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近日，《自然》雜志發(fā)布增刊《2025自然指數-科研城市》，顯示2024年全球十大科研城市中，中國城市占6席，首次占據全球科研城市十強榜單一半以上席位。《中國日報》就此采訪了清華同衡規(guī)劃設計研究院副總規(guī)劃師、總體發(fā)展研究和規(guī)劃分院副院長尚嫣然，展開專業(yè)化解讀。

內容來源：《中國日報》2025年11月19日頭版、3版

作者：中國日報記者 陳美玲

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據最新發(fā)布的《自然》雜志增刊《2025自然指數-科研城市》顯示，全球十大科研城市中，中國城市數量從2023年的5個增加到2024年的6個，占據半壁江山。北京繼續(xù)蟬聯全球第一科學城市——自2016年以來北京一直保持這一地位。之后依次為上海、紐約都市圈、波士頓都市圈、南京、廣州、舊金山灣區(qū)、武漢、巴爾的摩-華盛頓、杭州。

清華同衡規(guī)劃設計研究院副總規(guī)劃師、總體發(fā)展研究和規(guī)劃分院副院長尚嫣然表示，這表明，中國在推動全球科技創(chuàng)新方面發(fā)揮著重要作用。她說：“創(chuàng)新在地理上高度集中，北美以硅谷為代表，歐洲以倫敦為代表，東亞以東京為代表，東南亞以新加坡為代表。中國使全球創(chuàng)新格局更加多樣化，形成了以北京、上海和廣州為中心，其他重點城市協(xié)同創(chuàng)新的格局。”

在學科領域方面，中國城市繼續(xù)主導化學、物理科學、地球與環(huán)境科學這3個領域的榜單。其中，中國城市首次包攬化學領域全球前十，在另外兩個領域則各占6席，北京在這3個領域均位居第一。在總排名中，杭州從2023年的第13位上升為第10位，武漢從2023年的第9位攀升至2024年的第8位。

尚嫣然解讀：“隨著這些城市競爭力和影響力的增強，它們將能夠更好地吸引頂尖人才和資源，成為全球創(chuàng)新網絡的關鍵節(jié)點，為全球科技進步貢獻中國方案。”

以下為英文報道原文：

Chinese cities dominate global science hub rankings

By Chen Meiling

Chinese cities account for more than half of the world's top 10 scientific research hubs, according to the latest Nature Index supplement, with Beijing retaining its position as the leading global science city — a title it has held since 2016.

According to the "Nature Index 2025 Science Cities" supplement, the number of Chinese cities among the global top 10 rose from five in 2023 to six in 2024.

While Beijing tops the chart, Shanghai holds second place. The other Chinese cities on the list are Nanjing (fifth) in Jiangsu province, Guangzhou (sixth) in Guangdong province, Wuhan (eighth) in Hubei province and Hangzhou (10th) in Zhejiang province.

The New York metropolitan area, the Boston metropolitan area, the San Francisco Bay Area and the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area, which are all in the United States, are also among the global top 10 scientific research hubs.

The supplement, compiled by an organization associated with international publisher Springer Nature, draws on the Nature Index open database, which tracks all contributions made by global research institutions to 145 high-quality natural-science and health-science journals.

Shang Yanran, deputy chief planner at the Tsinghua Tongheng Planning and Design Institute in Beijing, said the newly released supplement shows that China plays an important role in driving global scientific and technological innovation.

"Innovation is highly concentrated geographically, with North America represented by Silicon Valley, Europe by London, East Asia by Tokyo and Southeast Asia by Singapore. China has diversified the global innovation landscape, forming a structure centered on Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, with other key cities collaborating in innovation," she said.

Chinese cities lead in three of the five major subjects evaluated by the index, namely chemistry, physical sciences, and Earth and environmental sciences. Among these, Chinese cities have, for the first time, swept the top 10 ranks in chemistry, and claimed six spots in each of the other two fields. Beijing ranks first in all three fields.

In biological sciences, Western cities continue to lead, with New York and Boston holding the top two spots, and Beijing making it to third place. In health sciences, US cities account for half of the top 10 positions, while Beijing ranks sixth.

In the overall rankings, Hangzhou, home to tech giants such as Alibaba and DeepSeek, advanced three spots since the 2023 Nature Index supplement was released to make it to the world's top 10 scientific research hubs in 2024.

It has established a long-term sup-port mechanism for basic research, becoming one of the first provincial capitals to set up a regional innovation and development joint fund with the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Last year, Hangzhou's research and development expenditure surpassed 85 billion yuan ($12 billion), an increase of 8.3 percent from the previous year, according to local authorities.

Wuhan, which ranked ninth in 2023, climbed a spot to eighth place in 2024. The city is now home to more than 16,600 high-tech enterprises, with the transaction value of technology contracts exceeding 260 billion yuan last year. The average annual growth rate of loan balances for sci-tech enterprises in the city has reached 20 percent, according to the Wuhan bureau of science and technology innovation.

Yin Hejun, minister of science and technology, said last month that sci-tech innovation can catalyze new industries, growth models and growth drivers, serving as the core element in developing new quality productive forces.

Shang, from the Tsinghua Tongheng Planning and Design Institute, said: "As the competitiveness and influence of these cities grow, they are better positioned to attract top talent and resources, becoming critical nodes in the global innovation network and contributing Chinese solutions to worldwide sci-tech advancement."

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