Published: April 6th, 2023,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

Compared to China, the competitiveness of the US, Australia, and EU countries is clearly no longer in such good shape. The research team of the renowned Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) reviewed more than 2.2 million research papers. The result: China leads in 37 of the 44 most important research and technology areas.