China has supported 78 cities to build innovation-oriented cities since 2008. Science and Technology Daily, citing the latest public data, said the 78 cities gathered 77.2 percent of the country's R&D spending and 70.4 percent of local government investment in science and technology to produce 80 percent of the high-tech enterprises in China.
Among these innovation-oriented cities, 38 cities' proportion of fixed asset investment to regional GDP is lower than the national average in the same period. The proportion in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan, Suzhou, Xiamen, Wuxi and Ningbo is below 60 percent, which means the nine cities have shed dependence on investment to embark on the road of high-quality development driven by scientific and technological innovation, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Science and Technology and Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China.
Based on innovative governance, original innovation, technological innovation, achievement transformation and driving force for innovation, let's take a look at China's top 10 innovation-oriented cities.
No 10 Qingdao
A visitor passes by robots at the China (Qingdao) Top Service Robot Show, on Dec 25, 2020. [Photo/VCG]
No 9 Chengdu
Visitors take photos of a vehicle at an expo in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on June 10, 2020. [Photo/VCG]
No 8 Changsha
Robots work at a Sany Heavy Industry plant in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province, on Feb 20, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 7 Suzhou
Visitors play 5G-based virtual reality games at the annual China Suzhou Information Technology Expo in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, on Dec 10, 2020. [Photo/for China Daily]
No 6 Xi'an
Two new Fuxing high-speed train models are parked at China State Railway Group Co's branch in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, on Dec 15, 2020. [Photo/for China Daily]
No 5 Wuhan
Visitors learn about an autonomous aircraft during the China 5G+ Industrial Internet Conference in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, on Nov 19, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 4 Nanjing
People tour the 2020 Nanjing International Automobile Exhibition in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, on Oct 1, 2020. [Photo/for China Daily]
No 3 Hangzhou
A metal and wood sculpture decorated with leaves is displayed at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, on Dec 14, 2020. [Photo/for China Daily]
No 2 Guangzhou
Tourists pose for photos amid cosmos flowers at Haizhu Wetland Park in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong province, on Nov 3, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
