On January 24, Global Technology Impact Forum was opened in Geneva, Switzerland. Shenzhen Innovated Technology Property Exchange and the U.S. Ocean Tomo jointly published first in the world Sino-US 200 Index of intellectual property based on the value of intangible assets of listed companies.
According to CHANG Jinyong, chairman of the exchange, sample stocks of the 200 Index consist of 100 Chinese companies listed in mainland China, Hong Kong and US and 100 U.S. companies listed in the United States with the highest value of intangible assets (intellectual property). The index collecting 200 listed companies of China and US with the highest value of intellectual property highlights the overall performance of listed companies representing the backbone strength of the two major economic bodies in scientific and technological innovation, patent layout and science and technology industrialization in capital markets as well as the characteristics of knowledge-based economy.
Because China and the United States are respectively the world's largest developing country and largest developed country, this index is of extensive representative significance to coordination relation between the world's scientific and technological innovation and the economic development, and plays an important role in guiding social capitals and innovation resources to IPR advantageous enterprises and industry clustering.
