Development An Industrial Economic Perspective on China’s Prospects as an Innovative Country December 6, 2014 0 Written by Junbo Yu. The declaration of China’s “National Guidelines on a Medium and Long-term Program for Science and Technology Development 2006-2020” (hereafter S&T Guideline) epitomised…
Development China: Innovator or Follower? December 5, 2014 0 Written by Richard P. Appelbaum. In 2006, continuing its effort to achieve world-class status as an S&T innovator, the Chinese government launched its National Medium- and…
Development Will China become world’s largest research spender by 2020? December 4, 2014 0 Written by Yutao Sun and Cong Cao. China will outpace the United States as the leading research and development (R&D) spender by 2020, according to…
Development Specialized IP Courts and China’s Quest to Become an Innovative Economy December 3, 2014 0 Written by Mark Cohen. One of the most significant recent developments in China’s efforts to develop an innovative economy was the decision on August 31,…
Development Good Science, Administrative Churn and Reform: Some Chinese Puzzles December 2, 2014 0 Written by Richard P. Suttmeier. In its latest “Science, Technology and Industry Outlook,” the OECD has again called attention to the rapid rise of China’s…
China GM in China: ‘Paranoia’ and public opinion August 26, 2014 1 Written by Sam Geall. Biosafety certificates permitting Chinese researchers to grow genetically modified rice and corn expired last week, with little indication that the Ministry…
Development Chinese Research and Development: More D than R March 18, 2014 2 Written by Yutao Sun and Cong Cao. Funding for applied and basic research in China remains low despite huge amounts being spent. A recent OECD…
Development China’s Nobel anxiety October 21, 2013 0 Written by Cong CAO. For one week every October a serious bout of anxiety grips China. But it is not purely down to nervousness over…
Development Why does China under-perform in science and innovation? October 8, 2013 1 Written By Cong CAO. On 10 May 2012, in his testimony to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Professor Denis Fred Simon, Vice-Provost for…
Development Chinese research culture and the brain drain July 22, 2013 0 Written by Cao Cong. The threat of a “brain drain” has long lingered over China’s ambitions to transform its economy from one reliant on low-cost…
