The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released an advance report of the Global Innovation Index (GII) Report 2024 on August 27 at the IP Week 2024 in Singapore. The report shows that China ranks first in the world for the second consecutive year in terms of the number of global top 100 science, technology and innovation clusters.

China has 26 of the world's top 100 technology and innovation clusters, up from 24 last year, according to the report. The U.S. follows with 20, Germany has eight, and India and South Korea each have four.

Among the top 10 technology and innovation clusters, seven are found in Asia and three in the US. Tokyo-Yokohama (Japan) ranks first, followed by Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou (China). Beijing (China) moved up to the third position. In the sixth place, San Jose-San Francisco, California is the leading US cluster. Other middle-income economy clusters, such as Cairo (Egypt), Chennai (India) and Istanbul (Türkiye) also experienced significant growth.

(Source: Xinhua News)