In the Global Innovation Index, the indicators that China performs relatively poorly are introduced as follows:

The "online innovation" indicator, the ease of starting a business, education public expenditure as a share of the national Share of total income, environmental performance, non-agricultural market access, imports of communications, computers and information services.

my country’s Global Innovation Index jumped from 29th in 2015 to 12th in 2021.

The global innovation center is moving eastward to Asia. Among them, China’s innovation performance is particularly outstanding and it has established its position as a global innovation leader. In the "Global Innovation Index" released by the World Intellectual Property Organization in 2021, China ranked 12th overall and was the only middle-income economy to enter the top 15.

Ranked first in 9 important indicators including the number of domestic patents, utility models, designs, and trademark applications. China also has 19 of the world's top technology clusters, with Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou and Beijing ranking 2nd and 3rd respectively. In 2021, China ranked first, third and tenth respectively in PCT patent, Madrid trademark and Hague design applications.

The Global Innovation Index is a detailed quantitative tool that helps global policymakers better understand how to incentivize innovative activities to drive economic growth and human development. The Global Innovation Index ranks 126 economies based on 80 indicators, including intellectual property application rates, mobile application development, education spending, scientific publications, etc.

The Global Innovation Index (GII) provides detailed indicators on the innovation performance of 127 countries and economies around the world. The index is the result of a collaboration between Cornell University, INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). GII has gained international recognition and is both the main reference for measuring innovation capabilities and an "operational tool" for policymakers.

In 2020, the top ten are Switzerland, Sweden, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Singapore, Germany and South Korea. Compared with 2019, China's ranking remains unchanged at 14th. Hong Kong, China ranks 11th.