Chinanews, Beijing, August 1 – According to Shang Yong, Vice Minister of Science and Technology, China invested more than 300 billion yuan on the development of science and technology, about 1.4% of the country’s GDP. Currently there are 35 million scientific researchers and technicians in China, ranking the country No.1 in the world in terms of the number of sci-tech personnel.“China has placed science on the top of its development strategy agenda,” said Shang. “Particularly the central government has invested a lot on education, which is the fundament of science and technology.”In 2006, 7 provinces and autonomous regions’ investment on science and technology increased by nearly 100%, while the proportion of increase in several others was 50%.“Nowadays, we have 1.36 million scientific developers in China, and 25 million college students, with 5 million graduating every year. I am proud to say that we have such abundant human resources in China,” Shang told our reporter.