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Recent Literature on China S&T

Below are listed a number of recent formal and informal publications on science and technology in China prepared by various U.S. and Chinese experts. They are either in the public domain, are posted with the permission of the author, or exist on other websites.  There are 7 categories for these publications:

Types of references/documents include:

The documents are in various formats including Word, Power Point and PDF. Some of the documents are large and may take substantial download time for other than the fastest Internet connection.

I. Proceedings and Reports on US-China Science Policy Events from GMU Program

1.1 R&D Policies Related to Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Blanpied, William (ed.), Boston, MA, December 14-16, 2005.

1.2 Sino-U.S. Forum on Basic Sciences for the Next Fifteen Years, Blanpied, William (ed.), Beijing, China, February 16-17, 2004.

1.3 Trilateral Seminar on Science, Society and the Internet, Blanpied, William (ed.), East West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 14-16, 2003.

1.4 U.S.-China Seminar on Engineering Education for a Global Economy, Wang, Sunyu and J. Thomas Ratchford (eds.), Shanghai and Beijing, China, October 20-24, 2002.

1.5 U.S.-China Seminar on Technical Innovation, Branscomb, Lewis M. and Qingrui Xu (eds.), Industrial Research Institute, Washington, DC, March 18-20, 2002.

1.6 U.S.-China Policy Forum on Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Buccino, Alphonse and You-Lin Qiao (eds.), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, December 4-5, 2000.

1.7 Seminar on R&D and the Knowledge-Based Society: Linking the Production, Dissemination, and Application of Research, Blanpied, William and Mu Rongping (eds.), Beijing, China, October 24-26, 1999.

II. BROAD STUDIES

2.1 The Structure and Infrastructure of Chinese Science and Technology, Ronald Kostoff, Michael Briggs, Robert Rushenberg, Christine Bowles, and Michael Pecht, Defense Technical Information Center, 2006, available at http://www.onr.navy.mil/sci_tech/33/332/techno_watch_publications_textmine.asp.

2.2 China's Growing Pains Shouldn't Hurt Us, Albert Keidel, The Washington Post, July 24, 2005.

2.3 China’s Emerging Science and Technology Landscape, Jin Xiaoming, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Washington D.C., 2004. (in PPT format)

2.4 Science & Technology in China – Reform and Development, Ke Yan, China International Press, Beijing, 2004. (in PDF format)

2.5 Development of Science & Technology Policy in China, Mu Rongping, a paper presented at the International Workshop on the Comprehensive Reviews of the S&T Basic Plans in Japan, Tokyo, Sept. 13-14, 2004, available at http://www.nistep.go.jp/IC/ic040913/pdf/30_04ftx.pdf.

2.6 China's New Knowledge Systems and Their Global Interaction - Summary of Papers, Jon Sigurdson, Ed., Lund, Sweden, Sept. 29-30, 2003, availabe at http://www.hhs.se/NR/rdonlyres/B11BF674-C3FB-441E-88E8-7478297D59A8/453/Resource4.pdf.

2.7 Understanding China: A Guide to China’s Economy, History, and Political Culture, John Bryan Starr, 2nd edition, Hill and Wang Publishing, New York, 2003.

2.8 China and the Knowledge Economy: Seizing the 21st Century, Carl J. Dahlman and Jean-Eric Aubert, The World Bank, Washington DC, 2001, available at http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/library/137742/ChinaKE.pdf.

2.9 Technology Development in the New Millenium: China in Search of a Workable Model, Barry Naughton, University of California, San Diego, and Adam Segal, Center for International Studies, MIT, February, 2001, available at http://mit.edu/mit-japan/outreach/working-papers/WP0103.pdf.

2.10 Integrating China into the Global Economy, Nicholas R. Lardy, Brookings Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 2001, available at http://www.brookings.edu/press/books/integrating_china.htm.

2.11 Growing Out of the Plan: Chinese Economic Reform 1978-1993, Barry Naughton, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1995.

III. SECTOR STUDIES

3.1 China’s Science & Technology in Electronics, Microelectronics, and Nano-Technologies, Jinsong Xie, William Blanpied, and Michael Pecht, Chapter in China’s Electronics Industry (Michael Pecht and Y.C. Chan, eds.), CALCE EPSC Press, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, To be published fall 2005. (in PDF format)

3.2 China’s Science & Technology in Electronics, Microelectronics, and Nano-Technologies, Jingsong Xie and Michael Pecht, CALCE Electronic Products and Systems Center, University of Maryland, 2004. (in PPT format)

3.3 Competing for Scarce IT Skills: U.S. and China, Dieter Ernst, East-West Center, a powerpoint presentation at the China S&T Roundtable organized by the Technology Administration of the Department of Commerce, May 3, 2004. (in PPT format)

3.4 Elite Decision-making: A Study On China’s Semiconductor Policy Process, Chen Ling, PhD Student, Tsinghua University, November 2003. (in PDF format)

3.5 The Chinese Software Industry: How Good Are State Supported Capabilities at Surviving in the Domestic Market?, Ted Tschang, Singapore Management University, Xue Lan, Tsinghua University, September 17, 2003. (in PDF format)

3.6 Telecommunications, Technology and China’s Modernization, Zixiang (Alex) Tan, Syracuse University, 2003. (in PDF format)

3.7 The Evolution of China’s Software Industry, Erik Baark, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2003. (in PDF format)

3.8 Spreading Telecommunications to Developing Areas in China: Telephones, the Internet, and the Digital Divide, Eric Harwit, University of Hawaii, 2003. (in PDF format)

3.9 Chinese Military Power, Report of an Independent Task Force sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, New York, 2003, available at http://www.cfr.org/pdf/China_TF.pdf.

3.10 Networks and Incentives in Transition: A Multilevel Analysis of the Pharmaceutical Industry, Steven White (INSEAD) and Liu Xielin (Ministry of Science and Technology), Chapter in The Management of Enterprises in the People's Republic of China (Tsui, A. & Lau, C.M., eds.). Norwell, Massachusetts: Kluwer, 2002. (information on this book can be found at http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,4-40540-22-33190967-detailsPage%253Dppmmedia%257CaboutThisBook%257CaboutThisBook,00.html)

3.11 Institutions, Entrepreneurship and Transition: The Pharmaceutical Technology System in Shanghai, Li Zhineng, Doctoral Student, The Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Feb. 2001. (in PDF format)

IV. S&T STRUCTURE

4.1 An Introduction to China's Science and Technology Policy, Shang Yong, Vice Minister, Ministry of Science & Technology, China, a lecture at the Kennedy School of Government, December 15, 2005, available at http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/publication.cfm?program=CORE&ctype=presentation&item_id=106.

4.2 China: the next science superpower? conference organized by DEMOS (UK), London, December 13, 2005, available at http://www.demos.co.uk/ATLASChinaseminar_pdf_media_public.aspx.

4.3 Jon Sigurdson's Powerpoint Presentation presented at conference organized by DEMOS (UK) on China: the next science superpower?, London, December 13 2005.

4.4 Institutional Development in China’s Science & Technology, Charles F. Larson, President Emeritus, Industrial Research Institute, Inc., 2004. (in PDF format)

4.5 PRC S&T Policy - from several "Horses' Mouths", F.M. Ross Armbrecht, Industrical Research Institute, Inc., a powerpoint presentation at the China S&T Roundtable organized by the Technology Administration of the Department of Commerce, May 3, 2004. (in PPT format)

4.6 The Continuing Evolution of China’s S&T Program, Chen Zhaoying, National Center for Science and Technology Evaluation (NCSTE), Beijing, 2003. (in PDF format)

4.7 R&D Internationalization and the Reformation of Chinese S&T System, Jin Chen and Liang Tong, Zhejiang University , 2003. (in PDF format)

4.8 Minying Enterprises and High Technology Zones, Adam Segal, Council on Foreign Relations, 2003. (in PDF format)

4.9 Some Considerations on Deepening the Reform of China’s S&T System, Fang Xin, Institute of Policy & Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences. (in PDF format)

4.10 An Evaluation of China’s Science &Technology System and Its Impact on the Research Community, Deh-I Hsiung, National Science Foundation, 2002, available at http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/sandt/ST-ReportSum.htm.

4.11 A Decade of Reform: Science and Technology Policy in China, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the State Science and Technology Commission (People's Republic of China), 1997, available at http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-9360-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html.

V. INNOVATION

5.1 The Role of Standards in National Technology Policy in China, Mu Rongping and Wu Zhuoliang, Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2003. (in PDF format)

5.2 Technological Innovation in Rural Enterprises of Jiangsu, China, Yifei Sun , California State University, Northridge and Hongyang Wang Nanjing University, 2003. (in PDF format)

5.3 Conducting Research in the People's Republic of China, F.M. Ross Armbrecht, 2002, available at http://www.iriinc.org/Content/ContentGroups/Papers_and_Presentations_by_IRI_Presidents/Condustinfresearch.pdf.

5.4 The Role of Government in Science, Technology & Innovation - The Case of China, Fang Xin , (EAPRM#01-01), 2001, available at http://www.nsftokyo.org/asia/eaprm01-01.htm.

5.5 Industrial Innovation in China: A Comparative Study Based on Survey Data, Gang Jiancheng (EAPRM#01-02), 2001, available at http://www.nsftokyo.org/asia/eaprm01-02.htm.

5.6 China's National Innovation System in Transition: An Activity-Based Analysis, Liu Xielin and Steven White (EAPRM#01-03), 2001, available at http://www.nsftokyo.org/asia/eaprm01-03.htm.

5.7 The Evolving Technology Acquisition System in China from the Perspective of a National System of Innovation, Wu Guisheng, Xie Wei and Li Jizhen (EAPRM#01-04), 2001, available at http://www.nsftokyo.org/asia/eaprm01-04.htm.

5.8 A New Paradigm of Technological Innovation in China's Enterprises: Innovation Portfolio, Xu Qingrui and Wang Yi (EAPRM#01-05), 2001, available at http://www.nsftokyo.org/asia/eaprm01-05.htm.

5.9 Globalization, Structural Change, and the Role of Government in China's Search for a National Innovation Strategy, Richard P. Suttmeier, University of Oregon, a revised paper originally presented at the UNU INTECH International High Level Seminar on Technological Innovation, Beijing, Sept. 5-7, 2000. (in PDF format)

VI. BASIC RESEARCH & HIGHER EDUCATION

6.1 Universities and Globalization, Da Hsuan Feng, The University of Texas at Dallas, June 2006. (in PDF format)

6.2 Higher Education in China: A Personal Perspective, William A. Blanpied, George Mason University, a powerpoint presentation at the China S&T Roundtable organized by the Technology Administration of the Department of Commerce, May 3, 2004. (in PPT format)

6.3 China's Basic Research System in Transition, Cong Cao, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, a powerpoint presentation at the China S&T Roundtable organized by the Technology Administration of the Department of Commerce, May 3, 2004. (in PPT format)

6.4 Higher Education Context for China's Science and Technology Development, Kathryn Mohrman, Hopkins-Nanjing Center, a powerpoint presentation at the China S&T Roundtable organized by the Technology Administration of the Department of Commerce, May 3, 2004. (in PPT format)

6.5 China's Strategic Objective and its S&T Workforce Training, Yugui Guo, Community of Science, Inc., a powerpoint presentation at the China S&T Roundtable organized by the Technology Administration of the Department of Commerce, May 3, 2004. (in PPT format)

VII. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

7.1 U.S. China Science and Technology Cooperation (S&T Agreement): Report to Congress, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State, 2005, available at http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/or/44681.htm.

7.2 Documentation of the 11 th Sino-U.S. Joint Commission Meeting on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Technology, Beijing, 2004. (in PDF format)

7.3 External Inputs in PRC S&T Development: Evolution of Foreign High-Tech R&D in China, Kathleen Walsh, The Henry L. Stimson Center, a powerpoint presentation at the China S&T Roundtable organized by the Technology Administration of the Department of Commerce, May 3, 2004. (in PPT format)

7.4 China Science & Technology Statistics Data Book 2003, Ministry of Science and Technology, Beijing, P.R. China, 2003, available at http://www.most.gov.cn/eng/statistics/2003/index.htm.

7.5 China-Europe Relations in Science and Technology, Jon Sigurdson, The Stockholm School of Economics, 2003. (in PDF format)

7.6 Foreign High-Tech R&D in China: Risks, Rewards, and Implications for U.S.-China Relations, Kathleen Walsh, The Stimson Foundation, 2003, available at http://www.stimson.org/pubs.cfm?ID=82.

7.7 The China-U.S. Relationship in Science and Technology, Jin Xiaoming, Embassy of the Peoples Republic of China in Washington D.C., 2003. (in PDF format)

7.8 Globalization of R&D by Multinational Corporations in China: an Empirical Analysis, Xue Lan, (EAPRM#01-06), 2001, available at http://www.nsftokyo.org/asia/eaprm01-06.htm.

 

 

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