China Science and Technology for 60 Years

　　　　After 60 years of practice and 60 years of development, China has made great achievements in science and technology that attract worldwide attention. The total amount of scientific and technological resources is abundant, and the number of scientific and technological human resources has grown from less than 50,000 in 1949 to more than 42 million in 2008, ranking first in the world. Investment in science and technology continued to grow, and the national financial allocation for science and technology increased from 56 million yuan in 1953 to 254 billion yuan in 2008; The R&D investment of the whole society reached 440 billion in 2008, ranking fourth in the world. The system of scientific research conditions has been continuously improved and optimized, and the number of scientific research institutions nationwide has increased from more than 30 in 1949 to more than 3,700 in 2008. It has formed a relatively complete system of scientific and technological basic conditions, such as research and experimental bases, large-scale scientific instruments, natural scientific and technological resources, scientific data and scientific and technological documents. ……