Where does China stand in strategic technologies?

In 2015 China launched an ambitious plan to become a technology superpower by 2049. The “China 2025” strategy defines core industries, such as robotics, pharma, electric vehicles, aerospace, and advanced digitisation, in which China wants to become globally competitive and largely independent of foreign technology. At the World Economic Forum 2025 we presented our new analysis on where China currently stands in these strategic technologies from a high-quality patent perspective. Download the analysis free of charge.