China as the World’s Technology Leader in the 21st Century: Dream or Reality?

Naubahar Sharif ()
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Naubahar Sharif: Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

No 2016-11, HKUST IEMS Thought Leadership Brief Series from HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies

Abstract: Naubahar Sharif, Associate Professor of HKUST’s Social Science Division, describes China’s current technological prowess in terms of research and development (R&D) intensity, personnel, number of scientific publications, and number of patent applications, all of which indicate that China is currently one of the world’s top producers of high technology research, and is set to become the world’s technology leader before the end of the century.

Keywords: China; research and development; R&D; technology; technlogy leadership (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 4 pages
Date: 2016-02, Revised 2016-02
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