The Inside Story of China's High-Tech Industry: Making Silicon Valley in Beijing (Asia/Pacific/Perspectives)

In the 1980s, China faced the monumental task of creating, from scratch, internationally competitive companies. This challenge was especially daunting in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. The Inside Story of China's High-Tech Industry describes the emergence and growth of this industry in China through a historically situated analysis of China's leading science park, Beijing's Zhongguancun, also known as China's Silicon Valley. Zhou challenges the prevailing view that foreign multinational corporations and exports are the driving forces for technological progress in less developed countries by arguing that, in the case of China, it is the conjunction of domestic and export markets that has provided the main impetus to technological learning and the development of industry competitiveness. This is the best treatment to date of China's most important innovation region. It will be useful for scholars and students in the fields of economics, regional sciences, geography, planning, sociology, information technology, and business management, as well as for anyone interested in the rise of China and global technological development. Making Silicon Valley In China : Zhongguancun -- From Offspring To Rebel : The Birth Of Zgc And The Transformation Of China's Science And Technology Establishments, 1950s-1980s -- Foreign Wolf And Local Lamb : Multinational Companies And The Resurgence Of Zgc In The 1990s -- The Internet And The Restructuring Of Zgc, 1998-2003 -- The Anatomy Of Zgc : The Domestic Companies -- The Dynamics Of Internationalization In Zgc -- Grassroots Transnationals : Returnee Entrepreneurs -- China's Technical Standard Strategies : Toward An Alternative Path -- Conclusion. Yu Zhou. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 177-189) And Index. In the 1980s, China faced the monumental task of creating, from scratch, internationally competitive companies. This challenge was especially daunting in the information and communications technology sector. The Inside Story of China's High-Tech Industry describes the emergence and growth of this industry through an analysis of China's leading science park, Beijing's Zhongguancun. Zhou argues that, in the case of China, it is the conjunction of export and domestic markets that has provided the main impetus to technological learning and the development of industry competitiveness