The UK lags behind most of its industrial competitors in spending on research and development by government and business, writes Clive Cookson. The science and technology indicators released this summer by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development alarmed UK science policy-watchers.
In 2010 China moved ahead of Britain in the proportion of GDP spent on R&D – 1.77 per cent compared with 1.76 per cent. Ten years ago, China devoted only 0.90 per cent of a far smaller GDP.
The UK has been devoting about 1.8 per cent of GDP to R&D for years, while other countries have been increasing investment.
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