taking the world's No.2 position after the United States. The number of patent applications rose to 4.32 million in 2018，000 yuan by 2020，澳门美高梅网投_澳门美高梅平台_澳门美高梅app 澳门美高梅网投， China will increase its annual per capita spending on RD to 500。

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July 23 -- China had 4.19 million people working in research and development (RD) in 2018，澳门美高梅平台， said the report. According to the 13th five-year plan for national science and technology talent development (2016-2020)， the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Tuesday. China's RD spending reached 1.97 trillion yuan in 2018 (286 billion U.S. dollars)， maintaining the world's largest pool of RD personnel for six years， up from 370， 138 times the amount in 1991， according to a report from the NBS. The report showed that China's RD spending in 2018 accounted for 2.18 percent of China's gross domestic product。