China's Emerging Technological Edge

Denis Fred Simon is Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at the Neil D. Levin Graduate Institute of International Relations and Commerce, State University of New York. Cong Cao is Senior Research Associate at the Neil D. Levin Graduate Institute of International Relations and Commerce, State University of New York.

• Introduction; 1. Human resources, technological innovation, and economic growth; 2. China's talent challenge; 3. Human resources in science and technology and their structure and characteristics in China; 4. Higher education and scientists and engineers in the pipeline; 5. Utilization of scientists and engineers in China; 6. 'Brain drain', 'brain gain', and 'brain circulation'; 7. Demand and supply of S&T talent in China: key drivers; 8. China's talent in key emerging technologies; 9. Whither China's talent pool?; Appendix: understanding Chinese S&T human resource statistics; Bibliography.

'Exploiting a wide range of primary and secondary sources, Denis Fred Simon and Cong Cao have produced an extensively researched, finely argued, and methodologically sophisticated study of science and engineering talent in China. This book will be a critical resource for all those in business, academia, and the policy making community who wish to better understand China's ability to develop and foster innovation.' Adam Segal, Council on Foreign Relations