| System | Primary index | Secondary index | Units | Weight | Quanlity | Data sources |
| Cultural and creative industry system (C) | Scales | C1 Added value of cultural and creative industry | 0.1 billion yuan | 0.8279 | + | Shenzhen Statistical Yearbook |
| C2 Added value of cultural and creative industries accounts for the proportion of the city’s GDP | % | 0.0096 | + | / | ||
| C3 Growth rate of added value of cultural and creative industries | % | 0.0099 | + | Shenzhen Statistical Yearbook | ||
| C4 Total import and export of high-tech products | 0.1 billion dollars | 0.0071 | + | Shenzhen Statistical Yearbook | ||
| Factors | C5 Number of cultural and creative industrial parks (bases) | / | 0.0071 | + | Yearbook of Shenzhen Cultural Industry | |
| C6 The number of scaled units of science and technology in industrial enterprises | / | 0.0117 | + | Shenzhen Statistical Yearbook | ||
| C7 Number of performing groups | / | 0.0129 | + | Guangdong Statistical Yearbook | ||
| C8 Number of Cultural Centers | / | 0.0093 | + | Guangdong Statistical Yearbook | ||
| C9 Number of public libraries | / | 0.0105 | + | Guangdong Statistical Yearbook | ||
| C10 Number of museums (including art galleries) | / | 0.0113 | + | Guangdong Statistical Yearbook | ||
| Employees | C11 The number of employees in cultural institutions | / | 0.0112 | + | Guangdong Statistical Yearbook | |
| Innovation investment | C12 R&D employees | / | 0.0072 | + | Shenzhen Statistical Yearbook | |
| C13 R&D expentidure | 0.1 billion yuan | 0.0088 | + | Shenzhen Statistical Yearbook | ||
| C14 Government R&D spending | 0.1 billion yuan | 0.0101 | + | Shenzhen Statistical Yearbook | ||
| C15 The proportion of government R&D expenditure in the city’s whole GDP | % | 0.0074 | + | / | ||
| Innovation output | C16 Ownership of authorized patents at the end of the year | set | 0.0082 | + | Shenzhen Statistical Yearbook | |
| C17 Patents per 10,000 people | set | 0.0103 | + | Shenzhen White Book on Intellectual Property Development | ||
| Innovation carrier | C18 Number of innovative carrier projects | / | 0.0106 | + | Shenzhen Statistical Yearbook | |
| Innovation environment | C19 The proportion of consumption expenditure on culture and entertainment in whole living expenses | % | 0.0089 | + | Shenzhen Statistical Yearbook | |
| Tourism industry system (T) | Scales | T1 Domestic tourism revenue | 0.1 billion yuan | 0.0740 | + | Guangdong Statistical Yearbook |
| T2 Foreign exchange income from tourism | 0.1 billion yuan | 0.0655 | + | Guangdong Statistical Yearbook |