China completed 92 space launches in 2025, including 50 commercial missions, according to the National Bureau of Statistics' newly released communiqué. The year saw landmark achievements like the Zhuque-3 and Long March-12A reusable rockets' successful maiden flights, along with the Tianwen-2 probe's asteroid sample-return mission.
Military and Quantum Breakthroughs
The Fujian aircraft carrier, China's first domestically designed carrier with electromagnetic catapults, entered service last year. Meanwhile, the 'Zuchongzhi-3' superconducting quantum computer prototype and a sustained 100-million-degree plasma record in nuclear fusion research positioned China at the forefront of frontier technologies.
AI and R&D Investment Surge
China's DeepSeek large language model gained international recognition in 2025, while the country conducted its first invasive brain-computer interface clinical trial. Research spending reached 3.93 trillion yuan ($569 billion), with 972,000 invention patents granted – clear indicators of accelerating innovation.
