The Zhitong Finance App learned that recently, the National Bureau of Statistics, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued the “2025 National Science and Technology Investment Statistics Bulletin”, which was read by Luo Qiushi, statistician from the Department of Social Science and Literature of the National Bureau of Statistics. In 2025, China's total investment in research and experimental development (R&D) exceeded 3.9 trillion yuan, reaching 3928.82 billion yuan, an increase of 8.2% over the previous year, maintaining a steady growth trend. During the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, China's R&D expenditure grew at an average annual rate of 10.0%, higher than the United States (8.4%), Germany (6.2%), France (4.8%), Japan (5.8%), South Korea (8.9%), etc., and ranked among the world's leading economies. China currently ranks second in the world in terms of total funding for research and experimental development (R&D), after the US, 3.4 times that of Germany (third) and 3.5 times that of Japan (fourth). The scale of investment in research and experimental development (R&D) continues to increase, providing a strong guarantee for China to accelerate the construction of a scientific and technological power.

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