According to OECD estimates, China’s current expenditure on R&amp;D amounts to only 1.3% of GDP, compared to 3.2% in Japan and an average of 2.5-2.6% in South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States. Although the government recently announced that it intends to increase R&amp;D spending to 2% of GDP by 2010, this remains below the OECD average of 2.2%.
根据经合组织的估计，中国目前的研发费用只占其GDP的1.3%，而日本是3.2%，韩国、台湾和美国的平均水平是2.5%到2.6%。尽管政府最近宣布它将把研发费用在2010年提高到GDP的2%，但是这依然低于经合组织2.2%的平均水平。