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Maximilian Von Zedtwitz
Technology Development and Competition of Standards in China
Chinese R&D: Naissance, Renaissance, or Mirage?
2005-10-02
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von Zedtwitz, Maximilian
技术发展与中国标准竞争 (Ji Shu Fa Zhan Yu Zhong Guo Biao Zhun Jing Zheng), publication in Chinese
2004-09-01
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Fischer, William A.
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von Zedtwitz, Maximilian
China's re-emergence has been treated mostly from economic and political standpoints. This article integrates these perspectives with a review of China's modern history of research and development (R&D). It starts with a brief retrospective of China's efforts in science and technology before the reforms of 1978. It then discusses China's principle R&D issues in the early 1980s and the most significant results of 20 years of rapid industrialization. Based on this historic review and a wide literature analysis, some observations are made about China's R&D capabilities in the first years of the new millennium as well as what challenges may still lie ahead for China before becoming a leading source of scientific and technological innovation.