●Part I China’s Innovation Performance Through Data 1
I. China’s Progress in Key Innovation Indicators 2
(I) Input of Innovation Resources Steadily Grows 3
(II) Knowledge Creation Capacity Continues to Increase 8
(III) Innovation Makes Increasing Contribution to Economic Growth 11
II. China’s ition in the Global Innovation Landscape 14
(I) The Global Innovation Landscape Is Shifting to Being Dominated
by the Trio of North America, Europe and Asia 15
(II) China Outperforms Other Upper-Middle-Income Countries 18
(III) China’s Development Potential Lies in Innovation Quality
Improvement and International Cooperation 22
III. Assessment on National Innovation Index Indicators 29
(I) Input of Innovation Resources Makes Notable Progress 31
(II) Knowledge Creation Continues to Take the Lead 33
(III) Enterprise Innovation Abilities Remain Stable 36
(IV) Innovation Performance Improves Significantly 40
(V) Innovation Environment Needs Further Improvement 43
IV. China’s Innovation Capacity Development and Evolution 46
(I) China’s Movement in the National Innovation Index 47
(II) Progress and Outlook for Indicator Targets of China’s 13th
Five-Year National Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation 52
Part II Country Analysis 57
Part III Assessment Methodology 99
I. Assessment Approach 100
(I) Objective of Assessment 100
(II) Meaning of an Innovation-Driven Country 100
(III) Theoretical Basis 102
(IV) Criteria of Indicator Selection 102
II. Indicator Matrix 104
III. Calculation Methodology 106
(I) Treatment of the Second-Level Indicator Data 106
(II) Calculation of the First-Level Indicator Score 106
(III) Calculation of the National Innovation Index Score 107
(IV) Calculation of China’s National Innovation Index Score
Increases 107
Appendixes 109
Appendix I Index and Sub-index Scores and Rankings 110
Appendix IIDefinitions of Indicators 113
Appendix IIIData Sources 118
