CognitiveCoefficient
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China

AdvancingAsia-PacificUpper-middle income Power #2 / 48Per-capita #7
Cognitive Power
90.6
of 100 · #2
CPI
90.6
CC
66.2
CDI
0.627
AIR
72.7
AIX
62.3
CRI
61.3
CM
65.7
CV
4.0%
Primary · absolute lens

Cognitive Power

90.6 · #2/48

Total national capacity — AI capital, compute, models & robotics. Strongest in robotics & automation, researchers (total), research output (total).

Per-capita lens

Cognitive Coefficient

66.2 · #7/48

How deep infrastructure runs per person — rewards intensity, like GDP-per-capita or the HDI.

CC projection to 2040 — Baseline

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Monte-Carlo band (P10–P90) around the median path. Dashed = illustrative historical reconstruction.

Median (P50)P10–P90 bandReconstruction

Pillar profile

Insight engine

China ranks #7 of 48 on the Cognitive Coefficient (66.2/100), with a trajectory classified as Advancing relative to the frontier. Its strongest pillars are compute, knowledge infrastructure; the binding constraints are education, ai adoption.

Risks

  • Few acute risks at present; principal exposure is complacency as the frontier keeps moving.

Opportunities

  • Largest headroom in Education (55.2/100) — targeted investment compounds fastest here.
  • Largest headroom in AI Adoption (58.3/100) — targeted investment compounds fastest here.
  • High momentum: current investment and pipeline favour accelerating returns if sustained.

Recommended actions

  • Prioritise the weakest pillar (Education) to lift the geometric-mean development index (CDI).
  • Broaden the base (education + data governance) to raise resilience and reduce concentration risk.
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These are model outputs and scenarios, not forecasts of actual outcomes. This platform measures access to, utilization of, and leverage from cognitive infrastructure — not intelligence. No causality or certainty is claimed.

Pillars

AI Access69.4
AI Adoption58.3
Compute81.3
Data58.8
Education55.2
Digital Literacy62.7
Innovation68.3
Knowledge Infrastructure75.4

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