{"id":430443,"date":"2025-09-17T05:25:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T05:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/430443\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T05:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T05:25:12","slug":"china-surpasses-germany-as-most-innovative-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/430443\/","title":{"rendered":"China surpasses Germany as most innovative country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alimat Aliyeva<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, China entered the top ten of the annual UN<br \/>\nInnovation Policy ranking for the first time, surpassing Germany,<br \/>\n<strong>Azernews<\/strong> reports.<\/p>\n<p>China secured the 10th position in the Global Innovation Index<br \/>\n(GII) out of 139 economies, which are evaluated based on 78<br \/>\nindicators. This marks a significant milestone in China\u2019s ongoing<br \/>\npush for technological advancement.<\/p>\n<p>According to Reuters, Beijing is making substantial investments<br \/>\nin research and development (R&amp;D), signaling its determination<br \/>\nto become a global innovation leader. Germany, meanwhile, slipped<br \/>\nto 11th place.<\/p>\n<p>The GII report highlights that China is rapidly approaching the<br \/>\nstatus of the world\u2019s largest spender on R&amp;D. This investment<br \/>\nis already bearing fruit: China accounted for about a quarter of<br \/>\ninternational patent applications in 2024, maintaining its position<br \/>\nas the largest source of new patents worldwide. In contrast, the<br \/>\nUnited States, Japan, and Germany\u2014countries that together represent<br \/>\n40% of total patent applications\u2014experienced a slight decline.<\/p>\n<p>Patent ownership is widely recognized as a key indicator of a<br \/>\ncountry\u2019s economic strength and industrial expertise, reflecting<br \/>\nits capacity for innovation and technological leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Switzerland retained the top spot in the ranking, holding this<br \/>\nposition since 2011, followed by Sweden and the United States. The<br \/>\nrest of the top ten includes South Korea, Singapore, Great Britain,<br \/>\nFinland, the Netherlands, and Denmark, positioned between the<br \/>\nUnited States and China.<\/p>\n<p>An interesting trend to watch is how emerging economies are<br \/>\nleveraging innovation ecosystems, including startups and AI<br \/>\nresearch hubs, to accelerate their progress. China, for example, is<br \/>\nfostering homegrown tech giants and increasing collaboration<br \/>\nbetween academia and industry, which could reshape the global<br \/>\ninnovation landscape in the years ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Alimat Aliyeva On Tuesday, China entered the top ten of the annual UN Innovation Policy ranking for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[12619,7503,12622,7502,1500,3085,12621,1700,2000,299,12620,1824,5387,285,12618,461,263],"class_list":{"0":"post-430443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-analytics","9":"tag-azerbaijan","10":"tag-azernews","11":"tag-baku","12":"tag-breaking-news","13":"tag-business-news","14":"tag-company-news","15":"tag-economy","16":"tag-eu","17":"tag-europe","18":"tag-financial-news","19":"tag-germany","20":"tag-oil-and-gas-news","21":"tag-politics","22":"tag-socar","23":"tag-turkey","24":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115217978175687256","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}