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2025-10-29 09:33:46
[National Bureau of Statistics: Basic Research Investment to Maintain Rapid Growth in 2024, with Enterprises Maintaining a Solid Leading Role in Technological Innovation] Lin Mei, a statistician from the Department of Social Sciences and Culture of the National Bureau of Statistics, interpreted the 2024 China Innovation Index. Data shows that basic research investment will maintain rapid growth. Increasing investment in basic research is a crucial foundation for enhancing original innovation capabilities. In 2024, my country's basic research funding reached 250.09 billion yuan, a 10.7% increase over the previous year, continuing its rapid double-digit growth momentum. This growth rate was 1.8 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of R&D funding, accounting for 6.88% of R&D funding, a record high. Enterprises will maintain a solid leading role in technological innovation. In 2024, enterprises will contribute 77.1% to the growth of R&D expenditure in the whole society, becoming the main force driving the growth of R&D expenditure in my country. Among them, R&D expenditure of industrial enterprises above designated size will be 2.25477 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.5% over the previous year. Among industrial enterprises above designated size, 303,000 enterprises have carried out technological innovation activities, accounting for 60.6%, an increase of 0.1 percentage points over the previous year.
