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
2016 China’s R&D expenditure was 2.1 % of GDP