China's Emerging Technological Edge : Assessing the Role of High-end Talent (Paperback)

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. Demand and supply of S&T talent in China: key drivers; 8. China's talent in key emerging technologies; 9. Whither China's talent pool?; Appendix: understanding Chinese S&T human resource statistics; Bibliography.