Learning from China: S&T and Innovation Policy Responsiveness

Abstract

This chapter sees a strong role for governments in directing and promoting continuous interactions between the S&T organizations and policy actors for an inclusive and responsive innovation system. Different countries have depicted differences in the responsive and inclusive behaviour of their National Innovation System (NIS) providing invaluable insights to the understanding of innovation. This chapter examines India’s policy responsiveness to foster inclusive and responsive innovation through the interactive NIS framework. It does this by drawing lessons from the Chinese experience of public intervention in S&T and innovation. The issues examined include linkages of S&T with other domains of the NIS, human resource and industrial research and the innovation ecosystem. While there are complexities involved in managing S&T and innovation in India, China has successfully transformed its institutions of knowledge and learning and engaged them in the growth process through an interactive model of innovation.