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Page 1: Westminster Consultation on China Sir David King Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government 20 June 2007 House of Commons, London

Westminster Consultation on China

Sir David King

Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government

20 June 2007

House of Commons, London

Page 2: Westminster Consultation on China Sir David King Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government 20 June 2007 House of Commons, London

China-UK Year of Science, 2005

Flood and Coastal Defence UK and China partners in a study to assess China’s future needs for flooding defences

Carbon capture

UK China working on a groundbreaking feasibility study, £3.5m from the UK

Page 3: Westminster Consultation on China Sir David King Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government 20 June 2007 House of Commons, London

World Science Citations, 1997-2001Country % share of

world publications

% share of world citations

Rank order

USA 34.9 ↓ 49.4 ↓ 1

EU15 37.1 ↑ 39.3 ↑

UK 9.4 ↑ 11.4 ↑ 2

GERMANY 8.8 ↑ 10.0 ↑ 3

JAPAN 9.3 ↑ 8.4 ↑ 4

FRANCE 6.4 ↑ 6.9 ↑ 5

CANADA 4.6 ↓ 5.3 ↓ 6

ITALY 4.1 ↑ 4.4 ↑ 7

CHINA 3.2 ↑ 1.6 ↑ 19

INDIA 2.1 ↓ 0.9 ↑ 22

SOUTH AFRICA 0.5 - 0.3 ↑ 29

IRAN 0.13 ↑ 0.06 ↑ 30

Source: D.A. King, Nature, 430, p312, 2004

Page 4: Westminster Consultation on China Sir David King Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government 20 June 2007 House of Commons, London

Percentage of world share of publications, 2004

Source: Adapted from P Zhou and Leydesdorff, ‘The emergence of China as a leading nation in science’ Research Policy 35, no1 (Feb 2006)

China France Germany Japan Korea UK US EU-15

1995 2.05 6.09 7.62 8.65 0.79 8.88 33.54 34.36

1998 2.90 6.48 8.82 9.42 1.41 9.08 31.63 36.85

2001 4.30 6.33 8.68 9.52 2.01 8.90 31.01 36.55

2004 6.52 5.84 8.14 8.84 2.70 8.33 30.48 35.18

Page 5: Westminster Consultation on China Sir David King Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government 20 June 2007 House of Commons, London

International Collaboration with China

’000s Total UK GER USA

Clinical 3.7 0.9 0.3 2.5

Health 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.3

Biological

Science

2.4 0.5 0.4 1.5

Environment 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.8

Mathematics 1.4 0.3 0.2 0.9

Physical Sciences

7.1 1.2 2.0 3.9

Engineering 5.5 1.1 1.1 3.3

TOTAL 21.9 4.4 4.3 13.2

China, Collaborative Output, 1996-2000

’000s Total UK GER USA

Clinical 9 1.6 0.9 6.5

Health 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.7

Biological

Science

6.2 1.1 0.9 4.2

Environment 3.5 0.6 0.5 2.4

Mathematics 2.6 0.5 0.4 1.7

Physical Sciences

13.8 2.3 3.6 7.9

Engineering 10.3 2.1 1.9 6.3

TOTAL 46.4 8.4 8.3 29.7

China, Collaborative Output, 2001-2005

Page 6: Westminster Consultation on China Sir David King Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government 20 June 2007 House of Commons, London

UK/China Joint Commission on Science and Technology, 2006

• It was agreed to prioritise co-operation, including:

– Clean and renewable energy

– Climate change, environment and sustainable development

– Infectious disease

– Nano/and materials science

– Biomedicine and the modernisation of traditional medicines

Page 8: Westminster Consultation on China Sir David King Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government 20 June 2007 House of Commons, London

Future for UK-China Relations