本书为《中国科学技术指标2018》的英文版，是科技部两年一度发布的“中国科学技术指标”系列报告第14号，即科学技术黄皮书第14号。本书主要依据科技统计数据及相关的经济、社会统计数据，系统地分析了2016年和2017年以来，我国科技人力资源、研究与发展经费、科技活动产出、主要执行部门的科技活动、高技术产业、公民对科学技术的理解与态度、地区科技发展的总体规模、结构分布等基本情况。

Overview
Chapter 1 Human Resources in Science and Technology
Section 1 Overview of Human Resources in Science and Technology
Section 2 R & D Personnel
Section 3 Cultivation of Human Resources in Science and Technology
Chapter 2 Research and Development Expenditure
Section 1 Overview of R & D Expenditure
Section 2 Structure of R & D Expenditure
Section 3 Sources and Destinations of R & D Funds
Section 4 Government Science and Technology Expenditure
Chapter 3 Output of Science and Technology Activity
Section 1 S & T Papers
Section 2 Patents
Section 3 Domestic Technology Transfer
Chapter 4 Research and Development Activity and Innovation of Enterprises
Section 1 R & D Activity of Enterprises
Section 2 R & D Activity of Industrial Enterprises
Section 3 R & D Collaboration and Technology Acquisition of Industrial Enterprises
Chapter 5 Science and Technology Activity of Higher Education Institutions
Section 1 Overview of Higher Education Institutions
Section 2 R & D Organizations and Personnel in Higher Education Institutions
Section 3 R & D Expenditure of Higher Education Institutions
Section 4 Higher Education R & D Output and Transformation
Chapter 6 Science and Technology Activity of Government Research Institutes
Section 1 Overview of Government Research Institutes
Section 2 R & D Personnel
Section 3 R & D Expenditure of Research Institutes
Section 4 Output and Achievement Transfer of S & T Activity
Chapter 7 Development of High-technology Industry
Section 1 High-technology Industry
Section 2 High-technology Products
Section 3 National High-technology Industrial Development Zones
Section 4 Venture Capital
Chapter 8 Regional Science and Technology Indicators
Annex Tables
Annex Table 1-1 Overview of China’s HRST stock (2006-2017)
Annex Table 1-2 R & D personnel of selected countries (regions)
Annex Table 1-3 R & D personnel of selected countries (regions) by sector of performance
Annex Table 1-4 Number of undergraduate and postgraduate students (2005-2017)
Annex Table 1-5 Number of Chinese students studying abroad and returning home from overseas (1990-2017)
Annex Table 2-1 R & D expenditure (2000-2017)
Annex Table 2-2 Distribution of R & D expenditure by type of activity and sector of performance (2000-2017)
Annex Table 2-3 Structure of R & D expenditure by sector of performance (2017)
Annex Table 2-4 Central and local government S & T expenditures and their proportions (2000-2017)
Annex Table 2-5 R & D expenditure of selected countries (regions) (2005-2017)
Annex Table 2-6 R & D intensity of selected countries (regions) (2005-2017)
Annex Table 2-7 R & D expenditure of selected countries (regions) by source of funding and sector of performance (2017)
Annex Table 2-8 R & D expenditure of selected countries (regions) by type of R & D activity
Annex Table 2-9 R & D expenditure of selected countries by type of expenditure
Annex Table 3-1 Number of SCI-indexed Chinese papers (2005-2017)
Annex Table 3-2 Number of Chinese SCI papers by discipline and type of institution (2005-2017)
Annex Table 3-3 China’s efficiency of R & D expenditure and R & D personnel by output of SCI papers (2000-2015)
Annex Table 3-4 Number of resident and non-resident patent applications and grants by type (2005-2017)
Annex Table 3-5 Number of non-resident invention patent applications by country (2005-2017)
Annex Table 3-6 Number of non-resident invention patent grants by country (2005-2017)
Annex Table 3-7 Resident service and non-service invention patent grants (2005-2017)
Annex Table 3-8 Number of resident and non-resident patents in force by type (2006-2017)
Annex Table 3-9 Number of PCT applications by country (2005-2017)
Annex Table 3-10 Number of triadic patent families by country (2005-2016)
Annex Table 3-11 Turnover of national techno