Productivity, innovation and China’s economic growth

The role of productivity and innovation in China’s economic growth is fiercely debated among economists.1 With the economy currently progressing through the middle-income stages, China is forced to confront difficult areas of restructuring, and this has intensified that debate. Following the Glob...

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Main Authors: Wu, Y., Guo, Xiumei, Marinova, Dora
Format: Book Chapter
Published: 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54376
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description The role of productivity and innovation in China’s economic growth is fiercely debated among economists.1 With the economy currently progressing through the middle-income stages, China is forced to confront difficult areas of restructuring, and this has intensified that debate. Following the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), Chinese policymakers opted to make innovation and entrepreneurship new drivers of economic growth over coming decades.2 This policy shift has merely intensified the debate about and research on productivity growth and innovation in China. This chapter presents an updated literature review and provides new estimates of productivity growth, innovation and efficiency changes in the Chinese economy. In addition, it explores what can be learnt from China’s recent experience and how economic growth may be sustained through innovation and productivity improvement.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-543762018-08-23T05:41:45Z Productivity, innovation and China’s economic growth Wu, Y. Guo, Xiumei Marinova, Dora The role of productivity and innovation in China’s economic growth is fiercely debated among economists.1 With the economy currently progressing through the middle-income stages, China is forced to confront difficult areas of restructuring, and this has intensified that debate. Following the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), Chinese policymakers opted to make innovation and entrepreneurship new drivers of economic growth over coming decades.2 This policy shift has merely intensified the debate about and research on productivity growth and innovation in China. This chapter presents an updated literature review and provides new estimates of productivity growth, innovation and efficiency changes in the Chinese economy. In addition, it explores what can be learnt from China’s recent experience and how economic growth may be sustained through innovation and productivity improvement. 2017 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54376 10.22459/CNSEG.07.2017.09 unknown
spellingShingle Wu, Y.
Guo, Xiumei
Marinova, Dora
Productivity, innovation and China’s economic growth
title Productivity, innovation and China’s economic growth
title_full Productivity, innovation and China’s economic growth
title_fullStr Productivity, innovation and China’s economic growth
title_full_unstemmed Productivity, innovation and China’s economic growth
title_short Productivity, innovation and China’s economic growth
title_sort productivity, innovation and china’s economic growth
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54376