In order to carry out quantitative evaluation on workload for novelty assessment staffs, questionnaires are disseminated to the staffs in medical intelligence research and teaching institutes. According to the survey, the paper points out that the workload of medical sci-tech novelty assessment both in English and Chinese ranks first in the five novelty assessment working modules, the quantity of novelty assessment could reflect the workload of certain staffs. Particular suggestions are proposed including supporting the work of auditors and encouraging the staffs to undertake novelty assessment projects both in English and Chinese.