Upgrading the Workshop of the World: Can Automation Spur Economic Development in China?

Naubahar Sharif () and Yu Huang
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Naubahar Sharif: Associate Professor, Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Yu Huang: Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

No 2017-15, HKUST IEMS Thought Leadership Brief Series from HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies

Abstract: Naubahar Sharif, HKUST IEMS Faculty Associate, warns that automation is not the panacea for China’s stalling economic development as believed.Industrial upgrading is central for the “Made in China 2025” economic plan, which hopes to push China up the global value chain into intelligent manufacturing. A pilot program, “Replacing Humans with Robots,” launched in 2009 in response to the global economic crisis. Yet results have been mixed. Prof Sharif recommends a deeper look into the micro- and macro-level effects of automation, to figure out how China can maintain its rate of growth while still developing its manufacturing expertise and the skills of its workforce. The study was conducted with postdoctoral fellow Yu Huang.

Keywords: automation; china; employment; jobs; robots; technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 4 pages
Date: 2017-06, Revised 2017-06
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