Zeng, Douglas ZhihuaWang, Shuilin2012-06-052012-06-052007-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7088The rapid pace of economic growth in China has been unprecedented since the start of economic reforms in late 1970s. It has delivered higher incomes and made the largest single contribution to global poverty reduction. Measured by international poverty lines, from 1978-2004, the absolute poor population in rural areas has dropped from 250 million to 26.1 million. Such gains are impressive and have been driven largely by a set of market-oriented institutional reforms, strong investment, and effective adoption and application of various knowledge and technologies, especially foreign ones through trade and foreign direct investment. While enjoying tremendous success, China also faces many challenges that need to be addressed to sustain its long-term development. These include weak institutions, low overall educational attainment, weak indigenous innovation capacity, poor links between research and development and industries, and so on. This paper provides an analysis of some strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges to China's knowledge economy in the areas of economic incentives and institutional regime, human capital, innovation system, and information infrastructure.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO EMPLOYMENTACCREDITATIONADULT LITERACYADVANCED RESEARCHAGRICULTUREBASICBASIC EDUCATIONCAPITAL MARKETSCAREERCAREER GUIDANCECHEMISTRYCITIZENSCIVIL SOCIETYCOLLABORATIONCOLLEGE GRADUATESCOLLEGE LEVELCOMPETITIVE BIDDINGCREDIT TRANSFERCURRICULUMDECISION-MAKINGDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISCIPLINESDISCRIMINATIONDISSERTATIONSDISTANCE EDUCATIONE-COMMERCEECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEMPLOYMENTENFORCEMENT OF LAWSENGINEERINGENGINEERSENROLLMENT RATIOEXPENDITURESEXTENSIONEXTENSION SERVICESFARMSFERTILITYFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTGLOBAL MARKETGLOBAL POVERTYGOVERNMENT AGENCIESHARDWAREHIGHER INCOMESHIGHER PRODUCTIVITYHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN POTENTIALHUMAN RESOURCESINCOME INEQUALITYINFORMATION INDUSTRIESINFORMATION INFRASTRUCTUREINFORMATION SERVICESINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINTELLECTUAL PROPERTYINTERNATIONAL MOBILITYIT SERVICESKNOWLEDGE ECONOMYLABOR FORCELABOR FORCESLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKETSLABORATORIESLAND TENURELEARNINGLIFELONG LEARNINGLITERACYLOCAL COMMUNITIESLOCAL ECONOMYLOCAL GOVERNMENTSMARKET ECONOMYMEDIAMIGRANTSMIGRATIONMIIMINISTRY OF INFORMATIONNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL LEVELSNGOSNUMBER OF PERSONSOPEN DOOROUTSOURCINGPACIFIC REGIONPAPERSPERSONAL COMPUTERSPERSONAL RELATIONSPHYSICSPOLICY CHANGEPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRIVATE EDUCATIONPRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATIONPRIVATE SECTORPROGRESSPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH SERVICESQUALITY CONTROLQUALITY HIGHER EDUCATIONQUALITY OF EDUCATIONR&DRADIOREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREGULATORY REGIMERESEARCH CENTERSRESEARCH INSTITUTESRESEARCH ORGANIZATIONSRESEARCH PROGRAMSRESEARCHERSRULE OF LAWRURAL AREASSCHOOLSSCIENTIFIC JOURNALSSCIENTISTSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSSKILLED LABORSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL SECURITYTECHNOLOGY DIFFUSIONTECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTELECOM COMPANIESTELEVISIONTERTIARY EDUCATIONTERTIARY ENROLLMENTSTERTIARY GRADUATESTERTIARY LEVELTVUNEMPLOYMENTUNIVERSAL SERVICEUNIVERSITIESURBAN AREASWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4223