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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Geneva, September 17 (Xinhua) — China ranked 10th in the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) 2025 Global Innovation Index, moving up one place from the previous year and entering the top 10 for the first time. WIPO released the data on Thursday.
Switzerland leads the current ranking, followed by Sweden, the United States, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Finland, the Netherlands, Denmark and China.
The report also emphasizes that China maintains its global leadership among middle-income economies, demonstrating consistently high R&D spending, high-tech exports, and innovation output. For the third year in a row, China has ranked first in the number of science and technology innovation clusters in the global top 100. There are 24 Chinese clusters on the current list, with Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou taking first place globally for the first time.
Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Oceania remain the driving force behind global innovation in 2025, with six countries from these regions entering the top 25.
The WIPO report also points to uneven performance in leading indicators of future innovation activity. "While we see encouraging signs of recovery in areas such as innovation adoption and impact, the global innovation engine is not operating at full capacity. Slowing growth in R&D investment and declining venture capital activity remind us that innovation requires sustained early-stage support and reliable financing," WIPO Director General Daren Tang stated in a press release.
The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025 report, published by WIPO, assesses the innovation performance of nearly 140 economies using some 80 indicators, including R&D expenditures, venture capital deals, high-tech exports, and intellectual property applications. –0–
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