Yeah, the specific numbers don't matter so much as the desired narrative behind the numbers. Clearly, the government wants to boost R&D. Regardless of whether

Yeah, the specific numbers don't matter so much as the desired narrative behind the numbers. Clearly, the government wants to boost R&D. Regardless of whether or not they have to "adjust" their numbers for one specific year, the fact is that they've set their goalposts at double the R&D growth of the west (both US and EU are at around 5% R&D growth [1]). Unless in reality they're not even halfway reaching their goals, they're going to overtake the US and EU in spending at some point, probably pretty soon. The graph in the link below (published by the US gov) is quite clear. One of those lines is obviously not like the others. [1] https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb20201/global-r-d https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb20201/global-r-d