7 charts to explain how China became a threat to US's tech leadership

Seven years after China unveiled its ambitious Made in China 2025 plan to become globally competitive in 10 industries, President Xi is using Communist Party congress this month to redouble efforts

Seven years after China unveiled its ambitious Made in China 2025 plan to become globally competitive in 10 industries, President Xi Jinping is using the Communist Party congress this month to redouble efforts to “win the battle in key core technologies.”
 

His rallying call reflects the intensifying tensions between China and the US, which has tightened the screws in recent years on the transfer of cutting-edge technology to the world’s second-largest economy.

Here are seven charts that illustrate how much China has closed the gap with the US in state-of-the-art technology, and why the Biden administration feels threatened to the