On September 8, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released its 2026 Global Innovation Index top 100 clusters ranking. China has ranked first in the world in the number of global top 100 innovation clusters for the fourth consecutive year. Notably, the Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou cluster retained the top spot globally, marking the second consecutive year that China has secured the "dual top one" title.

A total of 25 Chinese clusters made the global top 100 list (excluding the Taipei-Hsinchu cluster in Taiwan, China), one more than last year. The United States ranked second with 20 clusters on the list. They were followed by Germany (7), the United Kingdom (4), India (4), Japan (3), South Korea (3), and Canada (3). The top 15 innovation clusters globally are ranked as follows: Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou, Tokyo-Yokohama, San Jose-San Francisco, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai-Suzhou, New York, London, Boston-Cambridge, Paris, Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Los Angeles, Hangzhou, San Diego, Nanjing.

(Source: CNIPA website)