China's Industrial Technology

• Foreword Charles Cooper Part 1 A Review of Reform Policy for the S&T System in China: From Paid Transactions for Technology to Organisational Restructuring 1. An Introduction to Reform Policy 2. The Pre-'Decision' Period - Reformation of Planning Practice (1978-1985) 3. The Decision on S&T Management System Reform (1985): The Creation of a 'Technological Market' 4. Merging R&D Institutes into Existing Enterprises (1987) 5. Spin-off Enterprises and the Torch Programme (1988) 6. The Transformation of Established R&D Institutes (since the 1990s) 7. Concluding Remarks Appendix: Statistical Data on China's R&D System Part 2 Spin-off Enterprises: Chanelling the Components of R&D Institutions into Innovative Businesses 1. Introduction 2. An Overview: The Launch of the Torch Programme and the Development of Spin-off Enterprises 3. The Initiation of the NTEs 4. The Technological Activities of the NTEs 5. Concluding Remarks Part 3: The Machinery Technology R&D Institutes: Transforming the Established Industrial Technology Institutions 1. Introduction 2. The Development of Machinery Industry in China prior to Market Reforms: Industry Performance and R&D Institutions 3. General Trends in the Transformation of the Machinery Industry: The Extent and Direction of the Market Reform of Government-run R&D Institutes 4. The Transformation of the 'Product Technology' R&D Institutes 5. The Transformation of the 'Manufacturing Technology' R&D Institutes 6. Technological Trajectories 7. Institutional Restructuring: Internal and External Contractual Relationships

'...this book has entailed considerable effort to untangle a very complex and somewhat unique process, and the author has done so very successfully...the book should attract a wide audience among academics...as well as policy makers who want to learn how the technology infrastructure of China has been transformed.' - Dr. Q. Wang, Research Policy [vol.30, no.7, pp 1160-1, 2001]'The book is a valuable addition to the literature on China's science and industry policies.' - Cong Cao, The China Journal