Study of Innovation and Technology in China

The Study of Innovation and Technology in China (SITC) is a project of the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. SITC Research Briefs provide analysis and recommendations based on the work of project participants. Author's views are their own. C hinese science and technology (S&T) policies in a modern sense can be traced back to the late nineteenth century. With the Opium War as the turning point, China embarked on the development of modern science and technology based on traditional Chinese values imbued with modern Western ideology. Looking back, although that moment was long ago, the idea to rejuvenate the nation with modern science and technology has been lingering throughout the modern and contemporary history of China, and has evolved into a main line and a social consensus deeply integrated into contemporary Chinese culture.