Shanghai has ranked first in the national annual report on regional innovation ability for the third-straight year while Beijing and Guangdong finished second and third respectively, said the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai recently.
Indexes on knowledge creativity, industry structure and hardware for scientific and technological innovation earned Shanghai higher marks compared to previous years.
Indexes on patents, scientific and technological thesis and input-output ratio are among the major impetuses to promote the city’s knowledge creativity.
The amount of patents totaled 1,678 from 880 a year earlier. The input-output ratio seized first place from third in the previous year.
The output value of new and high technology industry accounted for 57.32 percent of gross domestic product, up 4.96 percentage points from a year ago, the report said. The electronics industry and added value of the manufacturing industry accounted for 9.61 percent of GDP, 4.96 percentage points higher than a year earlier.
The National Team of Strategy of Science and Technology Development issued the annual report after assessing 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities.
