The ranking in 2022 jumped 23 places from 2012 Why did the ranking of China's innovation capability improve steadily
According to the 2022 Global Innovation Index recently released by the World Intellectual Property Organization, China's innovation capability will be ranked 11th in the world in 2022, up 1 place from the previous year and 23 places from 2012.
China's global innovation ranking has steadily improved in recent years. What are the main factors at work?
How do you view this trend?
A number of leading segmentation indicators
According to the 2022 Global Innovation Index, Switzerland, the United States, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands are in the top five. China is just one step away from the top ten. Other emerging economies maintain strong momentum, and India and Turkey enter the top 40 for the first time.
The report shows that despite the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, research and development and other investments that drive global innovation activities continue to flourish.
Global venture capital deals will surge 46% in 2021, matching levels during the dotcom boom of the late 1990s.
Venture capital growth was strong in Latin America and the Caribbean and Africa.
In 2021, R&D spending by the world's top companies will increase by nearly 10% to more than $900 billion, higher than in 2019 before the outbreak.
"China's achievements are the result of the country's focus on innovation as an engine of growth. China has created an innovation ecosystem in a very comprehensive way, which is one of the important factors in its ability to steadily improve its innovation capabilities." World Deng Hongsen, Director General of the Intellectual Property Organization, believes that in the future, the world should not only pay more attention to innovation investment, but also how to transform investment into economic and social influence. Quality and value are as important to innovation capability as quantity and scale.
"According to this report, in seven evaluation dimensions, including institutions, infrastructure, human capital and R&D, and market maturity, China has the best performance in terms of knowledge and technology output, ranking sixth in the world." China's Science and Technology Development Zhang Xu, Dean of the Institute of Strategic Studies, said that China has long been at the forefront of the world in many indicators of innovation output.
According to the 2022 Global Innovation Index, China ranks first in the world in 9 sub-indices: reading, mathematics and science PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) scale; domestic market size; proportion of companies providing formal training; unit The number of domestic invention patent applications per unit of GDP; the number of domestic utility model patent applications per unit of GDP; the growth of labor output value; the number of domestic trademark applications per unit of GDP; the number of domestic industrial design applications per unit of GDP; the export of creative products in share of total trade.
Regional innovation has achieved remarkable results
According to the 2022 Global Innovation Index, among 132 economies, China has entered the top 100 global technology clusters in 21, an increase of 14 from 2017. For the first time, the number is equal to that of the United States, ranking first in the world.
"21 science and technology clusters have entered the top 100 in the world, indicating that my country's regional innovation and development have achieved remarkable results." Zhang Xu said that my country has clearly put forward the strategic deployment of supporting Beijing, Shanghai, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to build international science and technology innovation centers, promoting Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, The Yangtze River Delta and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will build collaborative innovation communities, support Chengdu-Chongqing, Wuhan, etc. to build scientific and technological innovation centers with national influence, strengthen scientific and technological innovation cooperation between the east and the west, and promote the construction of national independent innovation demonstration zones and high-tech zones, and national innovation. The highland construction has achieved remarkable results, and an all-round and multi-level regional innovation pattern has been initially formed.
The three major international science and technology innovation centers in Beijing, Shanghai and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area have outstanding advantages, and their scientific and technological strength has entered the international leading ranks.
In the list of the world's top 100 technology clusters, Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou ranks 2nd, Beijing ranks 3rd, and Shanghai-Suzhou ranks 6th.
The number of PCT patent applications in the above-mentioned regions accounts for 13% of the world's share, and the output of scientific papers accounts for 7.7% of the world's share.
The construction of the collaborative innovation community in the Yangtze River Delta continues to strengthen.
Nanjing, Hangzhou and Hefei ranked 13th, 14th and 55th respectively.
The Chengdu-Chongqing and Wuhan Science and Technology Innovation Centers have accelerated.
Wuhan, Chengdu and Chongqing ranked 16th, 29th and 49th respectively.
The scientific and technological innovation capabilities of major urban agglomerations in the Yellow River Basin have been continuously improved.
Xi'an and Jinan ranked 22nd and 61st respectively.
It is worth noting that Qingdao, Zhengzhou, and Xiamen rose to 34th, 83rd, and 91st respectively; Lanzhou entered the top 100 ranks for the first time, ranking 100th; Northeast old industrial bases have accelerated their transformation, Harbin, Changchun, Shenyang, Four cities in Dalian entered the top 100 global science and technology clusters.
Overall performance continues to improve
"The evaluation results of the World Intellectual Property Organization reflect the continuous improvement of the overall efficiency of my country's innovation system. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country has deeply implemented the innovation-driven development strategy, promoted the reform of the scientific and technological system, continued to strengthen basic research, and concentrated on key efforts. The core technology has been tackled, the scientific and technological strength has leaped to a new level, and the supporting and leading role in economic and social development has been continuously strengthened." said Xing Huaibin, deputy director of the Strategic Planning Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The evaluation results show that the status of Chinese enterprises as the main body of innovation has been continuously strengthened. The proportion of corporate funds in the research and development (R&D) funds of the whole society ranks third in the world, an increase of 1 place over the previous year; the innovation capabilities of colleges and universities have been continuously improved. Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University The university has been shortlisted in the top 50 of the "QS Global Education Group University Rankings" for consecutive years, and the average score of the three universities has remained at the third place in the world.
my country's product export ranks among the top in the world, and the net export of high-tech products ranks fourth in the proportion of total trade volume.
China continues to deepen the transformation of government functions, and continues to optimize the institutional environment for protecting and stimulating innovation, which is also reflected in the relevant evaluation results.
Among them, the comprehensive score of business environment ranked 13th, and the entrepreneurship policy and cultural indicators ranked 9th.
The ranking of domestic market size remains the first in the world, the ranking of domestic industrial diversification indicators remains the second, and the amount of credit provided to the private sector in the proportion of GDP ranks fourth, up 16 places from 2012; it provides financial support for start-up and growth enterprises Ranked 9th.
The infrastructure supporting innovation has been increasingly improved, and the electronic participation index ranks 9th in the world, up 54 places from 2012; the government network service index ranks 12th in the world, up 47 places from 2012.
"Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country's scientific and technological undertakings have undergone major changes in history, overallness and pattern, and successfully entered the ranks of innovative countries." Xing Huaibin said that we will adhere to the path of independent innovation with Chinese characteristics, and unswervingly strive to overcome difficulties. Overcome difficulties, strive to achieve high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, build a scientific and technological power, and contribute greater scientific and technological strength on the new journey towards the second centenary goal.
(Economic Daily, October 11, 2022, page 03)