There are now 75 institutions of higher learning in Shanxi , with about 12,000 postgraduate students, 407,000 undergraduates and junior colleges student, 466 , 000 secondary technical school students. There are 216 scientific research units with a scientific and technological staff of 1,300 , 000. M any breakthroughs have been made in researches in information technology, biological technology, new material technology, advanced manufacturing technology and clean coal technology and other fields .