China is elevating its digital competitiveness on the world’s stage, according to the latest rankings from a Swiss academic institute, while those behind the findings caution that trade fragmentation is weighing on economies’ digital prowess globally.
The world’s second-largest economy has reached an all-time high of 12th place among 69 economies in terms of overall performance, improving by two places from 2024, according to this year’s edition of the World Digital Competitiveness Ranking, published by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD).
The rise was driven by China’s top-10 performance in several subfactors under the “knowledge” and “technology” categories – two of the three key pillars used to measure a country’s digital competitiveness. The third category is “future readiness”.
China ranked third in “scientific concentration”…
