1978年,全国出版社105家,其中科技社40来家;如今,全国出版社570多家,科技社含部分出科技图书的教育社、大学社、城市社,大约150家。十一届三中全会时,科技出版直接从业人数六七千人;现在,约30000人。1978年,全国出书总数15000种,科技类4000来种;近几年,我国年出版总数20多万种, In 1978, there were 105 national publishing houses, of which 40 were science and technology agencies. Nowadays, there are more than 570 national publishing houses and some 150 educational institutes, university clubs and city agencies, which cover part of science and technology books. At the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, the number of direct-employed practitioners published in the science and technology sector was 67,000. At present, there are about 30,000 people. In 1978, there were 15,000 kinds of books and 4000 kinds of science and technology books in the country. In recent years, there were more than 200,000 kinds of books published annually in China,