Enterprises, Industry and Innovation in the People's Republic of China

Alberto Gabriele has worked for over thirty years as a UN economist in New York, Geneva, and  in dozens of developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. He has published several articles  in major scientific journals and collaborated on various edited books. His main research interests are international trade, industrial policies, income and wealth distribution, and the distinctive development trajectories of China, Vietnam, and Cuba.

• Introduction. China as the first example of a new class of social economic formations.-Preface The  economic structure of the PRC: basic facts.- Part.I Capitalist and non-capitalist enterprises.- 1.Non-capitalist market-oriented enterprises.- 2.The evolution of rural sector.- 3.SOE reforms: Grasping the large and letting the small go.- 4.Recent trends in the reform of industrial enterprises.-5.The governance and the performance of  SOE.- 6.Between public and private: The rise of mixed industrial enterprises.- 7.Concluding Remarks The role of public industry in the PRC.- Part . II  China’s National Innovation System.- 8. Introduction to Part II.- 9. The 15-year Plan for Science and Technology and the partial shift of R&D towards industrial enterprises.- 10. The Made in China 2025 Plan.-11.Patents, technology transfers and other areas of innovation and technology policies.- 12. Is it working?.- 13. Statistical evidence.- 22. Concluding remarks China’ s NIS has come a long way. Will it be enough?Conclusions.