The WEF now underway in Davos, Switzerland is bringing together household names from business, tech, government, and academia, with AI clearly in the ascendant for the first time. Three of The Yuan’s top contributors are also showing our flag at this year’s gala event.

East Asia dominates the world in global science and technology clusters, or hubs, per the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2022. One major reason is success in promoting and support given to such clusters in the world’s second-largest economy and 11th most innovative one, China. This will have ramifications for innovation space across the globe and help improve scaling up science and technology innovations with implications on the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals.