China's innovation policy is a wake-up call for America
Date
2011-05
Authors
Contributor
Advisor
Department
Instructor
Depositor
Speaker
Researcher
Consultant
Interviewer
Narrator
Transcriber
Annotator
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Honolulu, HI: East-West Center
Volume
Number/Issue
Starting Page
Ending Page
Alternative Title
Abstract
In the three decades since it opened to the world economy, China has become a serious global competitor, not only in terms of price, but also technology. China's accelerating innovation efforts have been truly impressive. Patent applications by Chinese companies are up dramatically, as are R&D investments and the number of science and engineering PhD graduates. China has become one of the leading countries in science and technology publications and in high-tech industry exports. The US government believes that markets should drive innovation, while China's government emphasizes the critical role of public policy in fostering indigenous innovation. But China's innovation policy is not a threat to US leadership in science and technology. Instead, China's progress in innovation should be seen as a wake-up call for America. Both the US government and the private sector need to join forces and develop a national strategy to upgrade its own innovation system in order to cope with the challenge of China's innovation policy from a position of strength.
Description
For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/
Keywords
Technological innovations - Government policy - China, Technological innovations - Government policy - United States, Competition, International
Citation
Extent
12 p.
Format
Geographic Location
Time Period
Related To
Related To (URI)
Table of Contents
Rights
Rights Holder
Local Contexts
Collections
Email libraryada-l@lists.hawaii.edu if you need this content in ADA-compliant format.