SHENZHEN, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) — Asia has steadily emerged as a world hub for analysis and improvement (R&D) and innovation, marked by a major enhance in each the quantity and high quality of its science and know-how innovation clusters, based on a report launched on Friday.
The Boao Forum for Asia Innovation Report 2024 was collectively compiled by the Boao Forum for Asia Academy and Deloitte China.
The report revealed that in 2023, the highest 100 science and know-how clusters have been predominantly concentrated in East Asia, Western Europe and North America. Among these, the Tokyo-Yokohama cluster in Japan stood out because the world’s largest and top-performing science and know-how hub.
In addition, based on the report, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area cluster has gained rising worldwide recognition for its achievements in industrial know-how innovation.
It additionally famous that East Asia led international patent functions, accounting for 62.6 % of the world’s whole patent filings.
China ranked first globally in patent functions and grants, with 1.677 million functions and 920,800 grants in 2023. China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea held dominant positions in synthetic intelligence and communication applied sciences patents.