18-10  Basic Statistics on Science and Technology
							(unit)
Category	2001	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
National Scientific and Techinical Award	19	17	32	23	26	33	36
National Invention Award	1	3	4	3	2	2	4
State Natural Science Award		1			4
The State Scientific and Technological	18	13	28	20	20	31	31
Progress Award
International Cooperation Award							1
Important  Scientific and Technical Award	3112	2408	2313	2346	2330	2364	2367
Provincial Science and Technology Award
Natural Science Award		17	20	20	20	24	18
Technological Invention Award		12	18	11	17	18	12
Scientific and Technological Progress Award		465	460	467	458	454	467
Patent Applications
Number of Patent Applications	11168	28835	38284	46849	60247	66857	80856
Number of Patent Applications Granted	6724	10743	15937	22821	26688	34513	51490
a)State Natural Science Award is issued every other year.