20-3  Basic Statistics on Higher Education for Science and Technology Activities|20-3BasicStatisticsonHigherEducationforScienceandTechnologyActivities|Item|2011|2012|2013|2014|2015||BasicStatisticsonHigherEducation|NumberofInstitutions(unit)|2409|2442|2491|2529|2560|NaturalSciences&Technology|975|1039|1070|1356|1713|SocialSciences&Humanities|997|1090|1150|1540|1814|R&DInstitutions(unit)|8630|9225|9842|10632|11732|StatisticsonR&DInput|R&DPersonnel(10000persons)|63.1728|67.7799|71.5144|76.3|83.8786|Full-timeEquivalentofR&DPersonnel|29.922|31.4|32.47512|33.5|35.48614|(10000man-years)|BasicResearch|12.9330978533434|14.0449100823376|14.6580283666118|15.5|16.4155324789824|AppliedResearch|15.0373273000233|15.4|15.9062688069463|16.1|17.2109579725757|ExperimentalDevelopment|1.9615748466333|1.9|1.91082282644187|1.9|1.85964954844195|ExpenditureonR&D(100millionyuan)|688.84125123|780.55532321|856.7|898.1|998.5884432|BasicResearch|226.67101178|275.65436|307.6|328.6|391.0288059|AppliedResearch|372.42053843|402.70397107|441.3|476.4|516.3094702|ExperimentalDevelopment|89.75660102|102.1974655|107.8|93.1|91.2501671|GovernmentAppropriationFunds|405.14501285|474.07324692|516.9|536.5|637.2573751|Self-raisedFundsbyEnterprises|242.90777169|260.48212727|289.3|302.7|301.4958227|StatisticsonR&DTopics|R&DProjects(item)|604107|657027|711010|766731|841520|Participants(10000man-years)|29.90133|31.31065|32.43035|33.5|35.44745|Expenditure(100millionyuan)|535.33884607|607.26808376|662.7|701.8|765.6447116|StatisticsonS&TOutputsandResults|ScientificPapersIssued(piece)|1109965|1117742|1127210|1152147|1220467|PublishedinForeignPeriodicals|218301|226097|249637|278599|313698|PublicationonScienceandTechnology(kind)|37472|38760|37866|39326|43136|NumberofPatentApplicationsAccepted(piece)|95592|113430|133865|149961|190351|Inventions|54362|66755|81251|93415|109911|NumberofPatentApplicationsGranted(piece)|53055|74550|84930|85006|127329|Inventions|25064|34441|35873|39468|55021|