Top picks
Top 10 innovative Chinese cities
Updated: Feb 15, 2023
chinadaily.com.cn
Print
Share - WeChat
China's capital city Beijing retained top spot on the scientific and technological innovation index according to Beijing Youth Daily, which cited a report on Chinese development in those fields.
From 2012 to 2021, Beijing's scientific and technological innovation index increased 78.5 percent with strong growth momentum in areas including innovation resources, environment, services and performance.
The city's innovation level has increased continuously since 2012 and its speed in building itself up as a science and technology center has been accelerated.
Shanghai surpassed Shenzhen for the first time to grab second place and Guangzhou took fourth, followed by Hangzhou and Nanjing.
Let's take a look at the top 10 cities for scientific and technological innovation.
No 10 Xi'an
No 9 Tianjin
No 8 Wuhan
No 7 Suzhou
No 6 Nanjing
No 5 Hangzhou
No 4 Guangzhou
No 3 Shenzhen
No 2 Shanghai
No 1 Beijing
MOST POPULAR
- 1 China to give visa-free treatment to another 9 countries
- 2 China fully opens manufacturing sector to foreign investors in landmark opening up move
- 3 China's import expo attracts record-breaking participating countries, exhibitors
- 4 China's door opening even wider to foreign visitors, businesses
- 5 China revises rules to ease foreign strategic investment in listed firms
Editors' Picks
Infographic:
China's public holidays for 2025
Infographic:
Basic facts of APEC
Infographic:
Wrapping up the 7th CIIE: Data recap
