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This synthesis report (August 2007 Beijing Conference version) summarises the main findings of the OECD review of the Chinese national innovation system (NIS) and policy. The review was requested by the Chinese authorities, represented by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), and was carried out as a joint
OECD-MOST project.

Part I highlights the role of science, technology and innovation in the context of China’s need to shift from a sustained to a sustainable growth mode, and the importance of broad-based framework conditions for innovation for building an efficient market-based innovation system.

Part II assesses the pace of development and analyses the main features of China’s national innovation system, focusing on the key performers of R&D and innovation activities, namely, the business sector, the public research institutes and the universities, and the science-industry interface.

Part III analyses China’s policy for promoting science, technology and innovation, including the public governance of its innovation system.

The final section offers some concluding remarks and provides policy recommendations.

Following the conference in Beijing in August 2007, this version of the synthesis report will be revised – taking into account the results of the discussions - and published by the OECD as part of the full report presenting the detailed results of the review, including thematic chapters, annexes and full references.