China and the Knowledge Economy : Challenges and Opportunities

The rapid pace of economic growth in China has been unprecedented since the start of economic reforms in late 1970s. It has delivered higher incomes and made the largest single contribution to global poverty reduction. Measured by international pov...

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Main Authors:	Zeng, Douglas Zhihua, Wang, Shuilin
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCREDITATION ADULT LITERACY ADVANCED RESEARCH AGRICULTURE BASIC BASIC EDUCATION CAPITAL MARKETS CAREER CAREER GUIDANCE CHEMISTRY CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY COLLABORATION COLLEGE GRADUATES COLLEGE LEVEL COMPETITIVE BIDDING CREDIT TRANSFER CURRICULUM DECISION-MAKING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCIPLINES DISCRIMINATION DISSERTATIONS DISTANCE EDUCATION E-COMMERCE ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS ENGINEERING ENGINEERS ENROLLMENT RATIO EXPENDITURES EXTENSION EXTENSION SERVICES FARMS FERTILITY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL POVERTY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HARDWARE HIGHER INCOMES HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN POTENTIAL HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INEQUALITY INFORMATION INDUSTRIES INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION SERVICES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY IT SERVICES KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCES LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABORATORIES LAND TENURE LEARNING LIFELONG LEARNING LITERACY LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MARKET ECONOMY MEDIA MIGRANTS MIGRATION MII MINISTRY OF INFORMATION NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVELS NGOS NUMBER OF PERSONS OPEN DOOR OUTSOURCING PACIFIC REGION PAPERS PERSONAL COMPUTERS PERSONAL RELATIONS PHYSICS POLICY CHANGE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION R&D RADIO REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY REGIME RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH INSTITUTES RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS RESEARCH PROGRAMS RESEARCHERS RULE OF LAW RURAL AREAS SCHOOLS SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS SCIENTISTS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS SKILLED LABOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOM COMPANIES TELEVISION TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY ENROLLMENTS TERTIARY GRADUATES TERTIARY LEVEL TV UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSAL SERVICE UNIVERSITIES URBAN AREAS
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spelling	okr-10986-70882021-04-23T14:02:33Z China and the Knowledge Economy : Challenges and Opportunities Zeng, Douglas Zhihua Wang, Shuilin ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCREDITATION ADULT LITERACY ADVANCED RESEARCH AGRICULTURE BASIC BASIC EDUCATION CAPITAL MARKETS CAREER CAREER GUIDANCE CHEMISTRY CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY COLLABORATION COLLEGE GRADUATES COLLEGE LEVEL COMPETITIVE BIDDING CREDIT TRANSFER CURRICULUM DECISION-MAKING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCIPLINES DISCRIMINATION DISSERTATIONS DISTANCE EDUCATION E-COMMERCE ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS ENGINEERING ENGINEERS ENROLLMENT RATIO EXPENDITURES EXTENSION EXTENSION SERVICES FARMS FERTILITY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL POVERTY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HARDWARE HIGHER INCOMES HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN POTENTIAL HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INEQUALITY INFORMATION INDUSTRIES INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION SERVICES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY IT SERVICES KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCES LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABORATORIES LAND TENURE LEARNING LIFELONG LEARNING LITERACY LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MARKET ECONOMY MEDIA MIGRANTS MIGRATION MII MINISTRY OF INFORMATION NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVELS NGOS NUMBER OF PERSONS OPEN DOOR OUTSOURCING PACIFIC REGION PAPERS PERSONAL COMPUTERS PERSONAL RELATIONS PHYSICS POLICY CHANGE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION R&D RADIO REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY REGIME RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH INSTITUTES RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS RESEARCH PROGRAMS RESEARCHERS RULE OF LAW RURAL AREAS SCHOOLS SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS SCIENTISTS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS SKILLED LABOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOM COMPANIES TELEVISION TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY ENROLLMENTS TERTIARY GRADUATES TERTIARY LEVEL TV UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSAL SERVICE UNIVERSITIES URBAN AREAS The rapid pace of economic growth in China has been unprecedented since the start of economic reforms in late 1970s. It has delivered higher incomes and made the largest single contribution to global poverty reduction. Measured by international poverty lines, from 1978-2004, the absolute poor population in rural areas has dropped from 250 million to 26.1 million. Such gains are impressive and have been driven largely by a set of market-oriented institutional reforms, strong investment, and effective adoption and application of various knowledge and technologies, especially foreign ones through trade and foreign direct investment. While enjoying tremendous success, China also faces many challenges that need to be addressed to sustain its long-term development. These include weak institutions, low overall educational attainment, weak indigenous innovation capacity, poor links between research and development and industries, and so on. This paper provides an analysis of some strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges to China's knowledge economy in the areas of economic incentives and institutional regime, human capital, innovation system, and information infrastructure. 2012-06-05T14:11:46Z 2012-06-05T14:11:46Z 2007-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7576031/china-knowledge-economy-challenges-opportunities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7088 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4223 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific China
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topic	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCREDITATION ADULT LITERACY ADVANCED RESEARCH AGRICULTURE BASIC BASIC EDUCATION CAPITAL MARKETS CAREER CAREER GUIDANCE CHEMISTRY CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY COLLABORATION COLLEGE GRADUATES COLLEGE LEVEL COMPETITIVE BIDDING CREDIT TRANSFER CURRICULUM DECISION-MAKING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCIPLINES DISCRIMINATION DISSERTATIONS DISTANCE EDUCATION E-COMMERCE ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS ENGINEERING ENGINEERS ENROLLMENT RATIO EXPENDITURES EXTENSION EXTENSION SERVICES FARMS FERTILITY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL POVERTY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HARDWARE HIGHER INCOMES HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN POTENTIAL HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INEQUALITY INFORMATION INDUSTRIES INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION SERVICES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY IT SERVICES KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCES LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABORATORIES LAND TENURE LEARNING LIFELONG LEARNING LITERACY LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MARKET ECONOMY MEDIA MIGRANTS MIGRATION MII MINISTRY OF INFORMATION NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVELS NGOS NUMBER OF PERSONS OPEN DOOR OUTSOURCING PACIFIC REGION PAPERS PERSONAL COMPUTERS PERSONAL RELATIONS PHYSICS POLICY CHANGE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION R&D RADIO REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY REGIME RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH INSTITUTES RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS RESEARCH PROGRAMS RESEARCHERS RULE OF LAW RURAL AREAS SCHOOLS SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS SCIENTISTS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS SKILLED LABOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOM COMPANIES TELEVISION TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY ENROLLMENTS TERTIARY GRADUATES TERTIARY LEVEL TV UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSAL SERVICE UNIVERSITIES URBAN AREAS
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCREDITATION ADULT LITERACY ADVANCED RESEARCH AGRICULTURE BASIC BASIC EDUCATION CAPITAL MARKETS CAREER CAREER GUIDANCE CHEMISTRY CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY COLLABORATION COLLEGE GRADUATES COLLEGE LEVEL COMPETITIVE BIDDING CREDIT TRANSFER CURRICULUM DECISION-MAKING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCIPLINES DISCRIMINATION DISSERTATIONS DISTANCE EDUCATION E-COMMERCE ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS ENGINEERING ENGINEERS ENROLLMENT RATIO EXPENDITURES EXTENSION EXTENSION SERVICES FARMS FERTILITY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL POVERTY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HARDWARE HIGHER INCOMES HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN POTENTIAL HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INEQUALITY INFORMATION INDUSTRIES INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION SERVICES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY IT SERVICES KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCES LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABORATORIES LAND TENURE LEARNING LIFELONG LEARNING LITERACY LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MARKET ECONOMY MEDIA MIGRANTS MIGRATION MII MINISTRY OF INFORMATION NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVELS NGOS NUMBER OF PERSONS OPEN DOOR OUTSOURCING PACIFIC REGION PAPERS PERSONAL COMPUTERS PERSONAL RELATIONS PHYSICS POLICY CHANGE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION R&D RADIO REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY REGIME RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH INSTITUTES RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS RESEARCH PROGRAMS RESEARCHERS RULE OF LAW RURAL AREAS SCHOOLS SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS SCIENTISTS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS SKILLED LABOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOM COMPANIES TELEVISION TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY ENROLLMENTS TERTIARY GRADUATES TERTIARY LEVEL TV UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSAL SERVICE UNIVERSITIES URBAN AREAS Zeng, Douglas Zhihua Wang, Shuilin China and the Knowledge Economy : Challenges and Opportunities
geographic_facet	East Asia and Pacific China
relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4223
description	The rapid pace of economic growth in China has been unprecedented since the start of economic reforms in late 1970s. It has delivered higher incomes and made the largest single contribution to global poverty reduction. Measured by international poverty lines, from 1978-2004, the absolute poor population in rural areas has dropped from 250 million to 26.1 million. Such gains are impressive and have been driven largely by a set of market-oriented institutional reforms, strong investment, and effective adoption and application of various knowledge and technologies, especially foreign ones through trade and foreign direct investment. While enjoying tremendous success, China also faces many challenges that need to be addressed to sustain its long-term development. These include weak institutions, low overall educational attainment, weak indigenous innovation capacity, poor links between research and development and industries, and so on. This paper provides an analysis of some strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges to China's knowledge economy in the areas of economic incentives and institutional regime, human capital, innovation system, and information infrastructure.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Zeng, Douglas Zhihua Wang, Shuilin
author_facet	Zeng, Douglas Zhihua Wang, Shuilin
author_sort	Zeng, Douglas Zhihua
title	China and the Knowledge Economy : Challenges and Opportunities
title_short	China and the Knowledge Economy : Challenges and Opportunities
title_full	China and the Knowledge Economy : Challenges and Opportunities
title_fullStr	China and the Knowledge Economy : Challenges and Opportunities
title_full_unstemmed	China and the Knowledge Economy : Challenges and Opportunities
title_sort	china and the knowledge economy : challenges and opportunities
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7576031/china-knowledge-economy-challenges-opportunities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7088
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China and the Knowledge Economy : Challenges and Opportunities

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