The institutions participating editing this volume include: Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Education, Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, Ministry of Central Organization, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Chinese Acade- my of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Engineering, State Intellectual Property Office, China Meteorological Administration, China Association for Science and Technology, General Ad- ministration of Quality Supervision , Inspection and Quarantine, State Bureau of Survey and Mapping, China Seismological Bureau, State Oceanic Administration. We would like to express our gratitude to these institutions of the State Council for their cooperation and support in sparing no effort to provide all the required data.