High Technology Programmes in China

Jian Song

Chapter 4 in New Generic Technologies in Developing Countries, 1997, pp 95-98 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract China still belongs to the developing world, and its per-capita income is less than US$400 per annum. After more than a decade of effort, it has managed to provide enough to eat and wear for its 1.2 billion people. Although about 5 per cent of the population has yet to cast off poverty, the average Chinese person has a secure food supply of about 400 kgs per annum and a modest income. At the present stage, the most important task in China is to advance to a better standard of living, to a level of US$1000 per capita per annum. The Chinese decision-makers believe that China should, in addition, embark upon high-tech development. China hopes to shorten the lengthy development road that the developed countries experienced and to employ high technology for national growth. The scientific community in China sees high-tech development as the key to seizing the opportunity for advancement.

Keywords: Science Park; National Growth; Dissemination Programme; Modest Income; Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-25836-9_5

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