Shift to strategic international research collaboration

By Yojana Sharma. A shift is underway in China from making a mark globally as a research power, towards an increasingly strategic ‘innovation diplomacy’ that is shaping “the spread and intensity of its global research and innovation relationships”, according to a new study.
The report by NESTA, formerly the non-profit National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts in the United Kingdom, notes that “an ever-intensifying web of international connections has spread across every aspect of China’s innovation system – from joint academic research to technology transfer and licensing, foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions. More...