China's Semiconductor Industry in Global Value Chains

Xin Xin Kong, Miao Zhang and Santha Chenayah Ramu
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Xin Xin Kong: Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development
Miao Zhang: Department of Development Studies, University of Malaya
Santha Chenayah Ramu: Department of Economics, University of Malaya

No DP-2015-15, Working Papers from Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Abstract: This article examines how global production networks have benefited technological upgrading in the semiconductor industry in China. The evidence shows that trade has impacted positively on technological capabilities. The empirical evidence show that 93 percent of firms were engaged in incremental innovation activities, while 87 percent in new product development in 2012. The mean R&D intensity was 6.3 percent. State-owned enterprises showed the lowest mean of 5.3 percent. The mean share of R&D personnel in workforce was 28.2 percent. Government support (90 percent) and collaboration with universities and research institutes (87 percent) has been pertinent in firms’ participation in R&D activities.

Keywords: China; innovation; integrated circuit; semiconductors; technological capabilities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L14 L22 L62 O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages.
Date: 2015-02
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cna, nep-ino and nep-tra
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