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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