Report prepared for the G20 Science, Technology and Innovation Ministers Meeting, Beijing, China, November 4, 2016 The indicators presented here of science and innovation in the global economy highlight G20 economies’ performance in a selection of areas, and track discussions and comments made by the G20 Innovation Task Force. They are mainly based on indicators contained in the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2015. The next OECD STI Scoreboard publication will be released in 2017. Indicators are presented for the following topics:

- Emerging players in the science landscape

- Monitoring STI performance and progress

- Funding long-term, higher-risk research

- Innovation for global challenges

- Enabling the Next Industrial Revolution

- Addressing common challenges through international co-operation in science and innovation

- Raising the quality of science

- Promoting excellence

- Nurturing talent and skills

- Investing in scientists and engineers

- Promoting student exchanges

- Facilitating researcher mobility

- Promoting collaboration in innovation among firms

- Supporting business innovation

- Fostering entrepreneurship

- Empowering society with science and technology