Strongly support the development of high -quality economic and social development- "2021 National Science and Technology Fund Investment Statistics Bulletin" analysis analysis

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 31: Economic and socially developed high -quality development- "2021 National Science and Technology Investment Statistics Bulletin"

Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Yan

The National Bureau of Statistics, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Finance announced the "Statistics of the National Science and Technology Investment Investment in 2021" on August 31. Data show that in 2021, my country's research and test development (RD) fund investment continued to increase rapidly, the national fiscal scientific and technological expenditure increased steadily, the intensity of research and test development (RD) continued to increase, and the proportion of basic research increased significantly.

Expert analysis believes that in 2021, in the face of a more complicated and severe domestic and foreign situation, the investment in R & D funding for the whole society has maintained a steady and rapid growth, effectively supporting the high -quality development of the economy and society, and ensuring that the "14th Five -Year Plan" achieves a good start.

Views 1: R & D funding has maintained a smooth and rapid growth, and the investment intensity reaches 2.44%

In 2021, the investment fund investment in the whole society reached a new high, reaching 2.8 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.6%over the previous year. As the world's second largest R & D fund investment economy, China has maintained double -digit growth for 6 consecutive years, making important contributions to global R & D funding growth.

Liu Huifeng, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology Development Strategy, said that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country's research and development funding has continued to maintain rapid growth. It exceeded 1 trillion yuan in 2012, exceeded 2 trillion yuan in 2019, and is expected to exceed 3 trillion yuan in 2022. This shows that with the in -depth implementation of the innovation -driven development strategy, the driving role of scientific and technological innovation on economic and social development is increasing, effectively supporting the construction of a new development pattern and promoting high -quality development.

"The ratio of R & D funding to gross domestic product is not only an important indicator of the support of a country's funding for R & D activities, but also to a large extent the level of economic transformation and upgrading process and high -quality development." Liu Huifeng said, said, said, said, Liu Huifeng said. The intensity of R & D investment in my country increased from 1.91%in 2012 to 2.44%in 2021. This level ranks first in developing countries and is higher than the EU average.

Views 2: Continuous optimization of R & D funding structure, and the proportion of basic research has steadily increased

Liu Huifeng said that from the perspective of the investment funding investment in different innovation entities, the scale of research and development expenses of enterprises in 2021 exceeded 2 trillion yuan, accounting for 76.9%, which has become the leading force for the growth of research and development funding for the whole society. my country's enterprise R & D fund scale ranks second in international rankings. The level of basic research in 2021 has increased significantly. The annual basic research funding investment reached 181.7 billion yuan, an increase of 23.9%over the previous year, an increase of nearly a 10 -year high. my country's basic research funds accounted for 6.5%of R & D expenses, and stabilized to 6%for 3 consecutive years.

Highlight 3: The construction of the regional innovation highland has a significant effect, and the construction of the International Science and Technology Innovation Center has reached a new level.

In 2021, the number of research and development expenses exceeded 100 billion yuan, an increase of 3 provinces from the previous year to 11. Among them, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Beijing, and Zhejiang have invested more than 200 billion yuan.

Xuan Zhaohui, director of the Institute of Technical Forecast and Statistics of the Institute of Technology Development of the Chinese Science and Technology Development Strategy, said that from an international perspective, the scale of R & D expenditure in these regions is close to or exceed some developed countries in Europe and the United States. The demonstration leading role of Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay Area has significantly enhanced its role in demonstration.

In addition, the R & D investment of some central and western provinces such as Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Anhui, and Henan ranks among the "100 billion provinces". The investment increase is more than 10%, which strongly supports local exploration of its unique innovation -driven development path.

Highlights 4: The scale and proportion of local fiscal science and technology expenditure have reached a record high

Affected by the epidemic of new crown pneumonia, the national fiscal scientific and technological expenditure in 2020 declined slightly. In 2021, the national fiscal scientific and technological expenditure exceeded the highest level of history in 2019, reaching 1076.67 billion yuan, which remained above trillion yuan for 3 consecutive years. Among them, local fiscal scientific and technological expenditures reached 697.18 billion yuan, an increase of 10.0%over the previous year.

Xuan Zhaohui said that the rapid growth of local fiscal scientific and technological expenditures indicates that local governments pay more and more attention to scientific and technological innovation, and accelerate the transition from factor -driven to innovation -driven.

Highlights 5: To build a world science and technology power, we must continue to increase the investment in the whole society

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country's scientific and technological undertakings have achieved historic, overallness, and pattern changes, and scientific and technological strength has jumped to a new large steps and successfully entered the ranks of innovative countries. China's R & D expenditure has stabilized the second place in the world for many years.

"In the future, in order to become a world's science and technology power, we must continue to increase investment in research and development of the whole society, optimize and adjust the structure of funding, and especially increase the proportion of basic research." Liu Huifeng said.

Liu Huifeng said that since the "Fourteenth Five -Year Plan", my country has faced technological innovation in strategic and policy levels, especially basic research has given unprecedented attention and support, such as encouraging social funds to invest in R & D activities, implementing incentive enterprises to increase tax incentives for research and development investment Policies, etc. As relevant policies have landed solidly, my country's R & D investment level will be further improved.

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