Chinanews, July 2nd. According to a report from the Russian Satellite Network on the 1st, the Institute of Strategic Research and Economic Knowledge of the Russian National Research University of Economics released a news that the number of Chinese R&D personnel ranked first in the world in the survey was used for research and development. The amount of internal expenditures ranks second in the world, second only to the United States.

Data map: China's independent research and development of the third-generation nuclear power technology "Hualong No. 1" model.

Photo by Zhang Bin

  According to reports, in order to understand the scale of investment in human resources in Russia and other countries, the Russian National Research Higher University of Economics conducted a review of the latest public official data of the Russian Statistical Office, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, UNESCO, and Eurostat. Analytical research.

  The results of the study show that, in terms of purchasing power, the top five countries in the world are the United States (US$657.5 billion), China (US$525.7 billion), Japan (US$173.3 billion), and Germany (US$147.5 billion). And South Korea (102.5 billion U.S. dollars).

Russia ranks 9th (44.5 billion US dollars).

  In addition, the study also compared the number of R&D personnel participating in each country.

Research shows that in 2019, a total of 4.8 million people in China were engaged in this type of work.

In this ranking, China ranks first.