China accelerates innovation to drive high-quality development

CHINA has risen to 10th position in the global innovation rankings for 2025, up one spot from the previous year and marking its first entry into the top 10, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

- HE YIN

Students control a robot at the Hangzhou Bay Embodied Intelligence Innovation Center in Shangyu district, Shaoxing, in east China's Zhejiang province.

(Zhu Shengjun)

Since 2013, China has risen 25 places — making it one of the fastest-rising economies in innovation.

This progress reflects steady advances in basic research, breakthroughs in key and core technologies, leadership in frontier fields such as artificial intelligence and renewable energy, and the deep integration of digital and real economies. These achievements stem from China’s innovation-driven development strategy and its efforts to build a science and technology powerhouse.

“Reaching the global top 10 highlights China’s prominent role as a global leader in innovation,” said WIPO Assistant Director General, Marco Aleman.