Innovation capacity and economic development: China and India

Innovation capacity and economic development : China and India

Both China and India, the emerging giants in Asia, have achieved significant economic development in recent years. China has enjoyed a high annual GDP growth rate of 10 per cent and India has achieved an annual GDP growth rate of 6 per cent since 1981. Decomposing China and India’s GDP growth from 1981 to 2004 into the three factors’ contribution reveals that technology has contributed signific...

No . 2008 / 31 Innovation Capacity and Economic Development China and India

Both China and India, the emerging giants in Asia, have achieved significant economic development in recent years. China has enjoyed a high annual GDP growth rate of 10 per cent and India has achieved an annual GDP growth rate of 6 per cent since 1981. Decomposing China and India’s GDP growth from 1981 to 2004 into the three factors’ contribution reveals that technology has contributed signific...

Indian Economic Development and India-China Cooperation

Innovative development and innovation capacity-building in China

Chinese government has issued the “Outline of Medium and Long-term Plan for National Science and Technology Development” in January 2006 (The State Council, 2006), with an ambitious goal to become an innovative country by 2020. Meanwhile, the capacity building for innovation has become the core of national strategies, and results in a fundamental change in the national innovation strategy and r...

An investigation Into Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospitals in China: Development Trend and Medical Service Innovation

Background This paper aims to investigate the development trend of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hospitals in China and explore their medical service innovations, with special reference to the changing co-existence with western medicine (WM) at TCM hospitals.   Methods Quantitative data at macro level was collected from official databases of China Health Statistical Yearbook and Extracts o...