From the total expenditure of 1567.7 billion Yuan (+ 10.6 % compared to 2015), 5.2 was spent for basic research, 10.3 % for applied research, and 84.5 % for investments and infrastructure. Industry supplied 77.5 %, the central government 14.4 %, and local units 6.8 %. 6 Provinces and municipalities spent over 100 billion Yuan each, in the following ranking: Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shandong, Beijing, Zhejiang and Shanghai. Among the topics with most funding, chemistry ranked at position 3, and medicine at position 4. (information from Dr XIONG Xin)

China Statistical Office, October 2017