Hong Kong takes 7th place for global competitiveness but lags Singapore in 2018 World Economic Forum study@South China Morning Post
Hong Kong has outperformed Singapore in entrepreneurship but fallen short in innovation by taking seventh place in a study of global competitiveness by the World Economic Forum.
香港在创业方面的表现优于新加坡，但在世界经济论坛的全球竞争力研究中排名第七，创新不足。
The Geneva-based institution placed the Lion City in second and the United States No 1 in the 2018 edition of its Global Competitiveness Report released on Wednesday.
这家总部设在日内瓦的机构在周三发布的2018年《全球竞争力报告中排名》将新加坡排在第二位，美国第一。
The non-profit organisation mapped out the rankings using a revised methodology with 64 new indicators including social capital and entrepreneurial culture to take account of technological change.
这个非营利组织使用经过修订的方法绘制了排行榜，有64个新的指标，包括社会资本和企业文化，以考虑技术变化。
The researchers also restructured 12 existing“pillars” used to judge the competitiveness of economies. These categories this year were institutions, infrastructure, information and communications technology adoption, macroeconomic stability, health, skills, product markets, the labour market, financial system, market size, business dynamism and innovation capability.
研究人员还重组了用于判断经济竞争力的12个现有“支柱”。今年这些类别包括机构、基础设施、信息和通信技术采用、宏观经济稳定、健康、技能、产品市场、劳动力市场、金融体系、市场规模、商业活力和创新能力。
Hong Kong and Singapore were placed sixth and third respectively in last year’s report. But when researchers reinterpreted last year’s data using the new methodology, Hong Kong’s 2017 position was seventh, and Singapore’s second.
香港和新加坡分别在去年的报告中排名第六和第三。但是，当研究人员使用新方法重新解释去年的数据时，香港2017年的排名第七，新加坡排名第二。
Thierry Geiger, the institution’s head of research and regional impact, future of economic progress, said Hong Kong had performed better than Singapore in terms of entrepreneurship this year. However, it lagged the city state by “quite a margin” in international invention, which takes into account innovations by non-locals and foreign researchers. In essence this category looks at the diversity of the research community.
该机构负责研究和区域影响的经济发展前景的Thierry Geiger表示，今年香港在创业方面表现优于新加坡。然而，考虑到非本地人和外国研究人员的创新，它在国际发明方面落后于城市国家“相当大的差距”。本质上，这一类别着眼于研究社区的多样性。
“Hong Kong is not bad, but it tends to lag behind Singapore on some of these issues,” Geiger said.
“香港并不差，但在一些问题上它往往落后于新加坡，”Geiger说。
“Singapore spent much more on research and development as a percentage of gross domestic product than Hong Kong – three times as much. So that’s the big difference.”
“新加坡在研发方面的支出占国内生产总值的比例远高于香港- 是其三倍。这就是最重要的区别。”
The think tank said the latest rankings confirmed the widely held view that growth momentum behind economies in East Asia and the Pacific was set to last.
智库表示，最新排名证实了人们普遍持有的观点，即东亚和太平洋经济体的增长势头将持续。
“[Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan] boast world-class physical and digital infrastructure and connectivity, as well as macroeconomic stability, strong human capital and well-developed financial systems,” it said.
“[香港，新加坡和日本]拥有世界一流的物理和数字基础设施和连接，以及宏观经济稳定，强大的人力资本和完善的金融体系”。
In macroeconomic stability and health, Hong Kong was crowned the winner. The city came second in another four pillars– infrastructure, information and communications technology adoption, product markets and the financial system.
在宏观经济稳定和健康方面，香港成为赢家。该市在另外四大支柱中排名第二，即基础设施，信息和通信技术的采用，产品市场和金融系统。
Its weakest sector was innovation capability, in which Hong Kong scored 61.9 out of 100. Singapore notched up 75 in this area.
其最薄弱的部门是创新能力，其中香港的得分为61.9分。新加坡在该领域的得分为75分。
Geiger said it was“quite remarkable” to see Hong Kong in the top 10 for seven of the 12 pillars. The challenge for the city was “to become even more innovative”, he said.
Geiger表示，看到香港在12大支柱中的7支中进入前10名是“非常了不起的”。他说，对这座城市的挑战是“变得更具创新性”。
Japan ranked fifth, up from eighth place last year, based on the revised methodology, which comprised 98 indicators in all. Taiwan and South Korea came 13th and 15th, while China secured 28th place. Chad ranked the lowest.
根据修订后的方法，日本排名第五，高于去年的第八位，共有98个指标。台湾和韩国排在第13位和第15位，而中国位居第28位。乍得（Chad）排名最低。
Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce chairman Aron Harilela said he was pleased to see the city maintaining its traditional strengths.
香港总商会主席Aron Harilela表示很高兴看到这座城市保持其传统优势。
“These elements continue to support Hong Kong’s status as a premier international financial centre and a hub for trade and transport,” Harilela said.
“这些因素继续支持香港作为首要国际金融中心和贸易与运输枢纽的地位，”Harilela说。
The chamber acknowledged concerns the city was being left behind on innovation, but said Hong Kong would catch up and eventually become a front runner in this area.
该会议员对该市在创新方面落后的担忧表示关注，但表示香港将迎头赶上并最终成为该领域的领跑者。
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