What are the major sources for scientific funding in China? For
example, is there an equivalent to our National Institutes of Health
which gives out the grants?
How much federal funding was there in China last year for health research?
I'm just looking for the basic facts on this, i.e. "X, Y, and Z are
the major institutes which give biotech grants to researchers, and in
the most recent year for which we have data, they spent A, B, and C
dollars."

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Clarification of Question by meghanm-ga on 21 Sep 2005 19:29 PDT

By "our" I mean the US system.

According to National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS), in 2002,
Chinese government gave out 83.93 billion Yuan (Chinese
dollar)funding. Most founding is through Ministry of Science and
Technology of the People´s Republic of China (S&T). You can access to
their website: http://www.most.gov.cn/eng/

National Natural Science Fundation of China, they give annual funding
for excellency in science, including biotech.

:)

I believe the National Natural Science Foundation of China, much like
the NIH, is the main source of basic science research grants.  The
Ministry of Science and Technology is another source of grants but
they cover a larger array of research areas.

Here's a breakdown of the Life Sciences funding from the NNSF for 2003
and 2004.   http://www.nsfc.gov.cn/e_nsfc/2004/02gp/001gp/201.htm

I meant 2002 and 2003.  There's no data available yet on 2004.

Thanks for your help, Supermagnet and Jalphas! I really appreciate it. :-)