Basic Statistics on Science and Technology
							(unit)
Category	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
National Scientific and Techinical Award	33	36	39	26	21	28	33
National Invention Award	2	4	6	9	7	5	5
State Natural Science Award					1	3	2
The State Scientific and Technological	31	31	33	17	13	20	26
Progress Award
International Cooperation Award		1
Important  Scientific and Technical Award	2364	2367	2379	2393	2332	2955	3011
Provincial Science and Technology Award
Natural Science Award	24	18	17	14	17	20	13
Technological Invention Award	18	12	16	13	16	20	13
Scientific and Technological Progress Award	454	467	461	472	413	195	112
Patent Applications
Number of Patent Applications	66857	80856	109599	128614	155170	158619	193220
Inventions	13983	17259	25623	40381	67642	77298	93475
Number of Patent Applications Granted	34513	51490	58843	75522	76976	72818	98101
Inventions	2865	4106	5856	7454	8913	10538	16881
a)State Natural Science Award is issued every other year.