Global Innovation Index 2021: China Edges Closer to Top 10, surpassing Japan, Isreal and Canada

[beijingwalker]

Global Innovation Index 2021: China Edges Closer to Top 10, surpassing Japan, Isreal and Canada

November 24 2021

On September 20, 2021, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released Global Innovation Index 2021 (hereinafter referred to as “the GII”). China ranked 12th, up 2 places from 2020, topping middle-income economies and surpassing developed economies such as Japan, Israel and Canada.

Switzerland (1), Sweden (2), the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (4) have all ranked among the top 5 in the past three years, while the Republic of Korea (5) jumps five spots from last year. With the exception of Singapore (8), the majority of the GII top 10 most innovative economies continue to be from Europe: The Netherlands (6), Finland (7), Denmark (9) and Germany (10). France (11) continues its progression towards the top 10. As does China (12), climbing two spots from last year.

In addition to China, a small number of middle-income economies are changing the innovation landscape; they include the United Arab Emirates (33), Turkey (41), Thailand (43), Viet Nam (44), Russia (45), India (46) and the Philippines (51).

Even in regions that still struggle to catch up on innovation, local leaders show encouraging results. In Latin America, Chile (53), Mexico (55) and Costa Rica (56) continue to lead. In Africa, the performance of South Africa (61), Kenya (85) and Tanzania (90) is encouraging.

Since 2013, China's global innovation index ranking has risen steadily for 9 consecutive years, with a strong upward momentum. From the indicators of innovation inputs, China is a global leader in the indicators of “Trade, diversification, and market scale” and “knowledge workers”. From the indicators of creative outputs, China's strengths are concentrated in intangible assets, knowledge creation and knowledge impact. Among these, China’s levels of patents, trademark and industrial designs by origin, scaled by GDP, and the percentage of creative product exports in total trade have achieved global leadership.

In the global "Top science and technology (S&T) cluster" ranking, Tokyo–Yokohama region of Japan, Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Guangzhou region of China, Beijing, Seoul and San Jose-San Francisco region of the United States are the top five. Compared with last year, the ranking of Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Guangzhou (No.2) remained unchanged, while the ranking of Beijing (No.3), Shanghai (No.8), Nanjing (No.18) and Hangzhou (No. 21) increased significantly.

Since the release of the GII report in 2007, it has become a wind vane to measure innovation and the cornerstone for governments to make economic decisions. More and more governments systematically analyze their annual selection results and formulate countermeasures to improve their performance.

Global Innovation Index 2021: China Edges Closer to Top 10

On September 20, 2021, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released Global Innovation Index 2021 (hereinafter referred to as "the…

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[letsrock]

I repeatedly hear innovation from these european countries but i dont recollect using any hitech products from these countries.

 

[faithfulguy]

I repeatedly hear innovation from these european countries but i dont recollect using any hitech products from these countries.

They have innovation on the server side or the tools side. Unless one is an insider or expert of a field, it’s difficult to know these info.

On the side note, the western masters are not giving India much credit in innovation. I guess licking balls is not innovative.

 

[Stranagor]

They have innovation on the server side or the tools side. Unless one is an insider or expert of a field, it’s difficult to know these info.

On the side note, the western masters are not giving India much credit in innovation. I guess licking balls is not innovative.

Wasn't surgical strike innovative?

 

[faithfulguy]

Wasn't surgical strike innovative?

Only surgical strikes on their Dalit and women.

 

[QWECXZ]

I repeatedly hear innovation from these european countries but i dont recollect using any hitech products from these countries.

It could be because of legal and tax issues, or the ease of their patent registration process. So, these innovations may have not been actually done there. They're just registered there for convenience, but it's still counted for them.

 

[Protest_again]

Dumb idiots are discussing India in a China thread. Hiding behind another country's flag gives them the chance to deride India since their own country is no where to be seen in such rankings. Lol.

 

[Globenim]

Country that doesnt get bombed into rubble for freedom, has their scientiest drone striked for peace and can fend off pirates for democracy with American characteristics from stealing and blockading their materials and doesnt have its governing system decapitated and overthrown by assasinations and terrorist attacks and flat out military sieges on a anual basis and that not ruled trough second hand by Western oligarchs keeping the country artificially disfunctional and exploitable, ends up developing at a closer to ideal peace than "liberated" and "free" countries under the thumb of old imperalist cleptocracies.

Shocking

 

[Shotgunner51]

I repeatedly hear innovation from these european countries but i dont recollect using any hitech products from these countries.

Because this is an Index. The Global Innovation Index (GII) began in 2007 by a French college (INSEAD) and a British magazine (World Business). WIPO only began co-publishing the GII in 2012. From 2013~2020, Cornell University joined WIPO and INSEAD as co-publisher. As of 2021, the GII is co-published by WIPO with the Portulans Institute, various corporate and academic network partners and an "Advisory Board".

On the other side, as an United Nations agency on global IP services/policy/info/coop with 193 member states, WIPO publishes its own World Intellectual Property Indicators annually. All raw data only, no "who's more innovative" index, such as this:

Now you understand why since late 2000's the mainstream media prefers the Index, and no longer favors the WIPO IP Indicators.