Our ability to innovate far more than the same level of development

June 29, Chinese Academy of Science and Technology Development published the "National Innovation Index 2015 report." R & D expenditure in the sum of more than 97% of the global total of 40 countries, China Innovation Index ranked 18, compared with last year to enhance a gap with an innovative country further reduced.
Experts said that the level of development of China's innovation capability significantly beyond their stage of economic development, led the world in other developing countries. But at the same time, compared to the United States, Japan, China's Innovation Index score is also relatively low, innovation and development still face challenges.
At the forefront of the "second group"
Strategic Research Institute of Science and Technology Development of China Wuyishan told the "Economic Daily" reporters, the report selected 40 active national science and technology innovation as the research object, continue to use the common international benchmarking national innovation index calculation method, the data used were from governments or international organizations databases and publications, internationally comparable and authority. "National Innovation Index Report" since 2011 has released five, including innovative resources, knowledge creation, innovation, innovation, performance and innovation environment five aspects of indicators.
"According to the results of the National Innovation Index of the calendar year, 40 participating countries can be divided into three groups. Our group is currently leading in the second position." Wuyishan said. According to reports, the national index of the top 15 for the first group, are recognized as an innovative country, the Americas 1 seats, 4 seats in Asia, Europe accounts for 10 seats; 16 to No. 30 for the second group, mainly other developed countries and a few emerging economies; after the first 30 of the third group, mostly in developing countries.
Wuyishan said that China's national innovation index ranks beyond Australia, ranked 18 in the world, on schedule to achieve national "Twelfth Five-Year" plan proposed the development goals. National Innovation Index score of 68.6 points, up 0.2 points over last year, 0.7 points more than in Australia, and continues to pull big lead behind Canada, New Zealand, Luxembourg and other countries. Compared with the No. 17 Irish, there is only a slight gap of 0.01 points; compared with the first group of countries, the gap between China and ranked 15th in the country further reduced, from 2.4 points last year narrowed to 0.8 points .
"Our ability to innovate ahead of the same level of economic development of the country." Wuyishan, said China's per capita GDP in 2014 was $ 7590 in 40 participating countries, just above India and South Africa, but the national innovation index score is much higher than India and South Africa, close to the per capita GDP in Austria, Belgium, at about $ 50,000 European countries.
Continuous Quality Improvement Innovation
Institute of Science and Technology Statistics and Analysis of Chinese Academy of Science and Technology Development mysterious hui, deputy director, said Chinese enterprises ranked 12th in innovation, enhance a ranking than last year. In 2014, our ten thousand enterprises researchers PCT filings increased from 233 last year to 270, ranking improved one rank to 27th place; tripartite patent number and the proportion of the world's R & D expenditure to value added ratio ranking same with last year, points out the first 6 and 15; integrated technical autonomous rate rise in the ranking four spots to ninth. "This shows that Chinese enterprises innovative scale and quality is increasing steadily." Hyun hui said.
Hyun hui think the rising level of international PCT application should be in the future and enhance their ability to innovate focus. Innovation Index ranked Chinese enterprises rose steadily from 2010 into the first group after. 5 secondary indicators of the index, in addition to ten thousand corporate research staff have application number PCT ranked second in the group, and the other four indicators are in the first group. In the PCT international application, the total amount of PCT applications has been ranked third in the world for two consecutive years. R & D personnel from the input-output point of view, PCT application level is still lagging behind the most developed countries.
According to reports, the State Enterprise Innovation Index of the top 15 were Japan, the United States, South Korea, Israel, Germany, France, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, China, Slovenia, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. "Among them, Germany, France and China on an annual ranking representing an upgrade, Sweden's ranking dropped two ranking, Slovenia dropped one rank." Hyun hui said.
"The size and quality of innovation, largely representing the level of innovation and the ability of a country." Experts said, innovation ability and overall national innovation capacity there is a high correlation, in 2014, 15 before the innovation index ranking countries, 12 countries entered the top 15 national innovation index.
Urgent need to improve the innovation environment
"In the rankings, China's innovation environment ranked 19th, compared with last year dropped six." Wuyishan said. Wherein the degree of difficulty of innovation projects with venture-backed decreased greatly, from 5 slipped to No. 11, which indicates that with the rise of innovation and entrepreneurship, corporate demand for venture capital is increasingly urgent, capital market supply ability to be improved. In addition, intellectual property protection also has a certain degree of decline, falling from 25-32, which indicates that with the rapid growth in patent output, the demand for social protection of intellectual property is growing, government efforts to protect intellectual property is also to be further enhanced.
Hyun hui said that although China's innovation performance ranking is about to enter the ranks of the top 10, but there is no long-standing structural weaknesses fundamental change. Since 2000, the value of labor productivity and unit energy consumption of these two indicators of economic output, although improving year by year, but to enhance the rate is not obvious, the international ranking has been hovering in the 5. China's innovation performance still rely mainly on the size and output of high-tech boost the total output of industrial technology, transformation of economic development in our country and to achieve industrial upgrading will continue to face enormous pressure.
"High-tech industrial exports including export processing, so that the data can not simply say that our high-tech industry is particularly strong." Wuyishan bluntly. He said that China's innovation ability promotion space efficiency gains from innovation, China's innovation strengths are creativity is huge potential for the future development of the main innovations in the efficiency and quality improvement.
Experts believe that China is still in the innovation and rapid development stage, still holding R & D expenditure continues to grow, more emphasis on the diffusion and application of innovation, and constantly improve the whole social innovation performance and productivity, scientific and technological innovation system reform and institutional mechanisms play advantages and potential of the domestic market in order to promote the construction of an innovative country.