INDUSTRIAL POLICIES IN CHINA IN THE LAST THIRTY YEARS

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present the main industrial and education policies developed by China in the last 30 years that are focused on strengthening the high technology sectors. In this regard, based on a theoretical and methodological framework of sectoral innovation system and technological product cycles, we focused on the main measures to strengthen the domestic innovation process and policies for higher education, which are complement to each other. It was observed that China has been building a high-tech industry based on both domestic enterprises and domestic technologies, called “indigenous innovation”, since the mid-2000s. Therefore, the goal is not only to increasingly make industrial innovation the main driver of economic growth but also to ensure relative independence of these knowledge sectors.

Keywords

• technological innovation
• chinese industry
• industrial policies