Standards and Innovation Policy in the Global Knowledge Economy

Core Issues for China and the United States

On October 14, 2009, The National Bureau of Asian Research and the East-West Center hosted an invitation-only workshop in Beijing, China entitled “Standards and Innovation Policy in the Global Knowledge Economy: Core Issues for China and the United States” with workshop support from the National Electronics Manufacturers Association. The conference convened over fifty top academic, business, and government leaders from China, the United States, and the European Union for a robust dialogue about the current challenges facing the existing international standardization system in a technically complex and globalized economy.

Topics addressed include:

• Standards and innovation policy in the global knowledge economy
• China’s approach to standards-related IPR development
• Current challenges for IPR, “open” standards, and new players
• Achievements and shortcomings of China’s indigenous innovation strategy

Conference participants discussed the strengths and weaknesses of the existing international standardization system, and focused on the challenges that need to be overcome in order to maintain an open, equitable, non-discriminatory standardization system.

Featured Research

Working Papers on China’s Standards and Innovation Policy in the Global Knowledge Economy
(NBR and East-West Center)

Agenda and Participant List

Event Agenda | Event Attendees

Featured Speakers and Panelists

Baisheng An, Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China

Jun Cao, Xidian Jietong Wireless Network Communications

Duncan Clark, BDA China Limited

Ted Dean, BDA China Limited

Dieter Ernst, The East-West Center

Becky Fraser, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Wen Gao, Peking University

Xudong Gao, Tsinghua University

Claudia Tapia Garcia, Research in Motion

D. Linda Garcia, Georgetown University

Tiejun Huang, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Fusheng Ji, Tsinghua University

Konstantinos Karachalios, International/Intergovernmental Organizations & Institutions European Patent Office

Xielin Liu,Chinese Academy of Sciences

Amy Marasco,Microsoft Corporation

Rongping Mu, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chuck Powers, Motorola, Inc.

Cliff Reader, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Anne Stevenson-Yang, Wedge MKI

Ping Wang, China National Institute of Standardization

Yiyi Wang, China National Institute of Standardization

Lincun Yang, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China

Lan Xue, Tsinghua University

More Information on NBR’s Related Research

Since the mid-1990s, The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) has been at the forefront of analyzing and researching China’s IPR regime and industrial policies, including technology standards, innovation policies, and intellectual property protection. Building on its comprehensive network of scholars, practitioners, and policymakers, NBR engages experts from the United States, China, and other countries to analyze these important issues and inform decisionmakers on the policy implications through high-level briefings, conferences, reports, workshops, and working papers.