China's spending on research and development saw the record fastest growth in 2018, according to official data. (PHOTO / VCG)
BEIJING – China's spending on research and development (R&D) increased to 2.18 percent of its GDP last year, up by 0.06 percentage points, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
China spent over 1.96 trillion yuan (about US$293 billion) on R&D in 2018, up 11.6 percent compared with that in 2017, according to the NBS.
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The number of patent applications saw a year-on-year increase of 16.9 percent last year, amounting to 4.32 million home and abroad.
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According to the Global Innovation Index, China's global ranking in terms of innovation jumped from the 22nd in 2017 to 17th in 2018.
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