According to Japanese media reports on the 8th, the total R&D investment of Chinese companies and universities has surpassed that of the US, ranking first in the world. According to reports, the “2026 Science and Technology Index” released by Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on the 7th shows that China's R&D investment in 2024 increased 13.1% year on year to 97.1 trillion yen; the US R&D investment in 2024 was 95.3 trillion yen, up 6.7% year on year; Japan ranked third with 22.1 trillion yen, up 8.4% year on year. “Nihon Keizai Shimbun” points out that in 2017, China published more scientific research papers than the US, ranking first in the world. In 2018, China also topped the list in terms of the number of high-quality papers in the top 10% of citations. Furthermore, since 2019, China has maintained a leading position in terms of the number of higher quality papers in the top 1% of citations. The report said that this time, China has also surpassed the US in terms of total R&D expenditure. “China's leading position in global scientific research is unquestionable.”

According to Japanese media reports on the 8th, the total R&D investment of Chinese companies and universities has surpassed that of the US, ranking first in the world. According to reports, the “2026 Science and Technology Index” released by Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on the 7th shows that China's R&D investment in 2024 increased 13.1% year on year to 97.1 trillion yen; the US R&D investment in 2024 was 95.3 trillion yen, up 6.7% year on year; Japan ranked third with 22.1 trillion yen, up 8.4% year on year. “Nihon Keizai Shimbun” points out that in 2017, China published more scientific research papers than the US, ranking first in the world. In 2018, China also topped the list in terms of the number of high-quality papers in the top 10% of citations. Furthermore, since 2019, China has maintained a leading position in terms of the number of higher quality papers in the top 1% of citations. The report said that this time, China has also surpassed the US in terms of total R&D expenditure. “China's leading position in global scientific research is unquestionable.”