swot analysis of technology in china

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SWOT ANALYSIS OF TECHNOLOGY IN CHINA

In 2012 China’s total spending on research and development was one trillion Yuan ($164 billion! "ust under 2# o its gross domestic product% &he same 'ear! the %)% spent $44* billion! or 2%+#o its ,-.% /ut as China’s econom' continues to grow rapidl'! so does its - spending and

it’s pro"ected to overta3e that o the nited )tates b' 2022% )cientiic advances contributed 1%*#to China’s economic growth in 2011! and the countr' is betting that technical innovations canhelp it address man' challenges! including the need to upgrade its industrial base! reduce air

pollution and address growing ine5ualit'%

Strengths

• High Voltage Transmission: China has deplo'ed the worlds irst ltra 7igh 8oltage 9C

and -C lines :: including one capable o delivering 6%4 gigawatts to )hanghai rom a

h'droelectric plant nearl' 1;00 miles awa' in southwestern China% &hese lines are moreeicient and carr' much more power over longer distances than those in the nited)tates%

• High-Spee !ail: In the span o si< 'ears! China has gone rom importing this

technolog' to e


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• S$per#omp$ting: >ast month! the &ianhe:19! developed b' Chinas =ational niversit'

o -eense &echnolog'! became the worlds astest supercomputer with a perormancelevel o 2%* petalop?s (5uadrillions o calculations per second! or all the gee3s in ouraudience! based on a standard test! substantiall' eclipsing the %)% -@As Cra' B&Daguar s'stem at @a3 idge national labs in &ennessee! which runs at 1%* petalop?s%&hird place is also held b' a Chinese computer% Ehile the nited )tates :: and the-epartment o Anerg' in particular :: still has unrivalled e


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Opport$nities

9 2014 stud' published in the %)% .roceedings o the =ational 9cadem' o )ciences! JChina’sise as a Ha"or Contributor to )cience and &echnolog'!K loo3s at the development o science andtechnolog' in China since the 1L+0s% &he researchers! based at the niversit' o Hichigan and.e3ing niversit'! compare China and the nited )tates in Jscience and engineering ()?A labor

orce siFe! )?A degrees! government policies and investments! and scientiic output and impact%K&he stud'’s indings include

• China’s - spending as a percentage o ,-. increased rom 0%*# in 1LL1 to 1%+# in

2010! still lower than the %)% level o 2%+# but growing rapidl'%

• &he percentage o engineers in the )?A labor orce was higher in China than in the nited

)tates% In 2010! China had 2%4 million engineers out o a )?A labor orce o ;%2 million(*#! while the nited )tates had 1%4 million engineers out o a )?A labor orce o 4%;million (;;#% Angineers in both countries earn appro


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Threats

/ut the countr'’s development o science and technolog' is still acing severe challengesincluding Jscientiic corruption and raudK and the countr'’s Jrigid! top:down administratives'stem%K Gurther! the authors note! JAven i the government succeeds in preventing misdeedsamong oicials! it still aces diiculties valuating the true merits o scientiic contributions%K

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