A Research and Innovation Policy for Sustainable S＆T： A Comment on the Essay ＂Exploring the Logic and Landscape of the Knowledge System＂

1. Introduction In recent years, the need to face major global challenges has made it necessary to review strategies that address multifaceted contexts. Economic, societal, environnlental, and technological dimensions all act together as major drivers for change, and science and technology （S＆T） programs aimed at research and development （R＆D）-performing communities constitute an impor- tant asset in generating emerging and breakthrough solutions in the international transition toward the knowledge economy.

Research on Perfecting Innovation Policy and Solving the Dilemma of Private Innovation in the Context of"Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation"

Based on the new opportunities aroused by the Maker Movement,this paper analyzes the five dilemmas faced by China's private innovation in the new era,and summarizes the practical experience of Japan,France,the United States and other developed countries.Furthermore,there is a need to try to improve non-governmental innovation policies and solve the problem of private innovation funds from giving national treatment to non-governmental researchers and non-governmental scientific and technological innovation activities,giving priority to evaluation conditions and equal protection of folk scientific and technological research achievements,promoting the marketization of non-governmental innovative scientific and technological achievements,and attaching importance to the cultivation of innovative talents,forming independent innovation and entrepreneurial talent resources,and establishing non-governmental innovation funds and other aspects.

Reindustrialization or Postindustrial Development： Innovation Policy Debate in Ukraine

Usual recommendations concerning the principles of effective economic policy that were given by international experts, closely connected with the ＂Washington consensus＂ approach, for the transitive countries, especially to Ukraine, do not contain requirements of the active innovation technological policy, stressing importance the measures which provide efficiency of the existing production structure. This article discusses and criticizes such attitude as the strategic methodological platform. The theoretical backgrounds of the presented analysis lay in the Schumpeterian innovation theory of economic development and the Neo-Schumpeterian approaches concerning decisive value of structural and technological change for economic growth. It gives arguments for standpoint that a follow-up economic development can be successful if a country will be able to have expansion of new modem sectors and more innovative structure of production, as investments in the process of innovation must guarantee a permanent structural reform of the national economy on a new technological basis. One of the main means of realization should be the diversification of the organizational forms of the national economy, ensuring the cooperation of small, medium and large companies within the innovation ＂science-technology-production＂ cycle. Conclusion that in transitive countries and in Ukraine the contemporary innovation policy should provide effective mechanisms of investing into large-scale structural changes for the benefit of the sectors of the fifth and sixth technological paradigm.

How Will Different Types of Regional Innovation Policy and Their Mixes Affect the Innovation Performance of Enterprises: An Empirical Study Based on Shenzhen

Evaluating the functional boundary of different types of innovation policy instruments and their mixes on innovation performance of enterprises is an important but unresolved key issue.This paper,based on the systematically carding the quantization of 155 innovation policies issued by Shenzhen governmental departments from 2011 to 2019,analyzed the characteristics from different types of innovation instruments and their mixes.The results show that Shenzhen governmental has constantly enriched innovation policy instruments for encouraging enterprise innovation,but there are structural unbalances in the issued innovation policy manifested as follows:firstly supply-side policy and environmental-side policy were promulgated more than demand-side policy;secondly the specific instruments employed by Shenzhen governmental were also uneven in different type of innovation policy,like supply-side policy focused on the instruments of government procurement and R&D outsourcing,demand-side policy employed human resource training,innovation infrastructure and fiscal support most,and environmental-side policy main used target planning,intellectual property protection and financial support.This study expands and understanding empirical implementation of different reginal innovation policy instruments,and has implication for Shenzhen governmental in improving the applicability ability of policies in the enterprises innovation.

ICT Development and Innovation Policy in China

The information and communications technology （ICT） industries＇ development and the China＇s trend to innovative economy are outlined. The relationship between the national innovation system and innovation policy are analyzed. Moreover, the innovation policy in China is discussed and a recommendation to the further ICT innovative policy making is made.

Moderating effect of corporate financialization on the impact of climate policy on corporate green innovation:Evidence from China

With intensifying global climate change,humanity is confronted with unparalleled environmental challenges and risks.This study employs the staggered difference-in-difference model to examine the relationship between climate policy and green innovation in the corporate financialization context.Using Chinese-listed company data from 2008 to 2020,our analysis reveals a favorable correlation between China’s carbon emission trading policy(CCTP)and advancements in green innovation.Furthermore,we find that the level of corporate financialization moderates this correlation,diminishing the driving effect of CCTP on green innovation.Additionally,results of heterogeneity analysis show that this moderating consequence is more evident in non-state owned and low-digitization enterprises compared with state-owned and high-digitization ones.Our findings contribute to the existing literature by clarifying the interaction between CCTP,green innovation,and corporate financialization.Our research provides valuable insights for policymakers and stakeholders seeking to strengthen climate policies and encourages green innovation in different types of businesses.

Towards a holistic user innovation policy

This paper aims to synthesize previous user innovation policy proposals into an adapted system of innovation framework,on which a future holistic user innovation policy for the household sector can be based.We do this in three steps.First,we introduce the systems of innovation framework as a comprehensive basis for a holistic approach to innovation policy.Second,we identify and review policy proposals made by user innovation researchers and categorize them according to ten key activities in the systems of innovation framework.Third,from a system of innovation perspective,we synthesize the policy proposals identified into an adapted framework,including determinants specific to user innovation in the household sector.The synthesized proposals are intended to strengthen the systemic and multi-causal effects of policy on household sector user innovation in a country,region,or sector.Future policies for user innovation may,on this basis,be instrumental in avoiding mono-causality,or the concentration on only a few policy instruments in a proposed policy.

Upgrading of Technological Capability and Innovation Policy Transformation in China under a New Situation

Countries worldwide are actively pushing their innovation frontiers into the profound globalized innovation networks.China is entering into a new phase that experiences the profound transformation of the innovation systems and supporting policies,together with facing the accelerated technological innovation and emerging de-globalization trends.Improving the institution of innovation-driven development,as well as the quality and efficiency of innovation,are beneficial for China to integrate into the global innovation network and move towards the technological frontiers.This study analyzes the phases of the ongoing industrial innovation in China from the techno-economic perspective and proposes a multiplefactor framework to explore indigenous technological innovations.We suggest that the factors impacting technological upgrading and innovation capability are technological gaps,complexities of industrial ecology,the density of capital,and market need complexities under open competition conditions.These factors are necessary but not sufficient conditions for the success of cultivating the capability of technological innovations.The government must fulfill its roles adequately and effectively and pay more attention to the limits and focus of innovation policies.We propose that China’s innovation policies need to be flexible towards the changing world’s opportunities and challenges.China needs to boost its strengths towards an initiative and exploring role in the global innovation scene.Solid fundamental research and applications urgently need to support the layout of the upgrading of technological capabilities that bundled by greater openness and inclusiveness.Meanwhile,policies need to be transformed to guarantee equal benefits and greater tolerance to deliver an innovation-friendly system.

Transformative Innovation Policy:A Case-Study from China

Science,technology and innovation policy has been presented as developing through three"frames":innovation for growth;national systems of innovation;and transformative change(Schot and Steinmueller,2018).In this paper,we focus on the third frame by exploring the development of transformative innovation policy in China.More specifically,we present a case analysis of the Beautiful China Initiative(BCI).Within this context,we analyse participating actors,activities,and modes of innovation.In conclusion,we discuss three general challenges of transformative innovation policy at a national and international level.The first challenge is coordination and interaction between governmental agencies and other actors with different responsibilities and jurisdictions.Second,there is a major set of issues related to"development",which must encompass economic development but also societal and environmental development.Third,BCI fits with a broad understanding of the innovation process,including elements which are not directly commercial in orientation.Whether this broader approach can be maintained as BCI develops from its still-early stage into full development will represent a significant challenge.Finally in this paper,we consider the implications of our discussion for future research and practice,and offer three reflections.In particular,we emphasise the importance of scholars’participation across the social sciences rather than leaving this multi-faceted area only to innovation researchers.

Research on the effects of command-and-control and market-oriented policy tools on China's energy conservation and emissions reduction innovation

The impact of environmental regulation on technology innovation is a hot spot in current research where a large number of empirical studies are based on Porter Hypothesis(PH). However, there are still controversies in academia about the establishment of "weak" and "narrow" versions of PH. Based on the panel data of application for patent of energy conservation and emission reduction(ECER) technology of Chinese city scale during 2008-2014, comprehensive energy price, pollutant emission, etc., mixed regression model and systematic generalized method of moments method were adopted, respectively,to study the impact of market-oriented and command-and-control policy tool on China's ECER technology innovation. The results show that the environmental regulation hindered the technological innovation in the immediate phase; however, it turned out to be positive in the first-lag phase. Hence, the establishment of "weak" PH is time-bounded. The command-and-control policy tool played a more positive role in promoting technological innovation in the first-lag phase than market-oriented policy tool. Therefore, "narrow" PH is not tenable. The reason is that the main participants of China's ECER technology innovation are state-owned companies and public institutions. Regionally speaking, the impact which command-and-control policy tool has on technological innovation at sight was nonsignificant in the eastern, the central, and the western regions of China whilst market-oriented policy tool had a negative effect. And market-oriented policy tool in the central region had strongest negative effect, which would diminish in the eastern region and become weakest in the western region. This was related to regional energy consumption level and the market economic vitality.

Systematic Analysis and Innovation for Development Policies of Beijing Seed Industry at Transformation Stage

At transformation stage,seed Industry is not only a fundamental and strategic industry during the construction of World City,but also part of urban and modern agriculture in Beijing. Based on the analysis of the theory of industrial economics and system theory,the article constructs the seed industry policy analysis model,systematically analyzes the support points of national level and the city of Beijing seed industry policy,and studies policy input,mechanism,output and effects by way of systematic analysis,as well as proposes polices and suggestions on promotion of development for Beijing seed industry and on construction of new seed industry from talent incentive,platform construction,seed trading and enterprise cultivation.

Promoting or inhibiting? Green fiscal policy and urban green innovation

Can green fiscal policy(GFP)incentivize the proliferation of urban green innovation(GI)and be a novel cata‐lyst for energy conservation and emission reduction within the“dual-carbon”framework?This paper explores GFP ramifications for GI by implementing a difference-in-differences model in a natural experiment centered on the“Comprehensive Demonstration City of Energy Saving and Emission Reduction Fiscal Policies”.The em‐pirical analysis reveals several key findings:(1)GFP exhibits significant augmentation at the GI level,with an observable evolutionary trend of increasing marginal impact.Importantly,these outcomes withstand rigorous robustness tests,including propensity score matching.(2)A mechanism analysis elucidates the dual impact of GFP on GI growth.GFP directly fosters GI advancement indirectly by promoting talent aggregation,expanding scientific and technological investment,and attracting external financial resources.(3)A heterogeneity analy‐sis demonstrates that GFP enhancement of GI is closely associated with the patent category,manifesting a dis‐tinct pattern of“eastern region>other regions”and“non-resource cities>resource cities”.The study’s em‐pirical findings offer crucial real-world insights to guide the Chinese government in formulating a more effi‐cient GFP and facilitating the expansion of innovative endeavors while contributing to environmentally sus‐tainable and high-value development.

Regional Innovation Policies for High-Technology Firms： The Importance of the Cluster Life Cycle

The present work makes an in-depth analysis of an aspect not yet sufficiently examined by the studies into regional innovation systems, relating to why the policy makers must adopt regional innovation policies in accordance with the development cycle of the active clusters in the territory. The analysis carried out in the course of the work contributes towards understanding the validity of an evolutionary-type development model for which the regional innovation policies for the growth of high-tech firms should dynamically change in relation to the various cluster stages. The development model proposed provides a framework for the policy makers in order to state more efficiently through time the regional innovation strategies.

The Innovation Public Policies and the Firms＇ Adoption of Innovative Processes： Some Notes About the Portuguese Case

Innovation is considered an important competitiveness factor for firms and a source of wealth for economies. Innovation appears as a positive value and as a solution to solve social problems and firm＇s competitiveness. Therefore it is an important subject of policy intervention and territory development, so organizations are encouraged to adopt innovative practices through incentives and innovation policies. This paper aims to propose a new methodological approach for public policy supporting innovation evaluation in a territorial-based analysis. A new methodology which intended to contribute to strengthen and reinforce the innovation effectiveness in firms and territory development resulting from support of public mechanisms. Some economic and sociological studies had showed that Portuguese firms adopt more easily technological innovations （with short-term effects） than organizational and social innovations. In this sense, we will consider innovation public policies effects at firms and how they take available opportunities for innovation. The aim is to know if the concept of innovation spread by these policies is multidimensional （e.g., social, economic and technological） or restricted. We propose to study the factors （internal and external） that affect innovation processes in firms through case studies methodology. This research strategy will show the processes of innovation from within the organizations and analyze the socio-economic context in which organizations operate.

Big Data Analysis of Policy Coordination Paths Based on Latent Dirichlet Allocation Model and Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis Method

The selection and coordinated application of government innovation policies are crucial for guiding the direction of enterprise innovation and unleashing their innovation potential.However,due to the lengthy,voluminous,complex,and unstructured nature of regional innovation policy texts,traditional policy classification methods often overlook the reality that these texts cover multiple policy topics,leading to lack of objectivity.In contrast,topic mining technology can handle large-scale textual data,overcoming challenges such as the abundance of policy content and difficulty in classification.Although topic models can partition numerous policy texts into topics,they cannot analyze the interplay among policy topics and the impact of policy topic coordination on enterprise innovation in detail.Therefore,we propose a big data analysis scheme for policy coordination paths based on the latent Dirichlet allocation(LDA)model and the fuzzyset qualitative comparative analysis(fsQCA)method by combining topic models with qualitative comparative analysis.The LDA model was employed to derive the topic distribution of each document and the word distribution of each topic and enable automatic classi-fication through algorithms,providing reliable and objective textual classification results.Subsequently,the fsQCA method was used to analyze the coordination paths and dynamic characteristics.Finally,experimental analysis was conducted using innovation policy text data from 31 provincial-level administrative regions in China from 2012 to 2021 as research samples.The results suggest that the proposed method effectively partitions innovation policy topics and analyzes the policy configuration,driving enterprise innovation in different regions.

The Positive Role of Governance in the Way Environmental Policies Impact Technological Innovation

Against the backdrop of the knowledge economy, global economy is goingthrough a major transformation. How to alleviate the pressure of resources and the environ-ment and to achieve the sustainable development of the economy has become a global agenda.China＇ s economy growth has been rapid for decades since the reform and opening up policy,but this has also been a great drain on China＇ s resources and the environment, which is an ur-gent problem to tackle. In recently years, the Chinese government has launched many environ-mental policies in the hope of encouraging technological innovation to guarantee the sustain-able development of the economy. However, research suggested that technological innovationis negatively correlated with environmental policies in most scenarios. In some cases, the num-ber of technological innovation decreases after policies take effect and increases after a whilelike a U - curve. In order to solve this problem, I decided to analyze the panel data from 80provinces in China between 2008 and 2014 and conclude that local governance can implementenvironmental regulations while having a positive impact on the technological innovation inenterprises. In the conclusion, suggestions are given to local governments on how to better en-force environmental policies.

Overcoming Contradictions Between Growth and Sustainability:Institutional Innovation in the BRICS

The recent accelerated growth rates or efforts to emulate countries that have achieved a rapid pace of economic growth are widely acclaimed as means to uplift millions from poverty. In so doing, however, this rapid economic growth is most likely to coincide with unsustainable levels of consumption, place excessive pressure on life support systems and terrestrial sinks and foreshorten options for the future. Rather than pursuing the "Environmental Kuznets Curve"(EKC) hypothesis that higher income will bring with it the means to reduce the impacts of greater consumption, ecological economists assert that buying our way out of future scarcity with fast growth is indeed contradictory with sustainabil- ity. To better understand these contradictions and explore potential institutional innovations that may enable developing nations to better confront them (in effect,"tunneling under"the EKC), this article refers to recent experience in the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). Beginning with a brief comparative summary of major development and environmental indicators, pressures on resources and society in each of the BRICS are discussed, followed by identification of institutional and policy frameworks each country has evolved to confront the challenges of growth and sustainability. The article closes with general conclusions for further research and information sharing among developing nations.

Assessment of challenges and strategies for driving energy transitions in emerging markets:A socio-technological systems perspective

The pursuit of improved quality of life standards has significantly influenced the contemporary mining model in the 21st century.This era is witnessing an unprecedented transformation driven by pressing concerns related to sustainability,climate change,the just energy transition,dynamic operating environments,and complex social challenges.Such transitions present both opportunities and obstacles.The aim of this study is to provide an extensive literature review on energy transition to identify the challenges and strategies associated with navigating transformations in energy systems.Understanding these transformations is particularly critical in the face of the severe consequences of global warming,where an accelerated energy transition is viewed as a universal remedy.Adopting a socio-technological systems perspective,specifically through the application of Actor Network Theory(ANT),this research provides a theoretical foundation while categorising challenges into five distinct domains and outlining strategies across these different dimensions.These insights are specifically tailored for emerging market countries to effectively navigate energy transition while fostering the development of resilient societies.Furthermore,our findings highlight that energy transition encompasses more than a mere technological shift;it entails fundamental changes in various systemic socio-economic imperatives.Through focusing on the role of social structures in transitions,this study makes a significant and innovative contribution to ANT,which has historically been criticised for its limited acknowledgement of social structures.Consequently,we propose an emerging market energy transition framework,which not only addresses technological aspects,but also integrates social considerations.This framework paves the way for future research and exploration of energy transition dynamics.The outcomes of this study offer valuable insights to policymakers,researchers,and practitioners engaged in the mining industry,enabling them to comprehend the multifaceted challenges involved and providing practical strategies for effective resolution.Through incorporating the social dimension into the analysis,we enhance the understanding of the complex nature of energy system transformations,facilitating a more holistic approach towards achieving sustainable and resilient energy transitions in emerging markets and beyond.

Empirical Research on the Influence of Marine High-end Human Resources on Marine Knowledge Innovation——With Organizational Incentive and Technological Innovation as Mediating Variable

The main purpose of this paper is to explore the intermediary role of policy incentives and marine technological innovation in marine high-end human capital promoting marine knowledge innovation.Previous studies on the impact of marine high-end human capital on marine knowledge innovation mainly focused on the direct impact of marine high-end human capital on marine knowledge innovation,while ignoring the role of intermediary variables.Based on 512 sample survey data from 138 organizations in 16 coastal cities of China,this paper uses structural equation model to examine the relationship between high-end human capital and policy incentives,technological innovation and marine knowledge innovation.The research shows that marine high-end human capital has an impact on marine knowledge innovation through policy incentives and marine technology innovation.Policy incentives and marine technology innovation play a full intermediary role in the relationship between marine high-end human capital and marine knowledge innovation.

CCPIT Builds Innovation Platform to Benefit Enterprise with FTA Policies

On Aug.28,at the CCPIT regular press conference,Yan Yun,deputy director of CCPIT Commerce Legal Service Center,said that to promote the implementation of free trade agreement between China and South Korea,China and Australia,CCPIT Commerce Legal Service Center will improve its services,innovate its service platform and offer FTA favorable policy support to more enterprise.