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Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Keywords

long-term nature of scientific and technological innovation；science and technology modernization；national modernization；support；leadership；modes of interaction；functional evolution

Abstract

The long-term nature of scientific and technological innovation is closely related to the structural interaction between science and technology modernization and national modernization. This study proposes an analytical framework based on two dimensions—modes of interaction and functional evolution—to explain the long-term relationship between these two processes. It is shown that in different stages of development, the interaction between the national development system and the science and technology system takes different structural forms, while the role of science and technology evolves from primarily supporting national development to gradually leading and shaping development directions in key areas. Taking China as an example, the relationship between science and technology modernization and national modernization has undergone four major interaction patterns since 1949: embedded synchronization, misaligned coupling, transitional coordination, and coordinated co-evolution. Correspondingly, the function of science and technology has evolved from providing foundational support for industrialization and economic growth to influencing industrial structures, development models, and the upper boundary of national capabilities. The long-term nature of innovation therefore stems from the sustained accumulation of institutional capacity within the science and technology system and its structural coordination with national development goals. To achieve a fundamental transition from support to leadership, systematic institutional adjustments are required in areas such as decision-making mechanisms, institutional arrangements, organizational forms, temporal structures, talent systems, and innovation translation mechanisms.

First page

1862

Last Page

1876

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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