Rain Technology reported on June 26 that at the Xiaomi press conference tonight, Lei Jun announced a compelling long-term strategic plan: Xiaomi is expected to invest 200 billion yuan in R&D in the next five years.
Looking back, in the past five years from 2021 to 2025, Xiaomi has invested RMB 105 billion to focus on in-depth research and development of core technologies.
It can be clearly seen from the comparison that Xiaomi’s R&D investment will achieve significant growth in the next five years, directly doubling, reaching twice the investment amount in the past five years. This is not just a simple digital growth, but also reflects Xiaomi’s strategic layout for future technological competition.
It is particularly worth noting that in 2025, Xiaomi’s single-year scientific research investment is expected to reach 30 billion yuan. Such a huge capital investment undoubtedly shows that Xiaomi is committed to building a stronger and broader “moat” through technological innovation. This strategic choice aims to ensure that Xiaomi maintains its leading position in the fierce market competition and lays the foundation for future sustainable development.
The huge investment in scientific research is continuing to transform into Xiaomi’s market competitiveness. From significant breakthroughs in imaging technology, to self-developed Xuanjie chips, from the continuous iteration of fast charging technology, to the construction of the human-car-home ecosystem, these R&D achievements have continuously consolidated Xiaomi’s product strength, improved user experience, and injected new vitality into the Xiaomi brand.
When talking about Xiaomi’s successful experience, Lei Jun particularly emphasized the importance of confidence and R&D investment. He said that when facing challenges and difficulties, companies must maintain unswerving confidence and firmly believe in China’s scientific and technological innovation capabilities and huge market potential. This belief is a powerful driving force for Xiaomi to keep moving forward.
From an objective perspective, Xiaomi’s increase in R&D investment is to cope with increasingly fierce market competition on the one hand, and to respond to the country’s policy orientation of encouraging scientific and technological innovation. Against the backdrop of increasingly fierce global technological competition, increasing R&D investment is an inevitable choice for enterprises to enhance their competitiveness. At the same time, it can also contribute to my country’s scientific and technological progress. However, whether huge investments can be converted into actual product innovation and market returns still needs time to test. How to efficiently utilize these funds and convert R&D results into commercial value is an important challenge facing Xiaomi in the future.
