Opinion: AI, blockchain can help China shift from copycat to innovator

Editor's note: Noah Wang is co-founder and chief marketing officer of TOP Network, a Silicon Valley-based tech firm developing a business-friendly public blockchain and the world's first blockchain-based cloud communication network. The article reflects the author's views, and not necessarily those of CGTN. Earlier in January, at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Bloomberg released the 2019 Bloomberg Innovation Index, which ranks the most innovative countries using criteria including R&D investment, manufacturing capability, and patent activity. China jumped three spots to the 16th compared with a year before, beating the UK for the first time. However, Bloomberg index showed that China lagged far behind its innovative peers such as six-time champion the Republic of Korea as well as the U.S. and Japan, which secured their places among the top 10.