From 34.9 billion yuan in 1995 to 3.93 trillion yuan in 2025 -- China's annual R&D spending has surged more than 100-fold in three decades.
In a new report, Nature examines China's remarkable rise as a global scientific powerhouse, from AI breakthroughs to space exploration.
"China has the potential to fundamentally change the global landscape of science production, technology competition and the geopolitical centre of gravity," says Yanbo Wang, a science-policy researcher at the University of Hong Kong, as quoted by Nature.
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