The Political Economy of Science, Technology, and Innovation in China

Yutao Sun is a Professor at the School of Economics and Management, Dalian University of Technology, China, and a former Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Nottingham, UK. He has published in international journals including Science and Research Policy. He is the author of China and Global Value Chains: Globalization and The Information and Communications Technology Sector (2018). Cong Cao is a Professor at Nottingham University Business School China, University of Nottingham Ningbo China. His most recent books include GMO China: How Global Debates Transformed China's Agricultural Biotechnology Policies (2018) and Innovation in China: Challenging the Global Science and Technology System (co-authored, 2018).

• Introduction; 1. Studying Science, Technology and Innovation: Bringing the State in; 2. Innovation Policies: Institutional Structure and Evolution; 3. Innovation Policies: Policy Network and Policymaking Process; 4. Funding: Central Government Expenditure on Research and Development; 5. Talent: Talent-Attracting Programs; 6. Organization: Mission-Oriented Mega-Research-and-Development Programs; 7. Toward a Political Economy of Science, Technology, and Innovation in China.

'This is a thoroughly researched, clearly structured and well-written book. Despite being mainly quantitative and privileging official sources over grassroots innovation, it benefits from unique insights gained from the authors' years of in-depth qualitative and quantitative engagement with the Chinese innovation system. Overall, this is a much-needed and timely overview of the Chinese state's intricate workings in innovation, including historical perspectives. The findings will be relevant not only for economists, political scientists, innovation scholars and practitioners from policy and business, but also for scholars and students from various fields interested in the operations and contradictions of the Chinese state, academic landscape, technology and economy more generally.' Lena Kaufmann, The China Quarterly