Reforming China's S&T system

Science

Volumn 341, Issue 6145, 2013, Pages 460-462

  Cao, Cong ^a,b   Li, Ning ^c,d   Li, Xia ^e   Liu, Li ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^d Chinese Academy of Science   (China)

^e SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; POLITICAL POWER; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

CHINA; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84881050835     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1234206     Document Type: Review

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