9月20日，世界知识产权组织发布《2021年全球创新指数报告》。

 

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)'s "Global Innovation Index (GII) 2021" shows that China has made continuous progress from ranking 14th last year to 12th this year and is now "knocking at the door of the GII top 10," which "underlines the continued importance of governmental policies and incentives¹ to stimulate² innovation."

世界知识产权组织（WIPO）发布的《2021年全球创新指数报告》显示，2021年中国创新指数在全球排名第12位，较2020年上升2位，排名连续稳步上升。最新排名已接近进入前十名之列，彰显了政府决策和激励措施对于促进创新的重要性。

 

Since 2013, China has moved up the GII ranks consistently and steadily³, being the only middle-income economy in the list and establishing itself as a global innovation leader.

自2013年以来，中国的全球创新指数排名连续稳步上升，目前仍是前30名中唯一的中等收入经济体，已经确立了作为全球创新领先者之一的地位。

 

分项指标表现

 

The number of China's patents by origin, scaled by gross domestic product (GDP), is higher than those of Japan, Germany and the United States, and is even more impressive when considered in absolute terms. The same is true for the number of trademarks⁴ and industrial designs by origin as a percentage of GDP.

中国的本国人专利数量在国内生产总值中的规模高于日本、德国和美国。按绝对价值计算，表现还要更好。本国人商标和工业设计数量在国内生产总值中的占比表现也很亮眼。

 

In terms of innovation clusters geographically⁵, the top 10 list remains⁶ the same as last year with only minor⁷ shifts. Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou and Beijing now rank second and third, respectively, after the Tokyo-Yokohama cluster in Japan. Shanghai ranks eighth. Of the top 100 clusters, China has 19.

在全球“最佳科技集群”排名中，前十名的位次与去年相比，仅有微小变动。日本东京—横滨地区排名第一，中国深圳—香港—广州地区和北京分别位列第二、三位，上海排名第八。全球100个领先的科技集群，有19个在中国。

 

As in past years, Switzerland, Sweden, the United States and the United Kingdom continue to lead the innovation ranking. Other countries in the GII top 10 include South Korea, the Netherlands, Finland, Singapore, Denmark and Germany.

与往年一样，瑞士、瑞典、美国以及英国占据创新指数榜单前四位，位列前十的其他几个国家分别是韩国、荷兰、芬兰、新加坡、丹麦和德国。

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