Guangzhou emerges as global leader in tech innovation

In the fiercely competitive global tech industry, Guangzhou is demonstrating remarkable vitality, positioning itself at the forefront of cutting-edge technological innovation.

The city's robust momentum in scientific and technological innovation highlights its influence on original innovation, key technological breakthroughs, and the aggregation of leading tech enterprises.

In recent years, Guangzhou has established a technological innovation system to promote new mechanisms for putting scientific achievements into practice, implementing collaborative innovation plans for industrial chains, and accelerating cultivation of new quality productive forces related to science and technology.

Striving to become a global hub for scientific and technological innovation, Guangzhou is the only city in China boasting a comprehensive platform involving national laboratories, national technology innovation centers, major national scientific infrastructure, and international mega-science programs.

Guangzhou is home to 24 companies on the Hurun Global Unicorn List 2024, and the city has risen to 8th place in the global Nature Index Science Cities ranking. Additionally, the "Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou" tech cluster has ranked 2nd in the Global Innovation Index released by the World Intellectual Property Organization for the past four years straight.

Guangzhou is currently deepening its integration into the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao Science and Technology Innovation Corridor, enhancing collaboration with universities and research resources in Hong Kong and Macao, and jointly building the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area International Science and Technology Innovation Center.