Strategies for the People's Republic of China's Small and Medium Enterprise Development within the National Innovation System

With deregulation and globalization, it has become necessary for the People's Republic of China (PRC) to consider an approach that would further attune its economic engine toward sustained growth. This paper argues that certain sectors of the economy—in particular, the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector—may play a significant role in terms of any further reforms of the PRC's national innovation system, which in turn could spur continued growth. It highlights how issues such as innovation, research and development, and strategic clustering influence the SME sector, and outlines internal and external conditions that may impact the further development of this sector.p>

An earlier version of this paper was released as ADBI Discussion Paper No. 55.

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