Title: Technological Innovation in China's Industry
Abstract: The key function of technological innovation is rising day by day along with unceasing deepness of industrialization. As China is a developing country, industrial transformation is a strong driving force for promoting the development of China's industry. So far the technological sources of most China's industries mainly came from the spread of technologies of west countries. However China can not be in the low level industry, low value-added position in international division for a long period. If China intends to be continuous competitiveness and sustainable growth, it is obvious that China must make a new progress in technological innovation, that is fundamental task of industrial development has to put on technology innovation, especially on self property-right and core-technology. Rich labor source is one of advantages in China's industrial development, but it is difficult to say so in terms of technological progress. The choice of China's industrial technology is definitely to react upon rich labor resource, but unemployment can not to be a negative factor for technology progress of China's industry, to produce an impact on China's industry to comply with technology development of world industry, to promote and upgrade value chain of high technology. This is a most importantly strategic problem for China's industry during the process of technological innovation. Under the system of traditional planning economy, the government is a main body for promoting China's technology progress. The role of enterprises in technological innovation and progress has been gradually increasing since reform and opening. This is not only displayed in the increase of China's expenditure of RD since 1990's, but also showed enterprises gradually to become a main body for technological innovation. The future of China's industry and even China's economy will increasingly rely on technological innovation, promoting industrial progress and industrial upgrade based on technology innovation will become a fundamental subject for the development of China's industry in the new century.
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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