South Korean media: China is transforming from "the world's factory" to "a scientific holy land"!
On July 24, the South Korean media "Herald Economic" published an article stating that China's science and technology are developing rapidly. The "Nature Index" analyzed 90,283 papers published in 145 top scientific journals in 2024, and China once again topped the national overall ranking for the second consecutive year after 2023. China leads 186 countries and regions such as the United States in core basic sciences such as physics, chemistry, and earth sciences, while the United States maintains a reputation in life sciences and health medicine, ranking second overall. In 2023, South Korea ranked eighth, and this year it has climbed one position, ranking seventh.
Top research institutions have also been dominated by China. The Chinese Academy of Sciences has remained first for two consecutive years, with eight of the top ten research institutions coming from China. Harvard University, which has always been first, dropped to second place, with the gap between it and the first place further widening. This is because the performance of the Chinese Academy of Sciences increased by 6.2%, while Harvard University's performance decreased by 17.5%. The performance of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was 2776.90, 2.41 times that of Harvard University's 1155.19.
The reality of Western countries that led modern technology in the 20th century is bleak. Apart from Harvard University, which ranks second, only the Max Planck Institute in Germany ranks ninth. Moreover, it is evident that China's progress will continue for some time to come. This is because President Donald Trump claimed to make America great again, but he indiscriminately reduced investments in science and technology. In South Korea, only Seoul National University (52nd) and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (82nd) entered the top 100.
The Chinese technological transformation revealed by the Nature Index is astonishing. Now, China is rapidly transitioning from being the "world's factory" focused on producing low-cost industrial products to an "advanced R&D center". This is a remarkable achievement of China's "technological rise" policy, which has been vigorously promoted over the past 30 years, leveraging its astonishing economic growth. Its core driving force has always been "economies of scale". No one can resist this "mass mobilization", utilizing the advantages of the world's second-largest economy and using "patriotism" to unite 1.4 billion people.
The advancement of China's science and technology is astonishing, combining comprehensiveness with strategy. Now, China will re-create the glory of leading the world by independently developing technologies and laying the foundation for self-reliance.
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