Constructing Supportive Institutional System to Attract Social Investments to Fund Scientific Research

Authors

Ying WANG, Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, ChinaFollow
Jialing LYU, Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaFollow
Yingming LI, Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Wei XUE, Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

Keywords

scientific research; social investment; S&T expenditure; institutional system

Document Type

S&T and Financing Integration Framework and Proposal

Abstract

Innovation always originates from scientific research (basic research and applied research). Investing in scientific research can create new products and new industries, and bring continuous and huge profit. It appeals to a wide range of social investment from market to fund scientific research in recent years. Such economical return, however, is often thwarted by the high risk and uncertainty of scientific research. The main obstacle to the social investments funding scientific research is analyzed in this paper and then some examples are presented as well. It illustrates that it is crucial for public policy to shorten the gap between the science and market in order to make it easier for all kinds of social capital to support innovation. The main challenge for policy makers is to determine the priority of innovation and to reduce the risks, and it is of great essence to construct a supportive system for social investment funding scientific research.

First page

1197

Last Page

1205

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

WANG, Ying; LYU, Jialing; LI, Yingming; and XUE, Wei (2022) "Constructing Supportive Institutional System to Attract Social Investments to Fund Scientific Research," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 37 : Iss. 9 , Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20220720001
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol37/iss9/2