![]() ![]() It is in this framework conditions that Chinese manufacturing industry including wind energy sector develops rapidly. The “Bringing in” and “Going out” deepens Chinese firms’ integration into global networks of production and innovation, through which they learn and develop technological and managerial capabilities. The accession to WTO enables Chinese firms to expand business and create technology linkages globally. The well-recognised “Economic Reform and Opening-up Policy” embraces foreign capital and technology. This extraordinary visit impressed Chinese policymakers on Western science, technology and business, and paved the way for cooperation between Chinese and Western enterprises afterwards. In 1978, the Chinese government economic delegation paid a visit to Western Europe. When looking at the logics behind China’s rapid development of renewable energy technologies, it has been found that institutional reforms have acted a central role in driving the state innovation machine operating in a more efficient manner. It to some degree represents a vehicle for Chinese stakeholders to seek solutions for facilitating wide-scale wind power development. A wide variety of topics such as ‘ Global Wind Technology Trends’, ‘ Global Wind Power Investment Opportunities’, ‘ Energy Internet’, ‘ Wind Turbine Manufacturers Forum’, and ‘ Offshore Wind Development Forum’ were involved. Themed as “ Facilitating Energy System Transition to Mitigate Global Climate Change”, the China Wind Power Conference & Exhibition successfully attracted 582 companies including 202 overseas firms from 20 countries, ranging from wind turbine makers, sub-component providers, and operation & maintenance enterprises. The emergence of China as an innovator can confirm that the country is an absorptive state and innovates by combing rapidly improving infrastructures and capabilities with home-grown and foreign knowledge and technologies. ![]() It is observed that more and more innovations are being seen in China, such as super computers, high-speed railways, Beidou Navigation System, and nuclear technology. Among many successful factors, the openness of national innovation system and the growth of technological capability may represent the real bases of China's economic miracle. The purpose of this trip was to carry out semi-structured interviews with Chinese academics, policy researchers and enterprise managers to understand how China’s wind technology innovation system operates and evolves.Ĭhina has achieved remarkable progress in economic development over the past decades. In October, I conducted my first fieldwork in Beijing and participated the China Wind Power Conference 2015 (CWP). This blog is based on the interviews with Chinese stakeholders and a conference paper “ A multi-dimensional indicator framework for evaluating energy technology innovation system” submitted to DRUID 2016.
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