Science and technology
 At the end of 2004, 17,000 technological trading agencies in the province employed 210,000 people. A total of 26,000 technological contracts were signed during the year, 7.3% up from 2003. The contractual value amounted to 7.51 billion yuan, up 42.8%.
 
Education
 The number of students enrolled in postgraduate schools and institutions of higher learning during the year stood at 11,000 and 327,000 respectively. In addition, the province has 139 schools for the handicapped and 798 vocational schools.
 
Culture
 Shandong had a total of 120 professional performing organizations, 157 cultural and arts centers, 140 public libraries, and 158 archives.
 
Public health
 There were a total of 17,000 medical and healthcare institutions equipped with 222,000 beds and staffed with some 321,000 medical professionals and technicians at the year-end.
 
Sports
 The year saw the investment of more than 90 million yuan in the national physical fitness campaign.
 
Welfare and aid
 1,896 welfare units across the province were equipped with 103,000 beds and put up 79,000 vagrant and homeless people during the year. There were also 2,012 welfare enterprises which employed 46,000 handicapped people. About 1.116 million people received minimum living allowances from the government.
 
Poverty relief
 More than 100,000 students from poor families got financial assistance from the government.

(Statistics as of 2004)

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