China ranks second in the world in total R & D funding in 2018
China News Agency, Beijing, April 2 (Reporter Sun Zifa) The Ministry of Science and Technology of China released the latest completed 2018 China R & D (scientific research and experimental development) funding investment and personnel development analysis through the official website on the 2nd, showing that in 2018, China's R & D funding Continue to maintain a steady growth trend. The total R & D expenditure is close to 2 trillion yuan (RMB, the same below), second only to the United States, ranking second in the world.
According to the analysis of the characteristics of China's R & D funding in 2018, in general, R & D funding meets the basic requirements and stage of China's economic and social development. In terms of investment scale, China's total R & D expenditure in 2018 was 1967.79 billion yuan, an increase of 207.18 billion yuan over the previous year, an increase of 11.8%, and it ranked second in the world. There has been a slight increase in investment intensity. In 2018, China's R & D expenditure investment intensity reached 2.14%, an increase of 0.02 percentage points from 2017.
From the perspective of the types of R & D activities, in 2018 China's basic research funding was 109.04 billion yuan, applied research funding was 219.09 billion yuan, and experimental development funding was 1.63967 billion yuan, accounting for 5.5%, 11.1%, and 83.3% of the total. From the perspective of the funding source of R & D funds, enterprises are the main source of R & D funds in China. In 2018, funds from enterprises were 15.073 trillion yuan, accounting for 76.5%.
The Chinese government has continuously increased its investment in scientific and technological innovation. In 2018, the state financial science and technology allocation reached 951.82 billion yuan, accounting for 4.3% of the national public financial expenditure, an increase of 0.18 percentage points over the previous year.
The analysis of China's R & D personnel development in 2018 shows that in 2018, the total number of R & D personnel in China reached 4.381 million person-years, and R & D personnel among 10,000 employees were 56.5 person-years per 10,000 people. The total number of R & D researchers reached 1.866 million person-years, and the number of R & D researchers among the 10,000 employees was 24.1 person-years / 10,000 persons. The scale of R & D manpower still ranks first in the world. The intensity of R & D manpower investment is still lower than that of western developed countries, but the gap has decreased.
In 2018, the total number of people participating in R & D activities in China was 6.571 million, an increase of 5.8% over the previous year, of which 68% were full-time personnel. Among R & D personnel, there were 1.76 million women, an increase of 6% over the previous year, and the proportion of scientific researchers was 43.1%, an increase of 0.5 percentage points over the previous year. In terms of corporate R & D personnel, the total number of Chinese corporate R & D personnel reached 3.425 million person-years in 2018, accounting for 78.2% of the country, an increase of 0.5 percentage points from the previous year. (Finish)