15-29  Number of Scientific and Technical Personnel in Enterprises And Institutions
(person)
Year	Total
		Engineering	Agriculture	Health Care	Scientific Researcn	Teaching
1978. 6月末	85063	22198	13141	31741	3042	14941
1981	120277	31669	15370	44840	3816	24582
1982	134320	36878	16508	49273	3633	28028
1983	153887	44515	19526	55159	3317	31370
1984	161306	48292	20236	57045	3307	32723
1985	158709	51636	20730	57559	3416	25368
1986	173904	55385	20908	59283	3556	34772
1987	188330	63145	21779	61033	3681	38692
1988	201597	74187	22882	63201	4104	46223
1989	219850	80862	22853	65431	3895	46809
1990	241524	92383	25089	71906	4326	47820
1991	394931	91438	24106	72435	5016	201936
1992	404540	95814	25432	74149	5094	204051
1993	411073	100105	24668	75377	5090	205833
1994	424318	104209	26709	78466	5051	209883
1995	437209	109463	28096	79014	4825	215811
1996	325286	58108	22306	55332	2691	186849
1997	345273	60324	24434	58787	2933	198795
1998	355878	59009	27727	6008	2701	206433
1999	367125	75276	25856	57054	2515	206424
2000	368262	58576	27764	62338	2409	217175
2001	385129	59913	30043	65585	2492	227096
2002	387726	58011	31867	65364	2337	230147
Note: a) The Specialezed and technical personnel include those who work in enterprises and institutions (excluding administrative organs), teaching Staff, those work in social and nature scientific fields as well as elementary school teachers from 1991 on.
b) After 1996, the data exclude the figure of professionals with national establishments stationed to Xinjiang and thus the number of staff is reduced a lot.