TY - JOUR
T1 - China's rise as a major contributor to science and technology
AU - Xie, Yu
AU - Zhang, Chunni
AU - Lai, Qing
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2014/7/1
Y1 - 2014/7/1
N2 - In the past three decades, China has become a major contributor to science and technology. China now employs an increasingly large labor force of scientists and engineers at relatively high earnings and produces more science and engineering degrees than the United States at all levels, particularly bachelor's. China's research and development expenditure has been rising. Research output in China has been sharply increasing since 2002, making China the second largest producer of scientific papers after the United States. The quality of research by Chinese scientists has also been improving steadily. However, China's rise in science also faces serious difficulties, partly attributable to its rigid, top-down administrative system, with allegations of scientific misconduct trending upward.
AB - In the past three decades, China has become a major contributor to science and technology. China now employs an increasingly large labor force of scientists and engineers at relatively high earnings and produces more science and engineering degrees than the United States at all levels, particularly bachelor's. China's research and development expenditure has been rising. Research output in China has been sharply increasing since 2002, making China the second largest producer of scientific papers after the United States. The quality of research by Chinese scientists has also been improving steadily. However, China's rise in science also faces serious difficulties, partly attributable to its rigid, top-down administrative system, with allegations of scientific misconduct trending upward.
KW - Chinese science
KW - International competitiveness
KW - Science education
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.1407709111
DO - 10.1073/pnas.1407709111
M3 - Article
C2 - 24979796
AN - SCOPUS:84903748674
VL - 111
SP - 9437
EP - 9442
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
SN - 0027-8424
IS - 26
ER -