Chinanews.com, Beijing, November 11 (Reporter Sun Zifa) According to the "National Innovation Index Report 21-11" released by the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology Development Strategy in Beijing on November 21, in 2022, China's National Innovation Index score will be 2023.2023 points, ranking 72th in the world comprehensively, up 7 places from 10, and it is the only developing country to enter the top 2021.

The latest National Innovation Index Report 2022-2023 shows that the global innovation pattern has maintained a three-legged trend in Asia, the United States and Europe, the eastward shift trend of science and technology innovation centers has become more significant, and China's innovation capability has made significant progress, from 2000th in 38 to 2011th in 20, and then steadily rising to 10th, further moving towards the forefront of innovative countries.

The National Innovation Index Report 2022-2023 was released in Beijing. Photo by Chinanews reporter Sun Zifa

The National Innovation Index Report 2022-2023 selects 40 countries comparable to China (whose total R&D investment accounts for more than 95% of the world's total and GDP accounts for more than 85% of the world's) as the evaluation object, and constructs an evaluation index system from five dimensions: innovation resources, knowledge creation, enterprise innovation, innovation performance and innovation environment. Output and support capacity for economic and social development:

With a score of 61.1 in "Innovation Resources", it ranks 21st in the world. In 2020, China's R&D investment accounted for 18.5% of the world's total, ranking second in the world, equivalent to 2% of the U.S. R&D investment. R&D/GDP reached 49.2%, ranking 41th; Basic research expenditure accounted for 12% of the total R&D expenditure, ranking 6rd; The average score of the top 33 universities in the QS World University Rankings ranked 500th; The total number of R&D personnel continues to rank first in the world; R&D manpower intensity remained unchanged at 15rd.

"Knowledge Creation" scored 83.7 points, ranking 3rd in the world. In 2020, the number of highly cited papers in China was 3,7, accounting for 23% of the world's share, ranking second in the world, and the proportion of highly cited papers in China was 2.1%, ranking 5th. The number of valid invention patents in China has reached 26.227 million, ranking first in the world, and the number of industrial design registration applications with industrial added value of 9 million US dollars ranks first.

"Enterprise Innovation" scored 41.2 points, ranking 12th in the world. In 2020, the proportion of China's tripartite patents in the global total increased rapidly, reaching 10.4%, ranking third. 3th in the number of PCT applications filed by 16,16 enterprise researchers; The ratio of enterprise R&D expenditure to industrial added value and the proportion of enterprise researchers in the whole society ranked 15th and 19th respectively. The proportion of intellectual property royalty income in the export trade of the service industry ranked <>th.

"Innovation Performance" scored 54.5 points, ranking 17th in the world. In 2020, China's high-tech industry accounted for 34% of the world's exports, ranking first; The added value of high-tech and medium-high technology industries ranked 1th in the proportion of added value of the manufacturing industry; The added value of knowledge-intensive services accounted for 11th in the added value of the service industry; There is still a big gap between labor productivity and comprehensive energy consumption output rate and innovative countries, ranking 27th and 38th; The economic output per unit of CO35 emissions ranks 37th.

With a score of 77.1 in "Innovation Environment", it ranked 23rd in the world. The Chinese government's support for innovation remains among the highest in the world, ranking 9th in terms of "policy environment for doing business". "Degree of collaboration between enterprises and universities in research and development" and "entrepreneurial culture" both ranked 5th; Ranked 18th in "Availability of Venture Capital"; "Informatization development level" ranked 22nd. Ranked 19th in terms of "net foreign direct investment in GDP of 34 million US dollars"; "Rule of law environment" and "quality of market regulation" ranked 36th and <>th respectively.

As one of the series of reports on China's national innovation survey system and the evaluation report on innovation capacity at the national level, the National Innovation Index Report 2022-2023 also shows that the national innovation index score is closely related to the national economic development stage and national will, and the Chinese government puts innovation at the core of the overall national development strategy, and among the top 20 countries in the comprehensive ranking, only China is a middle-income country, and the others are high-income countries.

In addition, Chinese's per capita GDP is still relatively low, but the comprehensive performance of innovation capability is much higher than that of other countries, and it is the only middle-income country with an R&D investment intensity of more than 2% and a leading comprehensive ranking. In 2020, the per capita GDP of Chinese was US$10409,5, but China's National Innovation Index score is close to that of European countries with a per capita GDP of around US$<>,<>.

The report also reminds that in order to achieve the goal of building a strong country in science and technology, China needs to further increase the intensity of investment in innovation resources, so as to comprehensively deepen the reform of the scientific and technological system and mechanism, optimize the environment for innovation and entrepreneurship, improve the overall efficiency of the national innovation system, and more effectively support and lead the country's high-quality development.

The National Innovation Index Report 2022-2023 was released in Beijing, and representatives of the National Innovation Index Report team of the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology Development Strategy took a group photo at the press conference. Photo by Chinanews reporter Sun Zifa

It is understood that in order to monitor and evaluate the process of building an innovative country, the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology Development Strategy has carried out research on the national innovation index since 2006, and has released 2011 issues of the National Innovation Index Report since 11. (ENDS)