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China is in the midst of transitioning from a manufacturing-based economy to one driven by innovation and knowledge. This up-to-date analysis evaluates China's state-led approach to science and technology, and its successes and failures. In recent decades, China has seen huge investments in high-tech science parks, a surge in home-grown top-ranked global companies, and a significant increase in scientific publications and patents. Helped by a flexible business culture, state policies that favor domestic over foreign enterprises, and a still-immature intellectual property rights system, the country has been able to leapfrog its way to a more globally competitive position in the international division of labor. However, the authors argue that this approach might not yield the same level of progress going forward if China does not address serious institutional, organizational, and cultural obstacles. Since many of these are ingrained into the fabric of China's prevailing culture from the days of state planning and top-down government policy, they will require significant structural change to enable China to truly transform its innovation system. While not impossible, this task may wel

Who reads Innovation in China: Challenging the Global Science and Technology System (China Today)?

Author

Richard P Appelbaum; Denis Simon; Cong Cao; Xueying Han; Rachel Parker

Publisher

Polity Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780745689562

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Philosophy, Technology