Xinhua News Agency, Guangzhou, January 10 (Reporter Lu Hao) The Boao Forum for Asia Innovation Report 2023 released in Guangzhou on the 10th shows that in the global innovation "triangle" pattern composed of Asia, North America and Europe, Asia's innovation position has been further strengthened and consolidated.
Li Baodong, Secretary-General of the Boao Forum for Asia, said that Asia is catching up with Europe and the United States in the main technological fields of the new round of scientific and technological revolution, and the quantity, quality and industrialization level of innovation in Asian countries are accelerating. China ranks among the top in the world in terms of the quantity and quality of technological innovation in the fields of life and health and biopharmaceuticals, new energy and low-carbon technologies, new materials and advanced manufacturing, and digital intelligent technologies.
According to the report, in the 2023 Global Country Innovation Index rankings, Asia's Singapore is among the top five, and China, South Korea, Japan, and Israel are among the top 15 in the global ranking. In addition, the 2023 Global Science and Technology Innovation Center Ranking shows that 95 cities in the top 100 global science and technology innovation centers are located in the three regions of Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, of which 32 are in Asia-Pacific. The number of China's top 100 cities has increased from 20 in 2022 to 23 in 2023, and the comprehensive level of scientific and technological innovation has accelerated.
The report, jointly completed by the Boao Forum for Asia Research Institute and South China University of Technology, analyzes the five major trends of global scientific and technological innovation development, such as the formation of a new pattern of scientific and technological innovation in regional countries, the convergence of disciplines into accelerators of scientific and technological innovation, the focus of scientific and technological innovation on digital intelligent technology, the application of scientific and technological achievements in the people's livelihood and health industry, and the great changes in the scientific and technological ecology caused by fierce competition. In addition, the report also introduces the four major subdivisions of the global technology industry: AI large model technology, organoids, nuclear power generation industry, and third-generation semiconductor materials, and the Asia-Pacific region is an important output area for the four tracks.
Li Baodong said that the Boao Forum for Asia will continue to pay attention to the development trend of scientific and technological innovation in Asia, actively promote Asian countries to adapt to the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, accelerate scientific and technological innovation and institutional innovation, and promote exchanges and cooperation in the application of new technologies such as digitalization and intelligence. (ENDS).