Strengthening China's Technological Capability
China is increasing its outlay on research and development and seeking to build an innovation system that will deliver quick results not just in absorbing technology but also in pushing the technological envelope. China's spending on R&D r...
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3G ACADEMIC RESEARCH ACCESSORIES AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE ANTENNAS APPLIANCES APPLIED R&D APPLIED RESEARCH AUTOMOBILE AUTOMOTIVE BASIC BIOLOGY BIOTECHNOLOGY BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS INNOVATION BUSINESS NETWORKS BUSINESS SECTOR BUSINESSES CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE CHEMISTRY CIRCULATION OF KNOWLEDGE CITIES COLLEGES COLOR TELEVISION COMMODITIES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS COMPONENTS COMPUTER DATA COMPUTER GRAPHICS COMPUTERIZATION COMPUTERS CONNECTORS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CONSUMER GOODS CONSUMER MARKETS CPU CURRICULUM DATA PROCESSING DATA STORAGE DECISION MAKING DEGREES DIGITAL DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS DISCIPLINES E-GOVERNANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRICITY ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING ELECTRONICS ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE ENERGY SOURCES ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES FACULTIES FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES GLOBAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT POLICY HARDWARE HIGH TECHNOLOGY HIGHER EDUCATION HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL IMAGE IMAGE ANALYSIS INDUSTRIAL BASE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES INDUSTRIAL POTENTIAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION GAP INFORMATION STORAGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION INNOVATION POLICY INNOVATIONS INSTITUTION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTEGRATED CIRCUITS INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTERMEDIARY ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS INTERNATIONALIZATION INVENTION JOINT VENTURES KEY INDUSTRIES KNOWLEDGE CREATION KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS KNOWLEDGE WORKERS LEARNING LIFE SCIENCES LITERATURE MAGNETIC TAPE MANUFACTURING MARKETING MASS MARKET MATERIAL MICROBIOLOGY MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NANOTECHNOLOGY NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS NETWORKING NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY PAPERS PERIPHERALS PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PHYSICAL LOCATION PHYSICS PRINTED CIRCUITS PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PRODUCT DESIGN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY R&D RADIO RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH COLLABORATION RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH FINDINGS RESEARCH GRANTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE RESEARCH INSTITUTES RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RESEARCH LABORATORIES RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS RESEARCH POTENTIAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES RESEARCHERS RESULT RESULTS ROUTER SAN SCHOLARS SCIENCE FOUNDATION SCIENCE PARKS SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES SCIENTIFIC CULTURE SCIENTIFIC FIELDS SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS SCIENTIFIC PAPERS SCIENTISTS SEMICONDUCTOR SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY SEMICONDUCTORS SILICON SMALLER ONES SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIOLOGY SOFTWARE INDUSTRIES SOUTH ASIAN STORAGE DEVICES TARGETS TAX INCENTIVES TEACHING TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGICAL POSSIBILITIES TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY GAP TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TELECOMS TELEVISION TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY ENROLLMENTS TERTIARY LEVEL TERTIARY-LEVEL ENROLLMENT TEXTILES TRANSACTION TRANSISTORS TRANSMISSION UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY RESEARCH UNIVERSITY STAFF VIDEO VISUAL DISPLAY WEB WORKERS |
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3G ACADEMIC RESEARCH ACCESSORIES AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE ANTENNAS APPLIANCES APPLIED R&D APPLIED RESEARCH AUTOMOBILE AUTOMOTIVE BASIC BIOLOGY BIOTECHNOLOGY BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS INNOVATION BUSINESS NETWORKS BUSINESS SECTOR BUSINESSES CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE CHEMISTRY CIRCULATION OF KNOWLEDGE CITIES COLLEGES COLOR TELEVISION COMMODITIES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS COMPONENTS COMPUTER DATA COMPUTER GRAPHICS COMPUTERIZATION COMPUTERS CONNECTORS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CONSUMER GOODS CONSUMER MARKETS CPU CURRICULUM DATA PROCESSING DATA STORAGE DECISION MAKING DEGREES DIGITAL DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS DISCIPLINES E-GOVERNANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRICITY ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING ELECTRONICS ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE ENERGY SOURCES ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES FACULTIES FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES GLOBAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT POLICY HARDWARE HIGH TECHNOLOGY HIGHER EDUCATION HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL IMAGE IMAGE ANALYSIS INDUSTRIAL BASE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES INDUSTRIAL POTENTIAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION GAP INFORMATION STORAGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION INNOVATION POLICY INNOVATIONS INSTITUTION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTEGRATED CIRCUITS INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTERMEDIARY ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS INTERNATIONALIZATION INVENTION JOINT VENTURES KEY INDUSTRIES KNOWLEDGE CREATION KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS KNOWLEDGE WORKERS LEARNING LIFE SCIENCES LITERATURE MAGNETIC TAPE MANUFACTURING MARKETING MASS MARKET MATERIAL MICROBIOLOGY MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NANOTECHNOLOGY NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS NETWORKING NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY PAPERS PERIPHERALS PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PHYSICAL LOCATION PHYSICS PRINTED CIRCUITS PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PRODUCT DESIGN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY R&D RADIO RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH COLLABORATION RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH FINDINGS RESEARCH GRANTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE RESEARCH INSTITUTES RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RESEARCH LABORATORIES RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS RESEARCH POTENTIAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES RESEARCHERS RESULT RESULTS ROUTER SAN SCHOLARS SCIENCE FOUNDATION SCIENCE PARKS SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES SCIENTIFIC CULTURE SCIENTIFIC FIELDS SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS SCIENTIFIC PAPERS SCIENTISTS SEMICONDUCTOR SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY SEMICONDUCTORS SILICON SMALLER ONES SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIOLOGY SOFTWARE INDUSTRIES SOUTH ASIAN STORAGE DEVICES TARGETS TAX INCENTIVES TEACHING TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGICAL POSSIBILITIES TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY GAP TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TELECOMS TELEVISION TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY ENROLLMENTS TERTIARY LEVEL TERTIARY-LEVEL ENROLLMENT TEXTILES TRANSACTION TRANSISTORS TRANSMISSION UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY RESEARCH UNIVERSITY STAFF VIDEO VISUAL DISPLAY WEB WORKERS Yusuf, Shahid Nabeshima, Kaoru Strengthening China's Technological Capability |
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Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4309 |
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China is increasing its outlay on
research and development and seeking to build an innovation
system that will deliver quick results not just in absorbing
technology but also in pushing the technological envelope.
China's spending on R&D rose from 1.1 percent of
GDP in 2000 to 1.3 percent of GDP in 2005. On a purchasing
power parity basis, China's research outlay was among
the world's highest, far greater than that of Brazil,
India, or Mexico. Chinese firms are active in the fields of
biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, alternative energy sources,
and nanotechnology. This surge in spending has been parallel
by a sharp increase in patent applications in China, with
the bulk of the patents registered in the areas of
electronics, information technology, and telecoms. However,
of the almost 50,000 patents granted in China, nearly
two-thirds were to nonresidents. This paper considers two
questions that are especially important for China. First,
how might China go about accelerating technology
development? Second, what measures could most
cost-effectively deliver the desired outcomes? It concludes
that although the level of financing for R&D is
certainly important, technological advance is closely keyed
to absorptive capacity which is a function of the volume and
quality of talent and the depth as well as the heterogeneity
of research experience. It is also a function of how
companies maximize the commercial benefits of research and
development, and the coordination of research with
production and marketing. |
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Yusuf, Shahid Nabeshima, Kaoru |
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Yusuf, Shahid Nabeshima, Kaoru |
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Yusuf, Shahid |
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Strengthening China's Technological Capability |
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Strengthening China's Technological Capability |
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Strengthening China's Technological Capability |
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Strengthening China's Technological Capability |
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Strengthening China's Technological Capability |
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strengthening china's technological capability |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-72682021-04-23T14:02:34Z Strengthening China's Technological Capability Yusuf, Shahid Nabeshima, Kaoru 3G ACADEMIC RESEARCH ACCESSORIES AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE ANTENNAS APPLIANCES APPLIED R&D APPLIED RESEARCH AUTOMOBILE AUTOMOTIVE BASIC BIOLOGY BIOTECHNOLOGY BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS INNOVATION BUSINESS NETWORKS BUSINESS SECTOR BUSINESSES CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE CHEMISTRY CIRCULATION OF KNOWLEDGE CITIES COLLEGES COLOR TELEVISION COMMODITIES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS COMPONENTS COMPUTER DATA COMPUTER GRAPHICS COMPUTERIZATION COMPUTERS CONNECTORS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CONSUMER GOODS CONSUMER MARKETS CPU CURRICULUM DATA PROCESSING DATA STORAGE DECISION MAKING DEGREES DIGITAL DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS DISCIPLINES E-GOVERNANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRICITY ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING ELECTRONICS ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE ENERGY SOURCES ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES FACULTIES FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES GLOBAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT POLICY HARDWARE HIGH TECHNOLOGY HIGHER EDUCATION HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL IMAGE IMAGE ANALYSIS INDUSTRIAL BASE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES INDUSTRIAL POTENTIAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION GAP INFORMATION STORAGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION INNOVATION POLICY INNOVATIONS INSTITUTION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTEGRATED CIRCUITS INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTERMEDIARY ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS INTERNATIONALIZATION INVENTION JOINT VENTURES KEY INDUSTRIES KNOWLEDGE CREATION KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS KNOWLEDGE WORKERS LEARNING LIFE SCIENCES LITERATURE MAGNETIC TAPE MANUFACTURING MARKETING MASS MARKET MATERIAL MICROBIOLOGY MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NANOTECHNOLOGY NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS NETWORKING NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY PAPERS PERIPHERALS PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PHYSICAL LOCATION PHYSICS PRINTED CIRCUITS PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PRODUCT DESIGN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY R&D RADIO RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH COLLABORATION RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH FINDINGS RESEARCH GRANTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE RESEARCH INSTITUTES RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RESEARCH LABORATORIES RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS RESEARCH POTENTIAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES RESEARCHERS RESULT RESULTS ROUTER SAN SCHOLARS SCIENCE FOUNDATION SCIENCE PARKS SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES SCIENTIFIC CULTURE SCIENTIFIC FIELDS SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS SCIENTIFIC PAPERS SCIENTISTS SEMICONDUCTOR SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY SEMICONDUCTORS SILICON SMALLER ONES SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIOLOGY SOFTWARE INDUSTRIES SOUTH ASIAN STORAGE DEVICES TARGETS TAX INCENTIVES TEACHING TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGICAL POSSIBILITIES TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY GAP TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TELECOMS TELEVISION TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY ENROLLMENTS TERTIARY LEVEL TERTIARY-LEVEL ENROLLMENT TEXTILES TRANSACTION TRANSISTORS TRANSMISSION UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY RESEARCH UNIVERSITY STAFF VIDEO VISUAL DISPLAY WEB WORKERS China is increasing its outlay on research and development and seeking to build an innovation system that will deliver quick results not just in absorbing technology but also in pushing the technological envelope. China's spending on R&D rose from 1.1 percent of GDP in 2000 to 1.3 percent of GDP in 2005. On a purchasing power parity basis, China's research outlay was among the world's highest, far greater than that of Brazil, India, or Mexico. Chinese firms are active in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, alternative energy sources, and nanotechnology. This surge in spending has been parallel by a sharp increase in patent applications in China, with the bulk of the patents registered in the areas of electronics, information technology, and telecoms. However, of the almost 50,000 patents granted in China, nearly two-thirds were to nonresidents. This paper considers two questions that are especially important for China. First, how might China go about accelerating technology development? Second, what measures could most cost-effectively deliver the desired outcomes? It concludes that although the level of financing for R&D is certainly important, technological advance is closely keyed to absorptive capacity which is a function of the volume and quality of talent and the depth as well as the heterogeneity of research experience. It is also a function of how companies maximize the commercial benefits of research and development, and the coordination of research with production and marketing. 2012-06-06T16:15:29Z 2012-06-06T16:15:29Z 2007-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8065398/strengthening-chinas-technological-capability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7268 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4309 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific China |