National Bureau of Statistics: China's Innovation Index grew by 6.4% in 2025 compared with the previous year.

The National Bureau of Statistics stated in a release that in 2025 China's Innovation Index showed steady growth, the innovation environment continued to improve, new development drivers accumulated and expanded, and scientific and technological innovation capabilities continued to rise, providing strong support for high-quality economic development. Data show that the 2025 China Innovation Index was 185.5 (with 2015 as 100), up 6.4% from the previous year. By domain, the Innovation Environment Index, Innovation Input Index, Innovation Output Index, and Innovation Performance Index were 199.9, 172.2, 233.0, and 137.0, respectively, up 7.5%, 5.9%, 8.0%, and 2.9% from the previous year. The original text is as follows: China's Innovation Index grew by 6.4% in 2025 compared with the previous year. According to calculations by the "China Innovation Index Research" task group of the Department of Social, Science and Technology, and Cultural Statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics, the 2025 China Innovation Index was 185.5 (with 2015 as 100), up 6.4% from the previous year. By domain, the Innovation Environment Index, Innovation Input Index, Innovation Output Index, and Innovation Performance Index were 199.9, 172.2, 233.0, and 137.0, respectively, up 7.5%, 5.9%, 8.0%, and 2.9% from the previous year. The results show that in 2025 China's Innovation Index showed steady growth, the innovation environment continued to improve, new development drivers accumulated and expanded, and scientific and technological innovation capabilities continued to rise, providing strong support for high-quality economic development. I. Innovation Environment Index. In 2025, China's Innovation Environment Index was 199.9, up 7.5% from the previous year. By evaluation indicator, all five evaluation indicator indices in this domain achieved growth; among them, the index for the proportion of enterprises enjoying additional tax deduction and exemption, and the index for the proportion of science and engineering graduates in the school-age population maintained relatively rapid growth, up 19.1% and 8.7%, respectively, from the previous year; the per capita GDP index was up 5.2% from the previous year; the index for the proportion of science and technology appropriations in fiscal appropriations, and the index for the number of people with college education or above per 10,000 employed persons were up 3.4% and 1.9%, respectively, from the previous year. II. Innovation Input Index. In 2025, China's Innovation Input Index was 172.2, up 5.9% from the previous year. By evaluation indicator, all four evaluation indicator indices in this domain achieved growth; among them, the index for the proportion of enterprise R&D expenditure in operating revenue grew relatively fast, up 9.2% from the previous year; the index for full-time equivalent R&D personnel per 10,000 people, the index for the proportion of R&D expenditure in GDP, and the index for per capita funding for basic researchers were up 6.8%, 4.0%, and 3.5%, respectively, from the previous year. III. Innovation Output Index. In 2025, China's Innovation Output Index was 233.0, up 8.0% from the previous year. By evaluation indicator, all four evaluation indicator indices in this domain achieved growth; among them, the index for high-value invention patents owned per 10,000 R&D personnel was up 12.1% from the previous year, maintaining double-digit growth for four consecutive years; the index for the proportion of enterprises owning registered trademarks was up 8.7% from the previous year; the index for the number of scientific papers per 10,000 people, and the index for the average amount of technology market transaction contracts were up 5.7% and 5.5%, respectively, from the previous year. IV. Innovation Performance Index. In 2025, China's Innovation Performance Index was 137.0, up 2.9% from the previous year. By evaluation indicator, among the five evaluation indicator indices in this domain, four rose and one was flat; among them, the overall labor productivity index was up 6.1% from the previous year; the index for the proportion of new product sales revenue in operating revenue, and the index for the proportion of value added of the "three new" economy in GDP were up 4.5% and 2.1%, respectively, from the previous year; the index for the proportion of high-tech product exports in goods exports was up 1.9% from the previous year; the index for the proportion of value added of patent-intensive industries in GDP was flat compared with the previous year. This article is excerpted from the official website of the "National Bureau of Statistics". Edited by GMTEight: Jiang Yuanhua.