Explanatory Notes on Main Statistical Indicators
Percentage
of Graduates in Primary Schools Entering Junior Secondary Schools
refers to the proportion of school-age students in junior secondary
schools to the total number of junior school-age students.
Percentage
of School-age Children Enrolled
refers to the proportion of children enrolled at primary schools to the total number of primary school-age children (including retarded children, but excluding blind, deaf and mute children). The formula is:
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Percentage of
School-age Children Enrolled= |
Total Primary
School-age Children at School |
�� 100% |
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Total Primary
School-age Children |
Network
Education
refers to the net education implemented by modern distance education
selected institute approved by the Ministry of Education, who recruit the regular
and adult undergraduate students and junior college students base on Internet
to give high level education.
Patent
is an abbreviation for the patent right and refers to the exclusive
right of ownership of the inventors or designers for the creation or
inventions, given from the patent offices after due process of assessment and
approval in accordance with the Patent Law. Patents are granted for inventions,
utility models and designs. This indicator reflects the achievements of S&T
and design with independent intellectual property.
Research
and Experimental Development (R&D)
refers to systematic and creative endeavor aimed at expanding the overall
volume of knowledge and applying the knowledge to invent new uses. It includes
basic studies, application research and experimental development. For
industrial enterprises, their R&D mainly belongs to experimental
development activities.
R&D
Personnel
refer to persons engaged in research, management and supporting
activities of R&D, including persons in the project teams, persons engaged
in the management of S&T activities of enterprises and supporting staff
providing direct service to the research projects. This indicator reflects the
size of personnel engaged in R&D activities with independent intellectual property.
R&D
Personnel as Full-time Equivalent
refers to the sum of the full-time persons and the full-time equivalent of
part-time persons converted by workload. For instance, if there are 2 full-time
persons and 3 part-time workers (20%, 30% and 70% of working hours respectively
on R&D activities), the full-time equivalent are 2+0.2+0.3+0.7=3.2
person-years. This is an internationally comparable indicator of S&T
manpower input.
Technology
Market
can be regarded narrowly as technical-dealings place where technique
transfer is made or technology-related good traded at certain time. As shown in
statistical datum presently, turnovers are resulting either from purchase or
from transfer of techniques, together with numbers related to the inquiry or
services involved in technologies.