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Published in: AI & SOCIETY 3/2014

01-08-2014 | Open Forum

Analysis over factors of innovation in China’s fast economic growth since its beginning of reform and opening up

Authors: Chun Ding, Junyang Li

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Abstract

The technological progress makes great contribution to the rapid economic growth of China during its past three decades of reform and opening up. An empirical analysis conducted over China’s total factor productivity certifies this conclusion but it also reveals that China’s TFP growth rate is not very high. We further explore the various stages of change of China’s total factor productivity and the causes of these changes and finally take an analytical calculation over the present flaws of China’s innovation system and offer some advices.
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Footnotes
1
South Africa, 50; Brazil, 53; India, 56; Russia, 66; furthermore, China's position descends to the 29th in the next year (Schwab 2012).
 
2
Research method by us in this paper mainly refers to the academic achievements of Prof. Zhang (2005) in Fudan University, Zhao and Yang (2011), and Peng (2009). And, the capital stock of base year is taken from Zhang (2005), pp. 19.
 
3
Primary reason for setting 1981 as the starting year is because investment data are available since 1981 in National Bureau of Statistics (2010), and China’s reform and opening up policy was adopted at the end of 1970s.
 
4
For example,the other authors who made similar researches include Zhang (2005), Zhao and Yang (2011).
 
5
Our calculation reveals that the TFP growth rate was lower than GDP growth rate by a 4.8 % in the first two stages and by 5.7 % in the third stage.
 
6
The statistical data indicate the following: (1) Both the pace and scale of FDI's inflow into China were accelerated since China's entry into WTO. During the decade from 2001 to 2011, altogether 347,000 foreign funded corporations were established in China, with an accumulated influx of FDI of over $750 billion, heading the list of major developing countries of the world that absorb large quantities of FDI. (2) The data of its trade reflect a similar trend. The share of its overall volume of import & export to the world total had been uplifted from a mere 0.79 % in 1979 to 3.6 % in 2000, right before its entry into WTO, spending a 22 years. However, within only 10 years following its entry into WTO, its share of foreign trade to the world total was increased to 9.71 % in 2010, reaching the level of $29.73 billion, 6.3 times as much as its level of 2000. In 2010, China became the largest exporter of the world.
 
7
During 1999–2008, China's nominal GDP increased at an annual growth rate of 14.7 %, while the growth of its investment was at a rate of 21.5 %. This means that its investment played a more apparent and significant role in its economic development.
 
8
Some scholars hold the same view; references can be taken from Bhagwati (1996), Chen (1997), Felipe (1997).
 
9
Typical opinions: Lin and Ren (2007).
 
10
Source of data: the Web site of the Central Government of P. R. China, http://​www.​gov.​cn.
 
11
Luo and Yang (2008).
 
12
The indicator’s value of Tibet may be misleading. Province’s intensity of Corporate R&D expenditure can be regarded as the average value of all corporate intensity in the province. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2009, there were only 90 industrial enterprises above designated size in Tibet, the total industrial output value was also very low, only 5.16 billion RMB. So, we can suppose that the indicator’s value may be affected by a large investment in one enterprise.
 
13
The Web site of China's National Statistical Bureau, http://​www.​stat.​gov.​cn.
 
14
Zhang (2011).
 
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Metadata
Title
Analysis over factors of innovation in China’s fast economic growth since its beginning of reform and opening up
Authors
Chun Ding
Junyang Li
Publication date
01-08-2014
Publisher
Springer London
Published in
AI & SOCIETY / Issue 3/2014
Print ISSN: 0951-5666
Electronic ISSN: 1435-5655
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-013-0465-z

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