Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Human resources, technological innovation, and economic growth
- 2 China's talent challenge
- 3 Human resources in science and technology, and their structure and characteristics in China
- 4 Higher education and scientists and engineers in the pipeline
- 5 Utilization of scientists and engineers in China
- 6 “Brain drain,” “brain gain,” and “brain circulation”
- 7 Supply and demand of science and technology talent in China: key drivers
- 8 China's talent in key emerging technologies
- 9 Whither China's talent pool?
- Appendix: Understanding Chinese science and technology human resources statistics
- References
- Index
5 - Utilization of scientists and engineers in China
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 January 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Human resources, technological innovation, and economic growth
- 2 China's talent challenge
- 3 Human resources in science and technology, and their structure and characteristics in China
- 4 Higher education and scientists and engineers in the pipeline
- 5 Utilization of scientists and engineers in China
- 6 “Brain drain,” “brain gain,” and “brain circulation”
- 7 Supply and demand of science and technology talent in China: key drivers
- 8 China's talent in key emerging technologies
- 9 Whither China's talent pool?
- Appendix: Understanding Chinese science and technology human resources statistics
- References
- Index
Summary
Although it is clear that the “supply” side of the science and technology (S&T) talent equation is an important component of a nation's innovation capacity and potential, it also is the case that sheer numbers of scientists and engineers is not an adequate proxy for innovative performance and economic contribution. The effective use and deployment of the S&T talent pool is the major factor which truly shapes, as well as yields, meaningful innovative outcomes. Having described the characteristics of China's human resources in science and technology (HRST) and the educational pipeline through which China's S&T workforce has been produced, the purpose of this chapter is to highlight and evaluate how effectively the Chinese S&T workforce has been utilized.
The chapter first lays out how intellectuals, of whom scientists and engineers are an important component, as a social class have evolved in contemporary China. This analysis is followed by a review of the core political and modernization issues involved in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) policies toward intellectuals in general, and scientists and engineers in particular, since 1949; the attitudes and actions of the CCP have been the major determinant of how Chinese scientists and engineers are treated both politically and economically. The various components of the professional lives and careers of China's high-end talent pool – from job assignments and promotion to career mobility and performance rewards – are discussed.
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- China's Emerging Technological EdgeAssessing the Role of High-End Talent, pp. 166 - 211Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009