On august 27, the world intellectual property organization (wipo) of xinhua singapore (reporter zaihua) launched the global innovation index (gii) report 2024 at singapore intellectual property week. The report shows that china ranks first in the world for the second consecutive year in the number of its 100-power cluster on science, technology and innovation。
The sti cluster in gii is urban or urban. The ranking is based on two indicators: the location of the inventor in an open patent application under the patent cooperation treaty and the location of the author of a published scientific and technical paper. The world intellectual property organization (wipo) provides statistics and rankings for these indicators, identifying the most dynamic areas of global scientific activity。
The report shows that china has 26 global 100 science, technology and innovation clusters, up from 24 last year. The united states followed by 20, germany 8 and india and korea 4 each。
Seven are in asia and three in the united states on the top ten global sti clusters. The tokyo-yokohama urban cluster in japan ranked first, followed by the shenzhen-hong kong-gangzhou urban cluster in shenzhen, china, and the third in beijing, china, and the sixth largest cluster of science, technology and innovation in the united states, in san josé-san francisco, california。
Although the rankings of the 10 sti clusters have changed little, the dynamics of the 100 sti clusters indicate strong innovation growth in middle-income economies, particularly in china. Other middle-income economies, such as cairo in egypt, chennai in india and istanbul in turkey, also performed well。
According to the director-general of the world intellectual property organization, deng hun sen, science, technology and innovation clusters are an important foundation for national innovation ecosystems, and these clusters thrive not only in developed countries but also in emerging economies. The world intellectual property organization will continue to support these clusters by helping them to use intellectual property rights to translate research findings into practical solutions。
