Innovation and Regional Development

Review of China’s National Innovation Systems

Chen Jin

Professor of Innovation Management and PolicyCollege of Public Administration

Zhejiang University

, Aug 27th, 2007

Agenda

Background

Innovation and Regional Development in ChinaChina

Perspective for the Future

Background: China’s New Strategy

Innovative Country创新型国家: R&D Expenditure, Patent and Standards

Harmonious Country和谐社会: Employment, Environment, HappinessEmployment, Environment, Happiness

Four Systems for Innovation in China

FIS: Firm Innovation System

RIS: Regional Innovation SystemRIS: Regional Innovation System

NIS: National Innovation System

GIS: Global Innovation System

RIS as the bridgefor FIS, NIS and GIS

Innovation and Regional Development in China

Innovation for Regional Development

Upgrade Regional Industrial Structure

Formulate Industrial Clusters

Social Development and Environment Protection

Upgrade Regional Industrial Structure

Fast development of high-tech industry

(IT applications: R&V Network, Alibaba, Chem-web)Chem-web)

Fast development of traditional industry aided by high and new technologies(set up Advanced Manufacturing Bases)

Formulate Industrial Clusters

Cluster of various products with international competitiveness(Block economy: Sock Zone and Specialized International Market: Yiwu Specialized International Market: Yiwu City)Famous Manufacturing Base: Cloth, Shoe, Tire, Sun Glass et al

Social Development and Environment Protection

Social Progress

Environment Protectionby green technologyby green technology

74.2 % increase for Personal Income during year 2000-2006: ZhejiangGreen GDP comes to be used

Innovative Region:Zhejiang Experiences

3000 US Dollar per capita in 2005

SMEs: 99.6%, 82.7% labor force

203 best private enterprises among best 500 in China

Innovation for Xiaokang (小康)Society

Perspective for the Future

1) Links with Regional Zones for Science and Technology Cooperation and for Regional Balance

一、我国高等教育的重大决策

Polarization of Innovative Regions

BTD (Beijiang-Tianjing Delta)YRD (Yangtzi River Delta)YRD (Yangtzi River Delta)PRD (Pearl River Delta)

Cooperation among BTD, YRD and PRDCooperation between Coastal, Middle and Western Regions

R&D Personnel by Regions in 2005 (1,000 person-year)

地区 Region R&D人员 地区Region R&D人员

合计 Total 1364.8

北京 Beijing 171.0 上海 Shanghai 67.0

天津 Tianjin 33.4 江苏 Jiangsu 128.0

河北 Hebei 41.7 浙江 Zhejiang 80.1

山西 Shanxi 27.4 安徽Anhui 28.4

内蒙古 Inner Mongolia 13.5 福建 Fujian 35.7内蒙古 Inner Mongolia 13.5 福建 Fujian 35.7

辽宁 Liaoning 66.1 江西 Jiangxi 22.1

吉林 Jilin 25.6 山东 Shandong 91.1

黑龙江 Heilongjiang 44.2 河南 Henan 51.2

湖北 Hubei 61.2 云南 Yunnan 14.8

湖南 Hunan 38.0 西藏 Tibet 0.6

广东 Guangdong 119.4 陕西 Shaanxi 53.7

广西 Guangxi 17.9 甘肃 Gansu 16.8

海南 Hainan 1.2 青海 Qinghai 2.6

重庆 Chongqing 24.6 宁夏 Ningxia 4.0

四川 Sichuan 66.4 新疆 Xinjiang 7.0

贵州 Guizhou 9.8

Yangtzi River Delta: The next 6th Metropolitan in the world

Paris, London, New York, Chicago, Tokyo

Yangtzi River Delta

Grass-Root Entrepreneurship

Research Universities

Servant Government

2) Continue Growth of Typical Industrial Clusters

Consumer Electronics (Guangdong)Consumer Electronics (Guangdong)Optical Fiber (Wuhan)Information Technology (Beijing)

Connection between Sectoral Innovation and RIS

3) Innovation with more effective Triple-Helix

Cooperation among enterprise, university Cooperation among enterprise, university and government

Cooperation among University Science Park, High-tech Development Zone and Tech-Eco Development Zone

4) Innovation with effective Technology Transfer

Regional Service Platform (on-line Regional Service Platform (on-line technology market)

Need more Innovation Relay Center

5) Innovation links with Entrepreneurship

Venturing for Enriching People, Innovation for Enhancing Region(创业富民，创新强省）Enhancing Region(创业富民，创新强省）

Innovation through both individual entrepreneurship, knowledge based entrepreneurship, collective entrepreneurship or even massive entrepreneurship

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