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As is shown by Statistics Bulletin on
China's S&T Budget for the year 2001 jointly
published by the State Statistics Bureau, the Ministry of
Science and Technology and the Ministry of Finance, the
Chinese government has continued to enhance its input in the
nation's R&D budgeting with a total amount exceeding the
threshold of RMB 100 billion at RMB 104.25 billion. As a
result, the international general indicator showing a
nation's R&D input strength has reached the historical
height of 1.1% of its GDP.
The Bulletin also shows
that the state financial appropriations for R&D sector
reached RMB 70.33 billion in the year, or RMB 12.77 billion
more against that of the previous year with a weight of 3.7
% in the nation's total financial budget. Meanwhile, the
total S&T expenditures amounted to RMB 231.25 billion,
or RMB 26.23 billion up in comparison with last year,
landing a growth of 12.8%.
The Bulletin indicates that
the R&D activities reflecting China's independent
R&D capacity recorded a total expenditure of RMB 104.25
billion in the year, or RMB 14.68 billion more than the
previous year with a growth rate of 16.3%. The
budgets for individual sectors such as basic studies,
applied studies and experimental development respectively
went up to RMB 5.22 billion, RMB 17.59 billion and RMB 81.43
billion,
or 11.8%, 15.8% and 16.8% higher than the
previous year with their respective portions of 5% , 16.9%
and 78.1% in the nation's total R&D expenditure.
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