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China Overtakes U.S. as World's Top R&D Spender in 2024

Original: China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D in 2024

New figures show China surpassed the United States for the first time in 2024 to become the world's largest spender on research and development. The milestone highlights the shifting balance of global innovation investment and is drawing attention to its implications for technological competition between the two powers.

Why now: The symbolic shift in global science and technology leadership is being widely discussed amid ongoing US-China competition.

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