China topped the world in information and expertise outputs this 12 months in a number one innovation index, pushed in giant half by its scientific productiveness, patent applications and hi-tech exports.
Despite its sturdy exhibiting in sci-tech output, China got here in tenth general in the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo)’s annual Global Innovation Index (GII) launched final month.
It was Switzerland that took the highest spot in the ranking for the fifteenth 12 months in a row, elevating questions amongst some in China.
China entered the highest 10 for the primary time this 12 months, coming behind Switzerland, Sweden, the US, South Korea, Singapore, Britain, Finland, the Netherlands and Denmark.
Some Chinese web customers have questioned the methodology and authority of the index and puzzled how Switzerland was the main innovation financial system in the world.
“It’s probably the same as the international university rankings back then, tailor-made for the US and Western countries,” learn one widespread remark below a report by the Shanghai-based information outlet Guancha.
The index revealed by Geneva-based Wipo, an company below the United Nations, is a broadly recognised ranking that’s now in its 18th version.