OECD reviews of innovation policy.
Contributors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.; SourceOECD (Online service)
Series: OECD reviews of innovation policy
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Paris]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 646
ISBN-13: 9789264039810
Subjects: Technological innovations -- Government policy -- China; Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- China; China -- Economic conditions
Other titles: China
Description: This publication offers a comprehensive assessment of the innovation system of individual OECD member and non-member countries, focusing on the role of policy and government. The Chinese government has launched a national strategy to build an innovation-driven economy and society by 2020. This report assesses the current status of China's national innovation system and policies, and recommends improvements required in both the policy and institutional environments for China to succeed in promoting innovation through a market-based approach.--Publisher's description.
Notes: "Corrigenda to OECD publications may be found on line at www.oecd.org/publishing/corrigenda" -- T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes bibliographical references in Chinese (p. 627-629).

Also available via the World Wide Web.

Text in English with an executive summary also in French.
Table of contents: title: The Chinese innovation system : main features and performance. Institutional set-up, performance, objectives and key challenges; title: Innovation and R&D in China's business sector; title: China's public research institutes; title: Industry and science relations; title: China and the globalisation of research and development; title: Human resources for science, technology and innovation in China; title: Regional innovation systems in China : insights from Shangtai, Sichuan and Liaoning; title: The role of policy and governance in innovation. The evolution of China's science and technology policy, 1975-2007; title: Framework conditions for innovation; title: Governance and the role of government in the Chinese national innovation system; title: Chinese research and development programmes for science and technology.