Technology is the first element of modern productivity development and economic growth.
But there are also opinions that the productivity developed by science and technology has created a highly developed material civilization, but improper use of science and technology will cause large-scale environmental problems.
But from ancient times to the present, every progress of mankind has been accompanied by the advancement of science and technology. Everything has two sides. The application of technology is a double-edged sword, but its importance is undeniable.
Practice has also been verified that the technology industry has become the leading industry in contemporary social economy.
So what indicators should be used to measure technological strength? We believe that the funding of R&D can fully reflect the technological strength of various places.
Related data shows that R&D can be translated as "research and development", which refers to systematic and creative activities in the field of science and technology to increase the total amount of knowledge and use this knowledge to create new applications, including three types of activities: basic research, applied research, and experimental development.
At present, major authoritative institutions usually use the scale and intensity indicators of R&D activities to reflect a country's scientific and technological strength and core competitiveness.
study shows that R&D funds show a clear positive correlation with core indicators such as total GDP and fiscal revenue.
Overall, my country's R&D investment intensity is too low, and the structure is not very reasonable. However, during the past 13th Five-Year Plan, my country's annual R&D funding growth rate remained at double digits.
According to the latest communiqué data from various places, the top ten cities in China's science and technology strength have been announced, from high to low, Beijing (262.93 billion yuan), Shanghai (181.98 billion yuan), Shenzhen (168.22 billion yuan), Suzhou (88.87 billion yuan), Guangzhou (88.17 billion yuan), Hangzhou (66.7 billion yuan), Chengdu (63.19 billion yuan), Wuhan (62.19 billion yuan), Chongqing (60.38 billion yuan), and Nanjing (57.88 billion yuan).
Observation can find that the quota of the top ten cities with technological strength is exactly the same as that of the top ten GDP, but the internal rankings have slight changes. This technology ranking has verified its important economic driving role.
It is worth mentioning that R&D has been officially included in GDP accounting, which fully reflects the comprehensiveness of GDP data.
Suzhou ranks among the top four, and Hangzhou leads Chengdu!
As an ordinary prefecture-level city, why has Suzhou ranked among the top ten for many years? We believe that the strong R&D funding fully supports this traditional industrial city.
In recent years, Suzhou's industrial structure has been significantly improved. learned from the Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Statistics that last year, the output value of in the city of Suzhou was 21406.22 billion yuan, and the growth rate of year-on-year was as high as 11.9%, accounting for 34.0% of the total industrial output value of the city above the designated size.
Although Suzhou's technological strength ranks among the top four, the gap with the top three in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen is very obvious. Looking at other data, the economic structure of Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen has been quite stable.
Relatively speaking, R&D funds in the central and western regions are weaker. Latest annual data, Chengdu's R&D funding ranks first in the central and western regions, but only ranks seventh in the country.
Hangzhou temporarily leads Chengdu, but the gap between the two is very close. So what new ideas do you have about the top ten cities in China’s science and technology strength?
