The characteristics of Chongqing's local budgetary expenditure for R&D are summarized as follows:

 

Table 1 Budgetary Expenditure for R&D

Item		Y-o-Y Increase		Improvement
		Amount (in RMB millions)	%
Local Budgetary Expenditure for R&D	2008	RMB 356.15	47.6		-
	2007	-	25.1		-
General Budgetary Expenditure in 2008		-	29.3	-
Municipal Budgetary Expenditure for R&D		-	28.1	21.1 percentage points
County Budgetary Expenditure for R&D		-	61.7	17.8 percentage points

 

 

Fig. 2 Proportion of Local Budgetary Expenditure for R&D to Local General Budgetary Expenditure

Fig. 3 Proportion of Municipal Budgetary Expenditure for R&D to Municipal General Budgetary Expenditure is still Low.

Fig. 4 Proportion of County Budgetary Expenditure for R&D to County General Budgetary Expenditure Hits a New High.

Meanwhile, the municipal budgetary expenditure for R&D has failed to reach the legal proportion of 2% for three successive years, while that of county budgetary expenditure for R&D has exceeded the legal proportion of 1% for two successive years.

    40 of the 42 districts and counties (including High-Tech Zone and Chongqing Economic & Technological Development Zone) in Chongqing enjoyed the increasing budgetary expenditures for R&D, while those of the other two, Yunyang and Shuangqiao, were decreasing.

 

Table 2 Increase/Decrease of Budgetary Expenditures for R&D