Foreign media: According to the 2025 Global Innovation Clusters ranking released by the World Intellectual Property Organization, Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou (China and Hong Kong) is at the top, followed by Tokyo-Yokohama (Japan), with both accounting for almost one-fifth of global PCT applications. San Jose-San Francisco in the United States ranks third, while Beijing (China) and Seoul in South Korea are fourth and fifth respectively. In terms of innovation activity intensity (proportional to population density), San Jose-San Francisco in the United States and Cambridge in the United Kingdom are first and second. The top 100 innovation clusters are mainly concentrated in North America, Europe, and Asia, with China having the most clusters (24), followed by the United States (22). Ten clusters have entered the top 100 for the first time this year, including Miami in the United States and Ningbo in China.
The Top 20 Innovation Hubs in the World in 2025: Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou, Tokyo-Yokohama, San Jose-San Francisco, Beijing, Seoul, Shanghai-Suzhou, New York, London, Boston-Cambridge, Los Angeles, Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Paris, Hangzhou, San Diego, Nanjing, Singapore, Washington-Baltimore, Wuhan, Tel Aviv-Jerusalem, Seattle.
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