Making science and technology policy in China: The way government officials make things work

by Jun Zhang

The progress of Science and Technology (S&T) development in different parts of the world indicates that since national conditions are different, ways of developing S&T are different. Governments have implemented different policies to develop their S&T and serve their own social and economic requirements. National S&T policy-making, planning, and strategy have become the main way for a government to micro-guide and organize both economic and S&T activities. The international situation, as well as China’s national political structure, social economy, culture and social psychology have influenced government development strategies and related S&T planning and policy making. An important feature of governments in China is to devise policies to promote S&T research and its applications. They also promote social, economic, and cultural development. China is experiencing unprecedented economic progress. S&T play an important role of it. How did S&T develop in China? How do government officials in China make S&T policies within the context of Chinese nationalism? This article tries to answer these questions from the view of China’s national condition and the cultural history.

76 pages, Paperback

Published April 18, 2012