Recently, the research group of the Capital Institute of Science and Technology Development Strategy (CISTDS) released the Report on Science and Technology Innovation Development in China's Cities (2025) (the Report for short) and the Capital Sci-Tech Innovation and Development Index in Beijing. The Report shows that Beijing, Shenzhen, and Shanghai led the 2024 ranking of China's urban sci-tech innovation and development index with absolute advantages, with Beijing topping the list for many consecutive years.

The Capital Sci-tech Innovation and Development Index, the first evaluation index system for sci-tech innovation targeting individual cities in China, has been released annually since 2012 to continuously and dynamically monitor the effectiveness of sci-tech innovation and development in Beijing and other major cities across the country.

Regarding sub-indices, Beijing has seen significant improvements in four primary indicators: innovation resources, innovation environment, innovation services, and innovation performance, with the indicator of innovation performance showing the most remarkable increase by an overall growth rate of 133.48 percent. Data suggests that the innovation efficiency of Beijing's sci-tech innovation and development continued soaring, indicating an increase of 31.93 percent during the mid-term of the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020) compared with the mid-term of the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015), and a further increase of 22.93 percent during the mid-term of the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) compared with the mid-term of the 13th Five-Year Plan period. From 2013 to 2023, the innovation efficiency of the innovation and development of Beijing's sci-tech sector improved by 62.18 percent.

(Source: Beijing Daily)