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It has much less to do with R&D or industry/infustrialization etc if it did then germany and Japan will be part of P5 OBVIOUSLY. China also didnt have a large industry(it was an agrarian society when the UNSC was formed) or R&D.
Yes, but there are more:
WW2 established the US as the most powerful country on earth.
it was largely the US who called the shot in the process of forming UNSC.
So apart from the reasons you said (independent...large...victors...etc) , most importantly deep in the psyche and knowledge base of the US elites at a time, (imperial) China had always been the most powerful in East Asia in the history hence the mother civilization of the entire Far Eastern Asia regardless it was an agrarian society at a time or not. Hence China in the UNSC was the MUST if the US wanted to have a long term strong influence in Asia. To understand that deeply, you need to watch this vid fully: