Semiconductor Catch-Up Is Not Enough: Twigging the Context of China's Ambitions
回应Jiang和Murmann关于中国ICT发展的研究，指出仅靠技术追赶不足以实现创新经济，需结合中国经济增长和人口老龄化等背景来理解其成就与挑战。
ABSTRACT The extensive narrative of growth and development of the information and communication technologies (ICTs) in China by Jiang and Murmann (2022) and the discussion of Chinese strengths and weaknesses portray the remarkable progress that China has made, especially in technology relative to advances in the basic sciences. In our response, we situate their contribution in the larger context of Chinese economic growth and the challenges it faces in transforming these accomplishments into an embedded national capability to become a leading innovation economy and thereby deliver prosperity to its enormous but aging population. The contexts for the successes and weaknesses in ICT that Jiang and Murmann (2022) describe so admirably are vital for a more comprehensive understanding of their place in the overall development of China.