In 2007, national total expenditures of R&D reached 371.02 billion yuan, jumping 70.71 billion yuan as compared with previous year, up by 23.5 percent, and with 1.49 percent of input intensity. The average R&D expenditure per capita by R&D personnel (full-time work) was 214 thousand yuan, 14 thousand yuan more than the previous year.
In terms of different types of activities, the expenditure on basic research hit 17.45 billion yuan, increased 12.0 percent year-on-year; the expenditure on applied research stood at 49.29 billion yuan, increased 0.8 percent; the expenditure on experimental development totaled 304.28 billion yuan, climbing 29.0 percent. The proportion of the above three items was 4.7, 13.3 and 82.0 percent respectively.
In terms of different executive departments, the expenditures by various types of enterprises reached 268.19 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25.6 percent; the expenditures by research institutions subordinated to the government departments arrived at 68.79 billion yuan, grew 21.3 percent; the expenditures by universities amounted to 31.47 billion yuan, climbing 13.7 percent. The proportion of expenditures among enterprises, research institutions subordinated to the government departments, and universities was 72.3, 18.5 and 8.5 percent respectively to national total expenditures.
In terms of different sectors, there are 8 sectors having input intensity exceeded 1.0 percent in R&D funds. The proportion of special equipment manufacturing was 1.95 percent, pharmaceutical manufacturing was 1.82 percent, general equipment industry was 1.53 percent, electric machinery and equipment manufacturing was 1.42 percent, transportation equipment manufacturing was 1.41 percent, rubber manufactures was 1.28 percent, communications equipment, computer and other electronic equipment manufacturing was 1.15 percent, and instrumentation and culture, office machinery manufacturing was 1.03 percent.
In terms of different regions, there were 12 provinces and municipalities with R&D expenditures more than 10 billion yuan, they are Beijing, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Shandong, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Liaoning, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Tianjin, Hubei and Henan, the total expenditures of these 12 provinces and municipalities reached at 299.46 billion yuan, accounting for 80.7 percent to national total expenditures. There were 7 provinces and municipalities with input intensity of R&D expenditures at or above national average level, they are Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Liaoning.
S&T funds allocated by finance
In 2007, S&T funds allocated by national finance amounted to 211.35 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 42.5 billion yuan, rose 25.2 percent; sharing 4.25 percent to national financial expenditure of current year, and reached the highest level since 1998.
