Knowledge and Development: A New Catch-up Strategy for the 21st Century

Author: Hu Angang
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Publish Date: 2001-09-01
Features: What is the true China? Our research finds that the true reality of China is "One China, Four Worlds" and "One China, Four Societies." In the new century, the greatest challenge for China's development is to face the task of rapid knowledgeization without completing industrialization, urbanization, and service industrialization. This means implementing a knowledge development strategy, spreading and using knowledge in all fields, and building the world's largest knowledge society—learning society, technology-based society, and information society. This book provides a detailed introduction to the newest development concepts and strategies in the world today, as well as the basic content in science, technology, education, information, and governance. It summarizes and introduces the experience of developing countries in promoting social transformation, and discusses how China can implement a knowledge-based catch-up strategy and eliminate new knowledge poverty in the 21st century.