According to the report released at China Science and Technology Think Tank Forum 2020 in August 2020, China ranks first in the world with the number of scientific and technological talents exceeding 1.0 1 billion. China has maintained the largest R&D talent pool in the world for seven consecutive years.
It shows that in 20 19, China submitted 58,990 applications, surpassing the United States (57,840), and the number of patent applications ranked first in the world, breaking the monopoly of 4 1 in the United States.