 18124140 5363632 496279 2916255 333851 9014123
1994 18658689 5535329 519827 2995940 321036 9286557
1995 19133834 5625850 535731 3035335 302879 9634039
1996 19856213 5680795 579157 3130788 303177 10162296
1997 20495006 5719337 611458 3213762 302684 10647765
1998 20913343 5656735 635929 3254958 290537 11075184
1999 21430140 5654863 654138 3329706 283532 11507901
2000 21650807 5551098 670105 3371966 274506 11783132
2001 21698037 5316327 674644 3390233 265554 12051279
2002 21860024 5289166 666998 3402326 262692 12238842
2003 21740000 4993000 683000 3441000 275000 12347000
a) Since 1991, the data include the personnel in the social field and the primary teachers, but exclude the personnel in the administration.
b) The regional data exclude the personnel in the state-owned enterprises and institution under the central government.