China ranked 17th in the 2018 Global Innovation Index. The top ten countries in the 2018 Global Innovation Index are: Switzerland, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Singapore, the United States, Finland, Denmark, Germany and Ireland.

In the 2019 Global Innovation Index, Switzerland topped the list, followed by Sweden, the United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, etc. Among the top performers in Asia are Singapore (8th), Israel (10th), South Korea (11th) and Hong Kong, China (13th). China ranked 14th, entering the top 15 for the first time.

The "2019 Global Innovation Index Report" released on July 24, 2019 shows that China's ranking continues to rise, from seventeenth in 2018 to fourteenth in 2019. The "Report" shows that China is still the only country among the middle-income economies that ranks among the top 30. It has demonstrated obvious innovation strength in many fields, including the number of domestic patents, the number of domestic industrial designs, and the number of domestic trademarks. As well as in terms of net high-tech exports and exports of creative products, China ranks at the forefront.

In terms of innovation input and output, China performs outstandingly. Its innovation output is comparable to Germany, the United Kingdom, Finland, Israel, and the United States, but its input level is far lower than these countries. The report also introduces the latest ranking of the world's largest science and technology clusters, with the United States, China and Germany occupying the top three science and technology clusters.

Extended information

In order to support the global innovation debate, guide various policies, and highlight good practices, relevant indicators need to be used to evaluate the performance of innovation and related policies. The Global Innovation Index creates an environment for continuous assessment of innovation factors. Its features are listed below:

Introduction to 126 countries/economies, including various data, rankings, strengths and weaknesses

80 data tables based on more than 30 international public and private sector indicators, 57 of which are reliable data, 18 are comprehensive indicators, and 5 are questionnaires

Transparent and reproducible computer calculations Methodology, in which each index ranking (Global Innovation Index, Output and Input Sub-Index) has a 90 confidence interval, plus an analysis of the factors affecting each year's ranking?

The 2018 Global Innovation Index is Calculated as the average of two secondary indices. The innovation input sub-index measures the national economic factors that reflect innovation activities. These factors are divided into five major categories:

(1) Institutions

(2) Human capital and research

(3) Infrastructure

(4) Market maturity

(5) Business maturity.

The sub-index of innovation output reflects the actual evidence of innovation results and is divided into two categories:

(6) Knowledge and technology output

(7) Creative output.

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