China's Changing National and Regional Innovation Systems and Regional Distribution of R&D

Zhang, Fangzhu, Wu, Fulong and Cooke, Philip Nicholas 2010. China's Changing National and Regional Innovation Systems and Regional Distribution of R&D. Geography Compass 4 (6) , pp. 532-544. 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2010.00323.x

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Abstract

This article examines the transformation of China’s national and regional innovation systems. We review an emerging literature on innovation research on China, especially geographical studies of innovation, and argue that China’s national innovation system has become more enterprise-centered since the economic reform started in 1979. This article systematically evaluates the strength and weakness of China’s national innovation system and argues that the new innovation system has a significant regional dimension demonstrated through attempts to establish regional innovation systems. R&Ds are concentrated in high-tech development zones in China. However, these zones are more manufacturing oriented. In other words, there is more development than research. These regional systems, however, play a role in promoting economic competitiveness in their respective regions.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Publisher:	John Wiley & Sons
ISSN:	17498198
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2019 09:07
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/10717

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