Number of domestic researchers draws level with Europe and the United States.
China has approximately as many researchers as either the United States or the European Union (EU), according to the US National Science Foundation (NSF) Science and Engineering Indicators 2010 report.
The biennial report found that each of the three had about 1.4 million researchers as of 2007, but the annual growth in the number of researchers is much higher in China (see graph, top right). That growth includes a continued steep increase in the number China's science and engineering doctorates, up to 21,000 in 2006, the latest data available.
Gene Russo
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China has approximately as many researchers as either the United States or the European Union (EU), according to the US National Science Foundation (NSF) Science and Engineering Indicators 2010 report.
The biennial report found that each of the three had about 1.4 million researchers as of 2007, but the annual growth in the number of researchers is much higher in China (see graph, top right). That growth includes a continued steep increase in the number China's science and engineering doctorates, up to 21,000 in 2006, the latest data available.
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