Re)Centralization: How China is Balancing Central and Local Power in Science, Technology, and Innovation

institutional forms of the central-local joint Central to these efforts are “central-local joint action mechanisms across three national-level action” mechanisms, which emerged around the S&T initiatives: the National Key Research and introduction of the IDDS and aim to align local S&T Development Program (NKRDP), the National plans with national targets. [...] IGCC • MERICS • March 2024 LATITUDE (Re)Centralization: How China is Balancing Central and Local Power in Science, Technology, and Innovation 9 National Guidance Fund for Technology Transfer and Commercialization: Indirect Influence to Stimulate Local Investments in National S&T Priorities The National Guidance Fund for Technology The year 2021 marked a new phase in the program, Transfer and Comme. [...] Sub-funds local governments and investment firms, the central must now invest at least three times the National government is showing its commitment to boosting Guidance Fund’s contribution and more than the efficiency of technology commercialization 50 percent of the sub-fund's total equities in through increased financial resources and the technology commercialization projects. [...] “Deputy Director Yang Jun went to the Ministry of and Improving the Socialist System with Chinese Science and Technology to communicate with the Characteristics and Advancing the Modernization of provincial and municipal linkage work of the National China's System and Capacity for Governance 中共中央关 Key R&D Planning Department 杨军副厅长赴科技部对接交 于坚持和完善中国特色社会主义制度推进国家治理体系和治理能 流国家重点研发计划部省市联动工作,” Guangdong Pr. [...] MOST and MOF, “Notice on the issuance of the "Interim Ministry-Provincial Linkage Project Working Conference Measures for the Management of the Establishment of Held in the Field of Agriculture and Rural Areas “十 Venture Capital Sub-funds of the National Science and 四五”农业农村领域国家重点研发计划部省联动项目工作会 Technology Achievements Transformation Guidance 议召开.” Ministry of Science and Technology (科学技 Fund”” 关于印发《.