WIPO official confident about China's innovation prospects

BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- China has displayed spectacular innovation performances over the past years and will continue to lead global innovation in the years to come, according to World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General Francis Gurry.

"China continues to be a role model to the world, and developing countries in particular, for its persistent innovation planning, innovation, policy implementation, and evaluation," Gurry said in a video message to a roundtable meeting on the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020, which was held Thursday in Beijing.