UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT

UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT
Figure 23.5: Applications and patents granted to Chinese and foreign inventors, 2002–2013
Applications
1 000 Thousands Domestic Foreign Total
800
825 136
704 936
600
400
200
80 232
120 200
40 426
39 806
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Granted patents
Thousands
250
200
Domestic Foreign Total
207 688
150
143 535
100
50
64 153
27 473
15 605
5 868
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Source: National Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Science and Technology (various years) China Statistical Yearbook on Science and Technology
from UNESCO’s International Basic Sciences Programme. In
2015, the Beijing China Health Huayang Institute of Gene
Technology committed circa US$ 300 million to the Human
Variome Project; the funds will be used over the next ten years
to build 5 000 new gene- and disease-specific databases and
to establish the Chinese node of the Human Variome Project.
Two new regional centres for training and research
Other opportunities for international collaboration have
arisen from the establishment of two regional centres for
research and training since 2011, which function under the
auspices of UNESCO:
n the Regional Training and Research Centre on Ocean
Dynamics and Climate was launched on 9 June 2011
in Qingdao City. It is hosted by the First Institute of
Oceanography, part of the State Oceanic Administration,
and trains young scientists from Asian developing
countries, in particular, at no cost to the beneficiary;
n the International Research and Training Centre for
Science and Technology Strategy was inaugurated in
Beijing in September 2012. It designs and conducts
international co-operative research and training
programmes in such areas as S&T indicators and
statistical analysis, technology foresight and roadmapping,
financing policies for innovation, the
development of small and medium-sized enterprises,
strategies for addressing climate change and sustainable
development, etc.
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