Research on Technological Innovation as Seen through the Chinese Looking Glass

The rapid development of the Chinese economy during the 1990's has intensified research on technological innovation. Recent policy emphasis on innovation as a path to sustainable economic growth will only accelerate work on this important topic. The work by individuals and groups at various research institutes and universities has mainly been published in leading Chinese scholarly journals. In this paper, we develop a framework and do a substantive review of the literature to characterize the state of knowledge about technological innovation in China, with special emphasis on: 1) conceptual contributions, 2) empirical results, and 3) connections between innovation and performance.