Chengdu Rises to 30th Place Worldwide
Date:2022-12-13

Recently, Nature's supplement released the "Science Cities 2022" index, with Chengdu rising from 36th in 2020 to 30th in the list of the top 100 Science Cities worldwide!


Nature Index is compiled and regularly published by a subordinate agency of Springer Nature, an internationally renowned science publishing agency that tracks the scientific research papers published in 82 high-quality natural science journals. Nature Index reflects the extent of global high-quality scientific research output and cooperation according to the number and proportion of papers published by relevant institutions, countries or regions.

Before

Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Global Innovation Index (GII) 2022

In the Top 100 "Science and Technology Clusters"

Chengdu ranks 29th worldwide

Up 10 places from 2021

Over the past five years,

Chengdu has risen 27 places in global ranking

Tianfu Software Park


The rising ranking in the global list

reflects the steady improvement of

Chengdu's innovation capacity

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“成都智造”不断发
The achievements of Chengdu's intelligent manufacturi

November 29

The Long March-2F Y15 launch vehicle launched

the Shenzhou-15 crew spacecraft

In this mission,

a "Chengdu-made" new-generation integrated measurement and control communication system

enabled a "communication lifeline" between the space and earth

The "Chengdu-made" external transponder and transmitter field system

as a cutting-edge communication system for the launch vehicle

enabled the smooth launch of the Shenzhou-15

together with time tracking equipment



On November 29, the Long March-2F Y15 launch vehicle launched the Shenzhou-15 crew spacecraft from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu Province, China. Photo by Li Gang, reporter of Xinhua News Agency


Recently,

a major breakthrough has been made

in the core component of the world's largest "artificial sun"

A Chengdu-based R&D team assisted the Chinese team

to pioneer the world in producing the first piece of the component,

leading the progress in relevant core technologies

Chengdu has recently obtained a production license.

In C919,

a large China-made aircraft to be delivered for operation,

the cabin core control system

information system, airborne entertainment system, etc.

were all made in Chengdu.


C919 arrived in Chengdu for the first time. Photo by netizen "Cengjing"

The emergence of "Chengdu-made" intelligent manufacturing

should be attributed to the city's sustained efforts to bring in sci-tech professionals

and increasing investment in R&D

as the city seeks to inject strong impetus into the country's with sci-tech achievements


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Recently,

both Tianfu Jiangxi Laboratory and

Tianfu Jincheng Laboratory were officially inaugurated

Tianfu Laboratory, consisting of four laboratories

"debuted" to

empower Chengdu

to build a sci-tech innovation center with nation-wide influence

to better serve national strategies and urban development



Tianfu Jiangxi Laboratory


In recent years,

The building of Western (Chengdu) Science City has been accelerating

The construction of National Sichuan-Tibet Railway Technology Innovation Center started

Chengdu Supercomputing Center was identified as a national project

A number of major projects have been launched


Chengdu has been carrying out the innovation-driven development staretgy. In 2021, the city's overall spenditure on R&D reached RMB 63.19 billion, up 14.6% year-on-year; the number of national high-tech enterprises based in Chengdu increased to 7,821, up 273% from 2016; over the past five years, the city has won 105 awards of the National Science and Technology Award, ranking first among sub-provincial cities in China; in H1 this year, the city's high-tech industry revenue reached RMB 630.065 billion, its investment in high-tech manufacturing grew by 15.5%, it added 12 new national innovation platforms and gained four companies newly listed on the STAR Market.

with the total number increasing to 16

In pursuing innovation-driven development,

Chengdu is making every effort to

speed up