\\\\\\\"1 Rankings .................... 001
2 Overview of Global Innovation Landscape ............. 005
I. Leading countries hold significant strengths in science, technology and innovation (STI)................................................................................... 006
II. Asia, America and Europe remain the three pillars on the global innovation landscape ..........................................................................010
III. Innovation development is closely related to economic strength and national will ........................................................................................013
IV. The eastward shift of the global STI center is increasingly evident .......016
V. China continues to move up its position on the global innovation landscape ............................................................................................018
3 Innovation Resources .............. 021
I. Developed countries have strong capability of resource aggregation ..... 022
II. Major innovative countries possess substantial financial and talent resources............................................................................................ 023
III. China’s scale advantage in innovation resources is becoming more evident............................................................................................... 032
4 Knowledge Creation ............ 037
I. The gaps in knowledge creation among countries are relatively small............................................................................... 038
II. Some developing countries and small European nations have relatively high efficiency in S&T paper output ........................ 039
III. The US, Japan, the ROK, and China stand out in intellectual property creation...........................................................................041
IV. China is in the global top ten on knowledge creation.................... 043
5 Enterprise Innovation ............ 049
I. The US and Japan lead in enterprise innovation capability ............. 050
II. The US and Israel have a clear advantage in the intensity of corporate R&D investment .............................................................051
III. Major S&T countries excel in intellectual property creation and conversion ................................................................................... 052
IV. China is in the first group on enterprise innovation capability ........ 054
6 Innovation Performance .......... 057
I. Countries exhibit a gradient pattern of distribution on innovation performance .................................................................................. 058
II. There are significant differences in the innovation levels between manufacturing and service industries across countries................... 059
III. Developed countries have a clear advantage in green and low-carbon development .............................................................. 060
IV. China is in the middle of the second group on innovation performance ................................................................................. 061
7 Innovation Environment........... 065
I. Economically advanced countries in Europe and America lead the ranking table............................................................................ 066
II. Smaller countries like Switzerland and Finland have a more favorable policy environment ......................................................... 067
III. Countries like the US and Israel have more flexible and efficient market mechanisms ..................................................................... 068
IV. Countries like the Netherlands and Singapore have a vibrant entrepreneurial climate................................................................. 070
V. China needs further improvement on innovation environment.........071
Country Profiles ............... 073
8 Appendixes ..................115
9 Appendix I NII assessment theories and methodology .......................116
Appendix II Definition of indicators ................................................... 124
Appendix III Data sources ................................................................ 129 \\\\\\\"