Creating knowledge-based innovation in China

The government's call for “indigenous innovation” has led to significant development in China's science, technology innovation policy and building collaborative relations between research institutions and industry in China. Despite the scale of central government funding for R&D and various government-initiated programmes to stimulate knowledge generation significant challenges remain. Some of the issues in creating an innovation-oriented society across the complex Chinese economic structure have to do with addressing the imbalance of science and technology infrastructure across different geographic locations and regions. Other challenges are manifested in the nature of knowledge creation and distribution between key actors within China's innovation system.