Recently, the European Commission released the 2025 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard. Among the world’s top 2,000 companies in industrial R&D investment for 2025, a total of 25 Chinese chemical firms were listed, including 2 enterprises from Yichang. Xingfa Group ranked 1,283rd with R&D investment amounting to €136.09 million, while Hubei Yihua Group ranked 1,598th with R&D expenditure of €99.82 million.

　　Globally, in the chemical sector covered by the ranking, Japan led with 27 companies on the list, followed by China with 25, the United States with 19, Germany with 8, and Switzerland with 5.(Sanxia Daily: Reporter/Zhao Jingyi)