4 Facts About Nanjing As the “Innovative City”

Nanjing is an important science and education center city in China, with 53 colleges and universities, including 12 “First-class” construction discipline colleges and universities, 136 independent scientific research institutions of which 6 independent scientific research institutions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and 84 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering. The number of undergraduates and postgraduates per 10,000 people ranks the second in China, gathering abundant innovative human resources and intellectual elements.

1. On December 26, 2019, Global City Lab released the analysis report of 500 Top Global Cities. The report measures the brand value of major cities around the world from six dimensions: economy, culture, governance, environment, talent and reputation. Among them, Nanjing ranked the 95th in the world and the 7th among the selected cities in mainland China.
2. Focusing on the direction of “4 + 4 + 1” leading industry and aiming at “the first in Jiangsu, the top three in China and the globally renowned”, Nanjing concentrates on five landmark industries, namely new energy vehicles, integrated circuits, artificial intelligence, software and information services, and biological medicine, with gradually growing scales.
3. Nanjing High-Tech Zone (Jiangbei New Area) covers an area of 386.25 square kilometers, which is an important carrier for Nanjing to develop new economy, cultivate new energy and develop high-tech industry. It has been approved as pilot national intellectual property park, national ecological industry exemplary park and national pilot for service trade innovation and development. It is the core area of South Jiangsu National Innovation Demonstration Zone and bears the construction mission of Nanjing area of China (Jiangsu) Pilot Free Trade Zone.
4. “Nanjing Tech Week” is a major brand event for Nanjing to conform to the global trend of scientific and technological innovation, based on the advantages of science and education resources and the reality of high-quality development. By 2020, it has been held for two consecutive years. By organizing the Tech Week, Nanjing has become the world’s leading “Amazon” of Cloud City Innovation, enhancing its global influence and popularity.

In 2020, Nanjing’s innovation governance structure realized “Nanjing New Changes”, One Laboratory and One Center became “Nanjing New Logo”, multi-dimensional innovation elements integrated into “Nanjing New Ecology”, and innovation index data created “Nanjing Acceleration”. Nanjing’s Global Innovation Index has risen for four consecutive years, from 94th in 2017, 27th in 2018 and 25th in 2019 to 21th in 2020.