At the 19th Pujiang Innovation Forum in Shanghai (Sept 11-14), party secretary
Liu Dongmei of the China Institute for Science and Technology Development
Strategy released the China Regional Science and Technology Innovation
Evaluation Report 2026. The report says regional tech innovation in China
continues to rise; Shanghai ranks first nationally and Jiangsu, Zhejiang and
Anhui are in the top 10. The Yangtze River Delta accounts for over 30% of
national R&D resources, fiscal science-and-technology spending and innovation
output, and has become one of China’s most dynamic regional innovation centres.