esearchers and patents of▓ invention. China is now leading in artificial intelligence, 5G, mobile payment, high spee▓d railway, new energy vehicles and financial technology, among other sectors, thanks to this development strategy.In 2018, China's spending on research and development totaled over 1.97 trillion yuan (about 278 billion US dol
lars), taking up 2.19 percent of the country's GDP and ranking second in the world. Its total number of research and development personnel has ranked first in the world for 6 consecutive years. Also last year the added ▓value in high-tech manufacturing increased 11.7 perce
nt year-on-year, and the country▓'s information service industry registered a stellar gro▓wth rate of 30.7 percent. China now ranks number one in the wor▓ld in
both the number of patent applications and patents licenced.A recent report by McKinsey Global Institute suggests that engagement between