Progress, dilemma, and approaches of S&T incentive system reform in China—Based on questionnaire and interview

Authors

• Ru MA, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Evaluation Studies, Beijing 100732, ChinaFollow
• Hongwei WANG, Institute of Quantitative & Technical Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences，Beijing 100732, China; Research and Consultation Center for Project Evaluation and Strategic Planning, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing 100732, China

Keywords

S&T incentive system, policy perception, interview, questionnaire

Abstract

Innovation incentive is of importance for fully realizing the innovation vitality of scientific and technological talents. This study reveals the progress, dilemma, and approaches of incentive system reform based on the in-depth interview and questionnaire. The results show that the progress has been made in broadening income sources, unblocking development channels, enhancing S&T autonomy, reducing non-academic burden, and optimizing academic environment. Nevertheless, some problems still remain to be solved, including a mismatch between income and contribution, incentive contradictions of the S&T achievement transformation, insufficient spiritual incentive, limited developing space, weak sense of gain from the S&T autonomy reform, impetuous academic atmosphere, lack of atmosphere encouraging exploration and innovation, and structural contradictions of incentive, suggesting that we should optimize material incentives, enrich spiritual incentives, and strengthen targeted incentives.

First page

764

Last Page

773

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

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Recommended Citation

MA, Ru and WANG, Hongwei (2026) "Progress, dilemma, and approaches of S&T incentive system reform in China—Based on questionnaire and interview," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 41 : Iss. 4 , Article 13.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3724/j.issn.1000-3045.20240807002
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol41/iss4/13