WIPO China: Shenyang – No. 74 in the 2026 World's Top 100 Innovation Clusters
世界知识产权组织（WIPO）发布的《2026年全球创新指数》显示，沈阳在世界百强创新集群排行榜中位列第74位。过去五年间，按分数计数，该集群贡献了599件PCT国际专利申请和43,730篇科学论文，并完成了108笔风险投资交易。
According to the Global Innovation Index 2026 published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Shenyang ranks 74th among the world's top 100 innovation clusters. Over the past five years, on a fractional-count basis, the cluster accounted for 599 international patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and 43,730 scientific articles, and recorded 108 venture capital deals.
数据显示，该集群PCT申请占比最高的技术领域为测量（12%），前三大PCT申请人中有一所高校，约63%的科学论文有集群外机构参与。
The data show that measurement accounts for the largest share of the cluster's PCT applications (12%), its top three PCT applicants include a university, and about 63% of its scientific articles involve organizations outside the cluster.
注：图中各点表示发明人、作者或风险投资交易的所在位置。地图使用Leaflet制作。地图数据 © OpenStreetMap贡献者，© CARTO
Note: Points represent the location of an inventor, author, or VC deal. Map created with Leaflet. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, © CARTO
来源：WIPO统计数据库，2026年6月｜Source: WIPO Statistics Database, June 2026
一、排名结果与规模概览1. Ranking and scale
沈阳集群估计人口约637万（6,366,632人），在进入百强的25个中国集群中排名第11位。在2026年世界百强创新集群排行榜中，它凭借PCT申请、科学出版物和风险投资交易三项指标的综合表现位列第74位。
The Shenyang cluster has an estimated population of about 6.37 million (6,366,632) and ranks eleventh among the 25 Chinese clusters in the top 100. In the 2026 ranking of the world's top 100 innovation clusters, it ranks 74th on the strength of its combined performance across three indicators: PCT applications, scientific publications and venture capital deals.
唯一计数计入每件有本地发明人或作者参与的专利或科学论文；分数计数按本地贡献者份额分摊，避免跨集群重复计算。
Unique counts include every patent or scientific article involving a local inventor or author. Fractional counts apportion each patent or scientific article according to the share of local contributors, which avoids double-counting across clusters.
二、产业驱动的专利版图
2. An industry-driven patent landscape
从技术领域看，该集群的PCT申请分布较分散。测量占PCT申请的12%，材料、冶金占11%。土木工程占8%，计算机技术、药品和有机精细化学各占7%，基础材料化学占6%。
By technology field, the cluster's PCT applications are relatively dispersed. Measurement accounts for 12% of PCT applications and materials, metallurgy for 11%. Civil engineering accounts for 8%, computer technology, pharmaceuticals and organic fine chemistry for 7% each, and basic materials chemistry for 6%.
来源｜Source：WIPO
从申请人看，东北大学以142件位居首位，占集群PCT申请的24%；中化农化（37件）和沈阳自动化研究所（17件）分列第二、三位，分别占6%和3%。
By applicant, Northeastern University ranks first with 142 applications, or 24% of the cluster's PCT applications. Sinochem Agrochemicals (37) and the Shenyang Institute of Automation (17) rank second and third with 6% and 3% respectively.
三、高校支撑的科研基础
3. A university-based research foundation
与PCT申请相比，该集群的科学产出较集中。工程（24%）位居首位，化学（21%）和技术（12%）紧随其后；生物化学与生物技术占8%，物理与数学占7%，临床医学占6%，应用生物学占5%。
Compared with PCT applications, the cluster's scientific output is more concentrated. Engineering (24%) ranks first, followed by chemistry (21%) and technology (12%); biochemistry and biotechnology accounts for 8%, physics and mathematics for 7%, clinical medicine for 6%, and applied biology for 5%.
来源｜Source：WIPO
东北大学以11,169篇位居首位，占比35%；中国医科大学（5,237篇，17%）和沈阳农业大学（2,058篇，6%）紧随其后。
Northeastern University ranks first with 11,169 articles (35%), followed by China Medical University (5,237, 17%) and Shenyang Agricultural University (2,058, 6%).
四、两种协作模式
4. Two patterns of collaboration
PCT申请大部分在集群内部完成。按唯一计数，五年间该集群有606件PCT申请由多名发明人共同完成，其中120件有集群外发明人参与，约占全部申请的18%。主要合作地为北京、上海–苏州和南京。
Most PCT applications take place within the cluster. On a unique-count basis, over the five years, 606 of the cluster's PCT applications had multiple inventors, and 120 of these involved inventors outside the cluster, about 18% of all applications. The main collaborating locations are Beijing, Shanghai–Suzhou and Nanjing.
科研活动则深度融入外部网络。按唯一计数，在67,165篇多作者科学出版物中，有42,859篇与集群外机构合作完成，约占全部科学出版物的63%。主要合作地为北京、深圳–香港–广州和上海–苏州。
Research, by contrast, is deeply embedded in external networks. On a unique-count basis, of 67,165 multi-author scientific publications, 42,859 were produced with organizations outside the cluster, about 63% of all scientific publications. The main collaborating locations are Beijing, Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Guangzhou and Shanghai–Suzhou.
五、规模与强度
5. Size and intensity
按总量计，沈阳位列全球第74位；按创新强度（即相对人口规模的创新产出）计，它位列第90位。
By total output, Shenyang ranks 74th in the world; by innovation intensity, meaning innovation output relative to population, it ranks 90th.
换算到人口，该集群每百万居民对应94件PCT申请、6,869篇科学出版物和17笔风险投资交易。其总量排名高于强度排名。
Per million inhabitants, the cluster records 94 PCT applications, 6,869 scientific publications and 17 venture capital deals. Its ranking by size is higher than its ranking by intensity.
