Outdated but profitable: China’s approach for science and technology in the countryside and the future of the Spark Program

Authors

  • Arturo Salazar University of California

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/mycp.v11i32.354

Keywords:

Spark Program, science and technology, poverty, China.

Abstract

This is a study of Chinese science and technology development policies through Spark Program which was designed to encourage the companies of Chinese communities and small villages and also as a relief mechanism for poverty. In spite of the economic success of the above-mentioned program, the study sets out that in accordance with the analysis of some technological indicators, the program has not been able to raise the Asian giant’s technological levels. Resumen:En este trabajo se examinan las políticas chinas de fomento a la ciencia y la tecnología a través del Programa Spark, el cual es un instrumento diseñado para estimular a las empresas de comunidades y pequeños pueblos de China y también como un mecanismo de alivio a la pobreza. No obstante el éxito económico de dicho programa, el trabajo expone que de acuerdo con el análisis de algunos indicadores tecnológicos, en general éste no ha logrado elevar los niveles tecnológicos del gigante asiático.

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References

CCTV, Agriculture Minister Du Answer Press Questions on ‘Three Rural Issues’, 10 Mar, 2005.

China Daily, “Ministry of st Source Says Expanding Bilateral, Multilateral Programs”, 05 Oct, 2004.

Dahlman, Carl J., and Jean-Eric Aubert, China and the Knowledge Economy: Seizing the 21st Century, The World Bank, Washington dc, 2001.

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Published

2015-06-17

Issue

No. 32 (2008): May-August

Section

Analysis

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