Graphs: Why China isn't a copy-cat nation

4. The number of China's PCT international patent applications has increased tenfold from 2004 to 2013, far exceeding those of other countries and regions. Two Chinese telecommunication companies, ZTE and Huawei, "ranked the second and the third in the world with the most PCT applications" in 2013.

China's R & D spending as a percentage of GDP far exceeds other developing countries