18-16   Basic Statistics on Science and Technology
						(unit)
Category	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
National Scientific and Techinical Award	17	32	23	26	33	36	39
National Invention Award	3	4	3	2	2	4	6
State Natural Science Award	1			4
The State Scientific and Technological	13	28	20	20	31	31	33
Progress Award
International Cooperation Award						1
Important  Scientific and Technical Award	2408	2313	2346	2330	2364	2367	2379
Provincial Science and Technology Award
Natural Science Award	17	20	20	20	24	18	17
Technological Invention Award	12	18	11	17	18	12	16
Scientific and Technological Progress Award	465	460	467	458	454	467	461
Patent Applications
Number of Patent Applications	28835	38284	46849	60247	66857	80856	109599
Number of Patent Applications Granted	10743	15937	22821	26688	34513	51490	58843
a)State Natural Science Award is issued every other year.