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31 pages : digital, PDF file |
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Carnegie papers ; no. 114 |
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Working papers (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) ; no. 114.
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Contents |
Summary -- China's government procurement and indigenous innovation -- Chinese national indigenous innovation products -- Why innovate? -- What makes a place innovative? -- Innovation and open markets -- The role of government -- The role of government procurement and the case of the SBIR -- The effectiveness of China's NIIP program -- Suggestions for China's government procurement with regard to innovation -- The legal framework -- Conclusion and recommendations |
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Indigenous innovation has become the greatest immediate source of economic friction between the United States and China. This trend is not unique to these two countries; policy makers globally are actively trying to stimulate domestic innovation. The burgeoning markets for biotech and environment-related products and services and, potentially even more important, countries' efforts to emerge from the global economic slowdown all reinforce this trend. Mindful of this global scene, China has made indigenous innovation one of the core elements of its attempt to make a structural shift up the industrial value chain. Recently, however, indigenous innovation has been tarred with a protectionist brush. In both China and the United States, there have been increasing calls for buy-local stipulations and the erection of tariffs and non-tariff barriers to trade. In China, these measures primarily take the shape of government "local content" mandates and through the preferential treatment given to products officially classified as "national indigenous innovation products" (NIIP) in the government procurement process. In the United States, they have taken the form of buy-local provisions and efforts to shut out foreign companies. The conflict has been escalating dangerously. In the run-up to the recent Strategic and Economic Dialogue, the U.S. business community ranked indigenous innovation in China as its number one policy concern, above even the currency issue. As of this writing, the key points of contention remain unresolved |
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Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 8, 2010) |
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"July 2010." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-30) |
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Mode of access: Internet from Carnegie Endowment for International Peace web site. Adobe Acrobat Reader required |
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Technological innovations -- China
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Economic history.
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Economic policy.
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International economic relations.
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Technological innovations.
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China -- Economic policy -- 2000-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00001557
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China -- Economic conditions -- 2000-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99010023
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China -- Foreign economic relations -- United States
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United States -- Foreign economic relations -- China
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China.
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United States.
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Electronic book
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Author |
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Asia Program
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