China national R&D spending rose 8.2% in 2025, reaching 2.80% of GDP
China recorded 3,928.82 billion yuan in research and experimental development expenditure in 2025, up 8.2% year over year. R&D intensity was 2.8% of GDP, with basic research spending increasing 13.3%.
Why it matters in CanadaCanadian research organizations, technology companies and industrial competitors can use China's national R&D spending and business-versus-basic-research allocation as innovation-capacity context. These data do not directly establish technology commercialization, Chinese orders for Canadian products or bilateral R&D partnerships.