China's Science & Technology Sector(V13)

China's booming economy has drawn both admiration and fear from the rest of the world. With its ability to churn out high-quality goods at low prices, China has become known as the factory of the world .

To better understand China s development and modernisation since the 1978 reforms, it is necessary to analyse its policies on importing technologies and developing indigenous ones.

The articles in this volume paint a comprehensive picture of the attempts by the Chinese government to adopt and foster science and technology, the successes of the policies and the continuing challenges.

Contents: Technological Development Challenges in Chinese Industry (C Cao); China s Regional Variations in Patenting (D Lu & A G Hu); R&D Incentives, Industrial Structure and Technology Transfer in China (P Lin & J A Zhang); Standards and the State: Chinese Technology Policy in an Age of Globalisation (R P Suttmeier & X-K Yao); The Impact of Financing the High-Tech Industry on the Chinese Banking Sector (Y Ma); Ningbo and Dalian: Patterns of Science and Technology Development (J Sigurdson); Development of China s Semiconductor Industry: Prospects and Problems (M S-H Heng); China s Online News Industry: Control Giving Way to Confucian Virtue (J Lagerkvist).