The Chinese Innovation System and China's Innovation Policies in a new Phase of Growth: Insights from Artificial Intelligence Policy in China
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This paper seeks to explore the relationship between China’s innovation policies and its innovation system, particularly in regards to Artificial Intelligence (AI). First, it will describe China’s innovation system, systematically outlining its elements and key characteristics before assessing its strengths and weaknesses according to the framework established by the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Global Competitiveness Index and expanded upon by Dasher (2019). Given the importance of the innovation system for sustained growth, this paper will then discuss how the innovation system may interact with the possibility of a middle-income trap as defined by Otsuka et al. (2017). Drawing from a combination of primary and secondary sources including reports, policy documents, press releases, and interviews with industry insiders, this paper will examine some of China’s recent innovation policies. Based on these sources, we find that China’s approach to innovation policy has remained largely the same over the years in terms of formulation, substance, implementation and evaluation. Consequently, these findings suggest that China’s innovation policies are likely to be inappropriate for supporting the continued development of its innovation system and may thus hinder its growth in the long-run. The findings of this paper have implications relevant to the direction of China’s future innovation policies and economic growth, to deepening the collective understanding of China’s innovation system, and to policymakers’ understanding of the interaction between innovation systems and policy.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Date created | August 2019 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Soh, Ruthanne | |
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| Degree granting institution | Stanford University, Stanford Global Studies, Center for East Asian Studies | |
| Primary advisor | Dasher, Richard |
Subjects
| Subject | Stanford Global Studies |
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| Subject | East Asian Studies |
| Subject | Innovation Policy |
| Subject | Innovation System |
| Subject | Artificial Intelligence Policy |
| Subject | China |
| Genre | Thesis |
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- Soh, Ruthanne. (2019). The Chinese Innovation System and China's Innovation Policies in a new Phase of Growth: Insights from Artificial Intelligence Policy in China. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/zx501xh3556
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