China's Technology Sector
Abstract
This study provides a general assessment of major science and technology (S&T) developments in the People's Republic of China (PRC) between 2000 and 2007. It is organized into eight sections: key findings, introduction, an overview of China's political system, an overview of China's S&T policy, the research and development (R&D) establishment, key S&T sectors, China's international role, and a conclusion. Because the Chinese government blocks access to data on controversial topics - particularly those related to nuclear energy, pollution, and the environment - this analysis of Chinese S&T is necessarily incomplete. In early 2009, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Elsevier science publishers will cosponsor a special issue of the International Journal of Technology Management, entitled "China's New Innovation Oriented Strategy," assessing China's 2006-2020 Medium and Long Range S&T Plan (MLP). This special issue will bring together analyses from S&T specialists around the world and bring into sharper focus the various ways China is meeting the objectives laid out in the MLP. For the purposes of this study, S&T refers to processes, products, and services that may be created by R&D. R&D refers to the discovery of knowledge about processes, products, or services, and the subsequent application of that knowledge to create new processes, products, or services. Innovation refers to ?the purposeful combination of market and nonmarket mechanisms to optimize the production, deployment and use of new knowledge for sustainable growth, through institutionalized processes in the public and private sectors.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA509530
Entities
People
- Peggy S. Christoff
Organizations
- Library of Congress