Table of Contents

Preface Introduction China's Scientific and Technological Development during the Period from 1949 to 1978 An Overview of the General Orientation and Guidelines of China's Science and Technology Policy The Reform of the Management System of Science and Technology The Reform of the Appropriation System The Development of a Technology Market Strengthening Technology Development and the Assimilation Capability of the Enterprises Reform of the Scientific and Technical Personnel Management System China's Opening Up and Technology Acquisition Policy Readjustment of Science and Technology Policy in the 1990s China's Industrial Policy and Technology Acquisition The Development of Agricultural Science and Technology Township Industry and the Development of Appropriate Technology--The Spark Program Policy on the Development of Infrastructure Industry "Mainstay Industry" and Technology Policy Emphasis on Basic Research High-Technology Research The Torch Program and the Progress of High-Tech Industry Non-governmental Science and Technology Enterprises Policy on Sustainable Development Epilogue References

About the Author

Q.Y. YU was the director of a technology development institution in the People's Republic of China prior to his retirement. His knowledge of the science and technology systems in China and in the United States has been built upon decades of practical experience in technology exchange and technology transfer. While he has published numerous articles in Chinese, this is Mr. Yu's first book in English. He lives in China, but has traveled often to the United States, and is a former visiting scholar at the Georgia Institute of Technology, associated with the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the GT Center for International Business Education and Research.

Reviews

"An insightful glimpse into the policies driving modern Chinese science and its technologies."-Edward E. David, Jr. President, EED, Inc. Principal The Washington Advisory Group LLC

"Professor Yu Qiyu's book provides an extremely valuable, comprehensive, and in-depth study of Chinese technology policy."-John W. Garver Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Georgia Institute of Technology

.,."the Cultual Revolution in the mid-1970s that the government enunciated a set of principles and policies for the promotion of science and tehnology. The origins and evolution of these policies is the subject of this book."-The Journal of Technology Transfer

?...the Cultual Revolution in the mid-1970s that the government enunciated a set of principles and policies for the promotion of science and tehnology. The origins and evolution of these policies is the subject of this book.?-The Journal of Technology Transfer

..."the Cultual Revolution in the mid-1970s that the government enunciated a set of principles and policies for the promotion of science and tehnology. The origins and evolution of these policies is the subject of this book."-The Journal of Technology Transfer