The Technological Transformation Of China

Decades after the Long March and the Cultural Revolution, China still struggles to accommodate itself to the desires of communism as well as economic and industrial modernization. The author describes some of the monumental tasks the Chinese face in the areas of defense, industry, agriculture, and science and technology. Whatever happens in China -- including renewed repression -- is an important part of our future.

For years statesmen and scholars have labored to understand the nature of China. Decades after the Long March and the Cultural Revolution, China still struggles to accommodate itself to the desires of communism as well as economic and industrial modernization. These objectives, recent events have shown, are not always compatible with each other. Nowhere is this more obvious than in Chinas economic plans. Since embarking on social and economic reforms, largely benefitting agriculture and the cities of the ''Gold Coast'' area, China has experienced certain consequences of the market place like inflation, unemployment, and graft. And party leaders have learned that modern technology and foreign capital do have an effect on ideological purity. Despite new social and economic disparities, Chinese leaders, hard-line and reform alike, agree on the Four Modernizations - major improvements in defense, industry, agriculture, and science and technology. In The Technological Transformation of China, author David McDonald describes some of the monumental tasks the Chinese face in these areas, especially in the current five-year plan for science and technology in which the Chinese government can claim some success. When Hu Yaobang, a long-time voice of reform, died in April 1989, and massive student demonstrations for ''democratization'' took over Tiananmen Square and much of Beijing, one of the students said to a Western journalist, ''Every four years, you change your government by voting. Every decade we have a revolution.'' Revolution or transformation? Whatever happens in China - including renewed repression - is an important part of our future. Bradley C. Hosmer Lieutenant General, U. S. Air Force President, National Defense University

Technology use has become increasingly popular in education. Due to cultural influences and access issues, advances in digital teaching and learning in Chinese education have been slow; however, certain regions have been able to successfully integrate technology into their curriculum and instruction techniques. Digital Transformation and Innovation in Chinese Education is an essential reference source featuring the latest scholarly research on utilizing technology in Chinese learning and instruction, and it provides insights to classroom transformations within the context of Chinese culture. Including coverage on a broad range of topics and perspectives such as MOOCs, blended learning, and e-learning, this publication is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, and students seeking current research on technological innovation in Chinese education.

This book explores technology creation in China, offering a holistic picture of the national system of innovation. By analyzing companies of various sizes and sectors and taking a deep dive into the role of the Chinese government, the author reveals how China has become the market leader in innovative technologies. The author investigates where innovation is being produced at a regional level, the contribution of Chinese start-ups and large companies, the value of registered patents in China, and what this all means to Western countries. An insightful resource to students and scholars interested in Chinese business and economy, this book illustrates the various elements that are required for countries to develop innovative outputs, and shows that China has developed all of these components. Dominique Jolly is an independent advisor on foreign business with China. He works as a consultant for several large companies. He also advises international organizations and foreign governments in the areas of innovation and technology. His assignments have taken him to over twenty countries in Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Africa. He was previously Professor of Business Strategy. He worked for Webster University Geneva (Switzerland), SKEMA Business School (Sophia-Antipolis, France), the Center on China Innovation at CEIBS (Shanghai, China), HEC Montréal (Montréal, Canada) and Grenoble Ecole de Management (Grenoble, France). .

This book points out that “Internet” is the means, and the digital economy is the result. Therefore, the development of digital economy will inevitably have a profound impact on traditional enterprises and Internet enterprises and become the main way and new driving force for China's innovation and growth. The book starts with the concept of digital economy and reveals the current development of digital economy, how to improve the foundation of digital construction, and the strategies for accelerating digital transformation of various industries, the problems that need to be solved in the development of digital economy and the huge role it will play in promoting society. The book provides a clear blueprint for the government and enterprises to understand and formulate policies and development strategies in the era of digital economy.

Winner of the Lionel Gelber Prize National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist An Economist Best Book of the Year | A Financial Times Book of the Year | A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year | A Washington Post Book of the Year | A Bloomberg News Book of the Year | An Esquire China Book of the Year | A Gates Notes Top Read of the Year Perhaps no one in the twentieth century had a greater long-term impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. And no scholar of contemporary East Asian history and culture is better qualified than Ezra Vogel to disentangle the many contradictions embodied in the life and legacy of China’s boldest strategist. Once described by Mao Zedong as a “needle inside a ball of cotton,” Deng was the pragmatic yet disciplined driving force behind China’s radical transformation in the late twentieth century. He confronted the damage wrought by the Cultural Revolution, dissolved Mao’s cult of personality, and loosened the economic and social policies that had stunted China’s growth. Obsessed with modernization and technology, Deng opened trade relations with the West, which lifted hundreds of millions of his countrymen out of poverty. Yet at the same time he answered to his authoritarian roots, most notably when he ordered the crackdown in June 1989 at Tiananmen Square. Deng’s youthful commitment to the Communist Party was cemented in Paris in the early 1920s, among a group of Chinese student-workers that also included Zhou Enlai. Deng returned home in 1927 to join the Chinese Revolution on the ground floor. In the fifty years of his tumultuous rise to power, he endured accusations, purges, and even exile before becoming China’s preeminent leader from 1978 to 1989 and again in 1992. When he reached the top, Deng saw an opportunity to creatively destroy much of the economic system he had helped build for five decades as a loyal follower of Mao—and he did not hesitate.

Since 1997, China has devoted considerable resources to information and communications technology (ICT) development. China has the world's largest telecommunications market, and its information technology industry has been an engine of economic growth growing two to three times faster than GDP over the past 10 years. E-government initiatives have achieved significant results, and the private sector has increasingly used ICT for production and service processes, internal management, and online transactions. The approaching 10-year mark provides an excellent opportunity to update the policy to reflect the evolving needs of China's economy. These needs include the challenges posed by industrialization, urbanization, upgraded consumption, and social mobility. Developing a more effective ICT strategy will help China to achieve its economic and social goals. Addressing all the critical factors is complex and requires long-term commitment. This book highlights several key issues that need to be addressed decisively in the second half of this decade, through policies entailing institutional reform, to trigger broader changes. This books is the result of 10 months of strategic research by a World Bank team at the request of China's State Council Informatization Office and the Advisory Committee for State Informatization. Drawing on background papers by Chinese researchers, the study provides a variety of domestic perspectives and local case studies and combines these perspectives with international experiences on how similar issues may have been addressed in other countries.

​This book explores technology creation in China, offering a holistic picture of the national system of innovation. By analyzing companies of various sizes and sectors and taking a deep dive into the role of the Chinese government, the author reveals how China has become the market leader in innovative technologies. The author investigates where innovation is being produced at a regional level, the contribution of Chinese start-ups and large companies, the value of registered patents in China, and what this all means to Western countries. An insightful resource to students and scholars interested in Chinese business and economy, this book illustrates the various elements that are required for countries to develop innovative outputs, and shows that China has developed all of these components.