China’s innovation dilemma Tech advances have been impressive, but constraints on business productivity and imagination are a major obstacle.
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It has long been conventional wisdom that China would struggle to become an innovative nation. China’s controlled society, with lack of freedom of speech and expression, propaganda and censorship, together with an education system that emphasises rote learning and memorisation have been judged to limit creativity and the development of new ideas. As one report in the
According to One Key Measure, China Just Increased Its Innovation Lead Over The US
AFP
5 MARCH 2021
China, which last year overtook the United States as the world s top filer of international patents, a key measure of technical innovation, increased its lead significantly in 2020, the UN said Tuesday.
Even as COVID-19 took a vast human and economic toll, international patent applications continued to grow strongly, with China leading strong gains from Asia.
A record 275,900 international patents were filed in 2020, marking a four-percent hike over 2019, the UN s World Intellectual Property Organisation said in its annual report. Innovation remains resilient, WIPO chief Daren Tang told reporters.
Tuesday, 02 Mar 2021 06:40 PM MYT
Even as Covid-19 took a vast human and economic toll, international patent applications continued to grow strongly, with China leading strong gains from Asia. ― Reuters pic
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GENEVA, March 2 China, which last year overtook the United States as the world’s top filer of international patents, a key measure of technical innovation, increased its lead significantly in 2020, the UN said today.
Even as Covid-19 took a vast human and economic toll, international patent applications continued to grow strongly, with China leading strong gains from Asia.
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