Synopsis
Unifying science, technology, and industry for China’s modernization
This book examines how China retools its science and technology system to support rapid economic reform and development. It highlights new policies and practices that push research toward practical, market‑oriented outcomes while balancing civilian and defense needs.
Through detailed description of contracting, alliances, and consultant roles, the text shows how universities, research institutes, and enterprises collaborate more closely. It also covers how leadership aims to empower technical experts in decision‑making and how regional pilots illustrate changing incentives and organization.
Readers will gain a grounded view of how China bridges research with production, diversifies organizational forms, and promotes a more responsive, economically focused science and technology system.
- Formal research contracts that connect factory needs with institute output and provide profit‑sharing or fees.
- New cooperative ventures like alliances and production unions that keep their institutional identities while coordinating planning and projects.
- Expanded labor mobility, consulting by scientists and engineers, and the role of advisory centers in policy implementation.
- Efforts to strengthen university research, align it with enterprise needs, and recruit technical talent into leadership roles.
Ideal for readers of policy studies, modernization, and science and technology strategy in rapidly changing economies.
This text analyzes reforms in China's S&T system and related governance, focusing on contracts, alliances, and consulting as mechanisms to spur practical innovation.
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