China News Service, June 17th. Recently, the "2021 Science Report" released by UNESCO shows that among the countries in the world, China is the most active in increasing scientific expenditures. Between 2014 and 2018, the increase in global R&D investment was 44%. %,from China.

  According to reports, UNESCO publishes the report every five years.

The report shows that the global average science expenditure as a proportion of GDP rose from 1.73% in 2014 to 1.79% in 2018.

On April 15th, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, visitors were experiencing a smart steering wheel, which can monitor the physiological state of the driver by installing flexible electronic sensing devices.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Gang

  The data shows that among the countries in the world, China is the most active in increasing scientific expenditures, with 44% of the increase in global R&D investment coming from China.

24.5% of R&D expenditure comes from China, compared with 21.2% in 2014.

  According to the report, China's science expenditure as a proportion of GDP has increased to 2.19%, compared with 2.03% in 2014.

At the same time, in absolute terms, taking into account purchasing power parity, the United States still spends more on science than China—US$460.6 billion in the United States and US$439 billion in China.

The proportion of science expenditure in US GDP rose to 2.84% (in 2014) 2.72%.

The country with the largest proportion of science expenditure in GDP is Germany, which increased to 3.09% in 2018 (2.87% in 2014).

  In addition, the report pointed out that the most registered international patents are in China (31.7%), the United States (21.7%), Japan (20%) and the European Union (13.9%).