Chinese entities are aggressively innovating in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, supercomputing, quantum technologies, and genomics.

Governments, policymakers and multinational corporations outside of China face challenges competing with the Chinese advancements as well as opportunities to level the playing field.

This session will explore answers to crucial questions:

• Where does China stand on various innovation indices globally?
• What factors led to China’s significant improvement in its R&D-based innovation ranking over the past few years?
• What does China’s considerable growth in its innovation ranking mean for other leading economies and companies that have business interests in China?
• Which policy initiatives were taken by the Chinese government resulted in improving the innovation ecosystem?