16-28    Number of Scientific and Technical Personnel in Enterprises And Institutions
(person)
  Total          
Year          
  Engineering Agriculture Health Care Scientific Teaching
  Researcn
1978. 6月末 85063 22198 13141 31741 3042 14941
1985 158709 51636 20730 57559 3416 25368
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
2003 385705 57506 30808 65622 2236 229533
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.