BEIJING: Over the last few years, China’s clean energy spectrum has done hard yards to bolster research and development (R&D) – the key driver in advanced productivity. China’s climate-friendly technologies also reached new heights of international competitiveness.
Home to the world’s top filer of international patents, China is rated as leading country in clean energy R&D. A report from Dutch information and data analytics brand Elsevier, annual patent publications for net-zero clean energy technologies have observed high-octane growth since 2008, driven chiefly by China. The report further shows by the end of 2020, nearly 50 percent of all active global patents related to carbon-free technologies originated from China, China Economic Net (CEN) reported.