Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2021
It is of interest in China and across the world to predict whether China will catch up with the most economically advanced nations in innovation capacity. To facilitate an ongoing assessment of China's innovation capacity, the article develops a China Innovation Capacity Growth Index composed of eight separate measures. China's performance in 2020 is compared to the baseline from 2015, showing that China has progressed in six of the eight measures. This article and the accompanying Technical Appendix explain each of the measures, including the sources for the data, and report the changes in performance over time.
ACCEPTED BY Editor-in-Chief Arie Y. Lewin
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China Innovation Capacity Growth Index 2015 and 2020
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