CHINA should surpass Japan this year to become the world's No. 2 investor in research after the United States as it tries to become a leading creator of technology, an international economic group said yesterday.
China is expected to spend just over US$136bil (RM488bil) on R&D in 2006, passing Japan's forecast US$130bil (RM466.5bil), the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said in a report on world technology trends.
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