"Overseas clients coming to China are no longer looking for contract manufacturing, but rather seeking the latest technology solutions and next-generation products. This reflects China"s comprehensive upgrade from product manufacturing to full-spectrum innovation capability," Hu noted.

　　China possesses a complete industrial system and resilient, efficient production and supply chains, which have forged the world-astounding "China Speed." This is also a key reason that continuously attracts foreign clients to make business trips to China, Hu said.

　　Liu told the Global Times that in Shenzhen, innovation is a highly efficient process. He estimates that for the same robot hardware, China"s development cycle is only one-tenth to one-fifth of that in the US.

　　More examples support Liu"s remarks. In robotmaker Agibot"s supply chain, 90 percent of components can be sourced locally within the Yangtze River Delta, with core parts achieving hour-level response times. A new-energy vehicle can be fully manufactured without even leaving Anhui Province. In Shanghai"s "Brain Intelligence Hub," numerous brain-computer interface companies cluster together, where "upstairs and downstairs are upstream and downstream," the People"s Daily reported.

　　According to a report released by the World Intellectual Property Organization, China entered the global top 10 for the first time and ranked fifth worldwide in the innovation output dimension in 2025. Among the world"s top 100 innovation clusters, China accounted for 24, ranking first for the third consecutive year.

　　The significance of these clusters goes beyond the sheer number of patents and academic papers. It lies in the high-frequency interaction among talent, supply chains, capital, and application scenarios within a relatively compact space, analysts said.