Jiangxi Education and Science

Educational work has made great progress. By the end of 2003, there were 31 universities and colleges, 22 adult institutes, 144 adult vocational schools. In 2003, 2562 postgraduate students were enrolled, leading the total number to 5711. Institution for higher education enrolled 141600 new students, total number increased to 358600. Among them, 47200 were graduates. Secondary-level education developed quickly with 155100 students in secondary vocational schools and 144000 students in senior secondary vocational schools. Compulsory education during the same period saw 2.2866 million students in junior secondary school, 1.2657 million children in primary schools and 633100 preschool children in nursery schools. Remarkable progress has also been made with adult education with 2311 students in adult-study institutions and secondary vocational schools respectively.

Since the foundation of People's Republic of China, Jiangxi has organized 16,000 scientific and technological projects of various forms, about 10,000 of which bore fruitful achievements. Totally, Jiangxi has won 88 national scientific and technological prizes and has been granted 5,256 patents from the some 11,000 applications. In 2003, employed workers in scientific & technological area in state-owned enterprises numbered 688,000, winning 3 state-level scientific & technological improvements and technological invention prizes as well as 58 province-level improvement prizes.Among them, there were 4 first-rate prizes, 37 second rate prizes and 84 third rate prizes. In the same period, 1,238 out of 2,434 patent applications were accepted, 247 being invention patents, 664 practical new pattern patents and 348 outer appearance design patents. More scientific & technological studies were conducted. Institutions engaged in technical trade numbered 521 and the gross investment with 2,721 contracts reached 830 million Yuan.