"China increased its investment in science by more than 3,800% between 1996 and 2023, says Bilal Demirel, who studies science and innovation at the Rathenau Institute in The Hague, the Netherlands, and is now coming close to matching what the United States spends. With China currently increasing its annual R&D budget by 7% - while US funding looks set to fall under President Donald Trump - there is every chance China will lead on research investment in the coming years."
""Chinese hospitals used to be quite weak in research, but that is changing rapidly," says Yi Rao, director of the IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research at Peking University. Rao says the trend is driven by an increase in the number of physicians who have had good training in rigorous research, more encouragement and support from the government for selected hospitals to carry out research, and an increase in collaboration between biomedical scientists and clinical scientists."
China has massively increased science investment, rising more than 3,800% between 1996 and 2023 and approaching US spending levels. Annual Chinese R&D funding is growing about 7% while US funding faces cuts, increasing the likelihood that China will lead research investment. Selected Chinese research hospitals are climbing Nature Index rankings due to greater government support, better-trained physician-researchers, and enhanced collaboration between biomedical and clinical scientists. Concerns persist about research quality, with some hospitals appearing on global lists for retracted papers, and the effectiveness of measures to reduce misconduct remains uncertain.
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