Top 10 national innovative cities in China

Shenzhen ranked first in the top 10 list of national innovative cities in 2019, followed by Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Nanjing and Wuhan, according to the report from the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China released on Dec 29, 2019.

The report analyzed 72 cities across China based on 45 specific indicators in six dimensions, including innovative infrastructure, technological and educational resources, industrial and innovative capability, entrepreneurship vitality levels, open and collaborative innovation levels as well as green development ability.

As of today, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Development and Reform Commission have supported 78 cities around the country to build themselves up to become a national innovative city.

"Seventy-eight innovative cities have more than 85 percent of the country's effective invention patents, and cultivate over 80 percent of the high-tech enterprises in China, which play a critical role in building China into an innovative country," said Zhao Zhiyun, the Party Secretary of the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China.

Let's see the top 10 national innovative cities in China.