深圳-香港-广州集群跃居全球创新集群排行榜首

Core Insights - The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released a report on September 1, highlighting the inclusion of venture capital transaction activity as a new indicator in the Global Innovation Index (GII) cluster research [2] - The Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou cluster surpassed the Tokyo-Yokohama cluster to rank first, while the San Jose-San Francisco cluster rose three places to become third [2] - The GII cluster ranking, established in 2017, identifies the concentration of world-class innovation activities based on three core indicators: international patent applications submitted through the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the number of scientific papers published, and the newly added venture capital transaction volume [2] - The report indicates that venture capital investment activities help capture how technological knowledge is transformed into startups and ultimately into new products and services in the market [2] - A total of 100 top innovation clusters are distributed across 33 economies, with China having the most clusters (24), followed by the United States (22) and Germany (7) [2]