Popular literature suggests a rapid narrowing of the technology gap between China and the U.S. based on large … percentage increases in Chinese patent applications, and equally large increases in college registrants and completed PhDs … (especially in sciences) in China in recent years. Little literature attempts to measure the technology gap directly using …

Popular literature suggests a rapid narrowing of the technology gap between China and the U.S. based on large … percentage increases in Chinese patent applications, and equally large increases in college registrants and completed PhDs … (especially in sciences) in China in recent years. Little literature attempts to measure the technology gap directly using …

It is widely believed in China that in order to meet the target of tripling gross domestic product (GDP) per capita … between 2005 and 2020, as set out in China's 11th five-year plan in 2005, a change in China's growth strategy from FDI …&D) projects, and changes to the regulatory environment. In measuring China's economic growth potential towards 2020, this paper …