UN Names Chinese Cluster as World’s Leading Innovation Hub

 Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou has overtaken Tokyo-Yokohama to become the world’s leading innovation cluster, according to the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 2025 Global Innovation Index.


The shift comes after WIPO updated its ranking method to include venture capital investments, in addition to patents and scientific publications. Venture capital reflects how research turns into startups, new products, and services.


San Jose–San Francisco moved to third place, surpassing Beijing, Seoul, and Shanghai-Suzhou. London jumped from 21st to 8th, and Bengaluru rose from 56th to 21st, largely due to venture capital activity.


WIPO highlighted that top innovation clusters, which combine universities, researchers, inventors, venture capitalists, and R&D firms, are key to turning scientific research into economic results.


China leads with the most clusters in the top 100 (24), followed by the United States (22). Innovation intensity relative to population is highest in San Jose–San Francisco and Cambridge, UK.


Top 15 Global Innovation Clusters in 2025:


Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou (China)


Tokyo-Yokohama (Japan)


San Jose-San Francisco (USA)


Beijing (China)


Seoul (South Korea)


Shanghai-Suzhou (China)


New York City (USA)


London (UK)


Boston-Cambridge (USA)


Los Angeles (USA)


Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto (Japan)


Paris (France)


Hangzhou (China)


San Diego (USA)


Nanjing (China)

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