In 2023, expenditures on experimental development accounted for 82.2 percent of total R&D spending in China. The share of basic research in China's R&D activities has increased gradually over recent years. R&D, or research and development, is a term used to denote the investment made to carry out the research and development of new products. Total R&D spending in China amounted to around 3.34 trillion yuan in 2023.
Distribution of expenditure on research and development (R&D) in China from 2017 to 2023, by category
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National Bureau of Statistics of China. (October 2, 2024). Distribution of expenditure on research and development (R&D) in China from 2017 to 2023, by category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1465642/research-and-development-expenditure-in-china-distribution-by-type/
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