China is the largest telecom market in the world and currently has the largest number of active cellphones of any country in the world, with over 1.5 billion subscribers, as of 2018.[454] It also has the world's largest number of internet and broadband users, with over 800 million Internet users as of 2018—equivalent to around 60% of its population—and almost all of them being mobile as well.[455] By 2018, China had more than 1 billion 4G users, accounting for 40% of world's total.[...

China is the largest telecom market in the world and currently has the largest number of active cellphones of any country in the world, with over 1.5 billion subscribers, as of 2018.[454] It also has the world's largest number of internet and broadband users, with over 800 million Internet users as of 2018—equivalent to around 60% of its population—and almost all of them being mobile as well.[455] By 2018, China had more than 1 billion 4G users, accounting for 40% of world's total.[...

Since the end of the Cultural Revolution,[citation needed] China has made significant investments in scientific research[408] and is quickly catching up with the US in R&D spending.[409][410] In 2017, China spent $279 billion on scientific research and development.[411] According to the OECD, China spent 2.11% of its GDP on research and development (R&D) in 2016.[412] Science and technology are seen as vital for achieving China's economic and political goals, and are held as a source of ...

Since the end of the Cultural Revolution,[citation needed] China has made significant investments in scientific research[408] and is quickly catching up with the US in R&D spending.[409][410] In 2017, China spent $279 billion on scientific research and development.[411] According to the OECD, China spent 2.11% of its GDP on research and development (R&D) in 2016.[412] Science and technology are seen as vital for achieving China's economic and political goals, and are held as a source of ...