摘要：According to the preliminary estimates, China's total expenditure on research and development (R&D) exceeded 3.6 trillion yuan in

Edited by Jia Zifan.

According to the preliminary estimates, China's total expenditure on research and development (R&D) exceeded 3.6 trillion yuan in 2024, at 3,613 billion yuan, up 8.3 percent year on year, China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on January 23. With the continued innovation drive, China's R&D input remains the world's second largest.

The input accounted for 2.68 percent of China's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024, up 0.1 percentage points from 2023. It ranked 12th among the world's major countries, higher than the average of European Union countries of 2.11 percent.

In particular, investment in basic research last year increased by 10.5 percent from 2023 to 249.7 billion yuan, accounting for 6.91 percent of the total R&D spending. NBS statistician Zhang Qilong noted that, in recent years, China has attached great importance to basic research, making significant progress in the construction of major scientific appliances and infrastructure, with a number of original achievements in fields such as quantum technology, life science, materials science and space science. (By Jia Zifan/China Youth Daily)

来源：中国青年报