Course Description

This course analyzes the development of science and technology policy in China since the onset of the reform and open policy launched under Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970s. It places special emphasis on the post-2000 period when China announced its goal of re-orienting the PRC economy away from emphasis on assembly-type manufacturing  (which is labor-intensive and resource consuming--sometimes called “the factory to the world model”) and towards becoming an innovation driven economy. The course charts the changing emphasis of Chinese policies and reforms, including the emphasis on “indigenous innovation” and the cultivation and utilization of high-level talent since 2003—with an eye towards understanding China’s increasingly important role in shaping the structure and operation of the global innovation system in the 21st century. It also factors into the equation the on-going downturn in Sino-US relations and its role in driving China towards greater emphasis on “technological self-reliance”---a theme that was strongly emphasized at the recently held Third Plenum meetings in mid-2024 and in Xi Jinping’s various speeches and commentaries during and after the meetings.

课程简介

本课程分析了自 20 世纪 70 年代末邓小平启动改革开放政策以来，中国科学技术政策的发展。特别强调了 2000 年以后中国宣布其目标，即将中国经济从强调劳动密集型、资源消耗型的装配制造业（有时被称为“世界工厂模式”）转向创新驱动型经济。本课程探讨了中国政策和改革重点的变化，包括自 2003 年以来对“自主创新”以及高层次人才培养和利用的新重点，以理解中国在 21 世纪日益重要的在塑造全球创新体系的结构作用。此外，本课程还考虑了中美关系持续恶化及其在推动中国更加注重“自立自强”方面的作用。这一主题在 2024 年中旬刚刚召开的第三次全会以及习近平在会前会后的各种讲话和评论中得到了重点强调。