Science
Government goals to foster AI, house and new vitality industries amid rivalry with US
China has had solely three Nobel laureates in the pure sciences. Beijing hopes to boost that quantity by spending extra on analysis. (Source photographs by Reuters)
KENTARO SHIOZAKI
October 17, 2025 00:51 JST
BEIJING — China beneath President Xi Jinping is set to develop basic-research funding as a share of its analysis and improvement finances, aiming to domesticate key high-tech industries and develop the ranks of its Nobel Prize winners.