my country's R & D funding investment for 6 consecutive years has increased double -digit growth

Our newspaper, Beijing, August 31 (Reporter Zhang Yi) The National Statistics Bureau, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Finance jointly released the "National Science and Technology Investment Statistics Bulletin of 2021" shows that in 2021, my country's research and test development (RD) funding investment in 2021 The total amount was 2.8 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.6%over the previous year, the growth rate accelerated by 4.4 percentage points from the previous year, and it has maintained double -digit growth for 6 consecutive years.

Based on the unchanged price, RD funds increased by 9.8%over the previous year, higher than the "14th Five -Year Plan" development plan "the average annual increase of R & D expenditure in the whole society" by more than 7%". RD funding intensity (ratio of RD funding to GDP) was 2.44%, an increase of 0.03 percentage points over the previous year, showing a steady increase.

"From the international comparison, my country's RD funding investment continues to present the characteristics of large amounts and high growth." Li Yan, chief statistician of the Social Science Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, pointed out that from the perspective of investment scale, the total amount of RD funds in my country ranks steadily in the world. second. From the perspective of growth, from 2016 to 2021, the average annual increase of RD funds in my country increased by 12.3%, which was significantly higher than that of the United States (7.8%), Japan (1.0%), Germany (3.5%) and South Korea (7.6%) from 2016 to The growth rate in 2020. From the perspective of investment intensity, the level of 2.44%in my country in 2021 ranks 13th among the world's major countries, surpassing innovative countries such as France (2.35%) and the Netherlands (2.29%).

In terms of sub -activities, in 2021, my country's basic research funding was 181.7 billion yuan, an increase of 23.9%over the previous year, an increase of 14.1 percentage points from the previous year, and 9.3 percentage points higher than the RD funding growth rate. Since 2016, basic research funds have increased at an average annual rate of 17.2%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the average annual growth rate of RD funds during the same period. Basic research funds have doubled in 5 years. In 2021, my country's basic research funds accounted for 6.5%of RD funds, a significant increase of 0.49 percentage points from the previous year, reaching a record high.

From the perspective of the main body of the event, in 2021, the proportion of corporate RD funds accounted for 76.9%, an increase of 0.3 percentage points over the previous year, and the position of corporate innovation subjects was further stable. Enterprise R & D expenses plus deduction and deduction tax reduction policy continued to upgrade forces, increasing the proportion of manufacturing enterprises from 75%to 100%, and reforming the accounting method to allow it to be allowed to enjoy for half a year or one year, which further stimulated enterprise research and development Investment enthusiasm. With the improvement of the proportion of small and medium -sized enterprises in technology -based SMEs and the introduction of relevant policies such as basic research, enterprise R & D investment is expected to further increase.

From the perspective of the region, there are 11 provinces (cities) with RD funds exceeding 100 billion yuan, an increase of 3 (Hunan, Henan and Anhui) from the previous year; there are 6 provinces (cities) in the country with an average of RD funds exceeding the national average. They are Beijing (6.53%), Shanghai (4.21%), Tianjin (3.66%), Guangdong (3.22%), Jiangsu (2.95%) and Zhejiang (2.94%).

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