Beijing Ranks First In Dimension Of Global Leadership Of Scientific Research

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Beijing Ranks First In Dimension Of Global Leadership Of Scientific Research​

December 2, 2022

Beijing has surpassed Boston in the US and ranked in the top five in science and technology innovation in the global sphere and Shanghai is also in the top group in an individual indicator, a recently released index report shows. China’s capital Beijing ranks the first in the dimension of the global leadership of scientific research while New York from the US ranks first in the dimension of global support of innovation environment.

Three other Chinese cities including Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Guangzhou also ranked the top 30 cities of science and technology innovation, according to the Global S&T Innovation Center Index 2022 released for the first time by the Institute for Global Innovation and Development of East China Normal University during the First Conference on World Geography held recently.

The report evaluates the level of technological innovation and development of 130 cities in 45 countries from six continents around the world from five dimensions including global clustering abilities of innovation factors, global leadership of scientific research, global original breakthroughs of technological innovation, global driving force of industrial transformation and global support of innovation environment.

It is noteworthy that among the top 100 science and technology innovation centers, 26 cities are from the US, six more than those from China and 13 cities from the US rank in the top 30.

From the perspective of the five dimensions, the San Francisco-San Jose region in the US is the world’s top scientific and technological innovation center with not only its comprehensive ranking top the list but also ranking the first for three indicators.

The report shows that the global innovation centers form a situation of tripartite confrontation situation among Europe, North America and Asia Pacific regions. Among the top 100 innovation centers, 34 are located in Europe, 30 in North America and 29 in Asia Pacific.

Furthermore, among the top 30 innovation centers, 13 are located in North America and nine are located in the Asia Pacific region. Both two regions have four cities respectively ranking in the top 10.

According to Du Debin, dean of the School of Urban and Regional Science, East China Normal University, who delivered the index report, only two European cities made the top 10, showing a lack of innovation momentum while North America continues to excel in innovation. The Asia-Pacific region is the best performer in the global driving force of industrial transformation but remains weak in the global support of innovation environment.

The index report also shows that China’s global science and technology innovation centers are concentrated in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Half of the 20 Chinese cities that rank the top 100 on the index are located in the three regions.

According to the report, compared with the top global science and technology innovation centers in the US and Europe, China’s innovation centers still have many weaknesses in terms of outstanding innovative talents, top scientific research bodies, innovation engine enterprises, high-quality innovation achievements, international science and technology cooperation and innovation environment construction.

The report suggested to coordinate the development of international and regional science and technology innovation centers, work hard to strengthen the weakness and enhance the strengths, and further focus on training talents and cultivating innovative bodies and optimize the environment for innovation.

Beijing Ranks First In Global Leadership of Scientific Research

Beijing ranks the first in the dimension of the global leadership of scientific research in global support of innovation environment.

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Beijing tops Nature Index global science city rankings​

lChina.org.cn, December 2, 2022

Beijing has once again become the top science city globally, followed by the New York metropolitan area, according to the Nature Index global science city 2022 rankings released recently.

In terms of the building of science centers and innovation hubs, Beijing has become one of the leading innovative cities in the world, according to Xu Qiang, an official of the municipal science and technology commission.

The index shows that Beijing leads the world in high-quality scientific research output in physics and chemistry.

With three national laboratories put into use and a cluster of scientific installations launched in Huairou Science City, Beijing has yielded a batch of world-class innovative products in the fields of quantum information, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and life and health.

Industrial clusters have become a driving force for promoting the high-quality development of cutting-edge technologies in Beijing.

The new generation of information technology has formed a trillion-yuan industrial cluster in the capital city. The scale of industrial clusters in medicine, health, artificial intelligence, intelligent equipment, energy conservation, and environmental protection has reached 100 billion yuan each.

Thanks to the strong industrial cluster effects generated by Zhongguancun Science Park, a company like Agile Robots has grown from a small enterprise with only 10 employees and millions in revenues from its main business to a unicorn enterprise with an estimated value of more than $1.5 billion, annual sales revenue of nearly 200 million yuan, and more than 900 employees worldwide over the past three years.

In addition, Beijing's turnover of certified and registered technology contracts exceeded 700 billion yuan in 2021, cementing Beijing's position as China's largest intercity research cooperation center.

According to the statistics, the city has a wealth of talent, including science strategists, top industrial leaders, and young scientists. The number of active researchers in Beijing exceeds 470,000, ranking first in the world.

http://www.china.org.cn/china/2022-12/02/content_78548893.htm

 

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Beijing tops Nature Index Science cities ranking​

Dec 2, 2022

Beijing remains at the top spot in the newly released Nature Index 2022 Science cities, followed by New York metropolitan area, China News Service reported.
The ranking analyzed the scientific research output in 82 natural science journals of major cities and metropolitan areas.

According to the ranking, Shanghai climbed to the third place from the fifth in 2020, Boston metropolitan area and San Francisco Bay Area take the fourth and fifth spots.
Other Chinese cities also made it on the list. Nanjing takes the eighth spot while Guangzhou rises to the tenth spot. Wuhan, Hefei, Hangzhou and Tianjin are included in the top 20.

The index shows that Beijing leads the world in high-quality scientific research output in physics, followed by Shanghai and Boston. Cities in the US lead in life science, with New York, Boston, San Francisco Bay Area and Baltimore-Washington taking the top 4 spots in articles published on life science.

Beijing tops Nature Index Science cities ranking

Beijing remains at the top spot in the newly released Nature Index 2022 Science cities, followed by New York metropolitan area, China News Service reported.

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