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China’s Defense High-Tech Leadership: Implications for S&T Innovation

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  • Hagt, Eric

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Over the last decade or more, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has sought to establish an effective defense high-tech innovation system. The Science and Technology Committee (STC) under the General Armaments Department (GAD) has been a leading institution in this reform process, but its track record has been decidedly mixed. The STC is the most senior body in the PLA and advises on high-tech and strategic platforms. As such, the current STC has become a more professionalized agency with stronger oversight and management functions and less a think tank on cutting-edge technologies compared to its former incarnation under the former Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND). A key drawback of the current STC though is its inability to provide the longterm, strategic vision for future defense innovation that the PLA needs.

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  • Hagt, Eric, 2011. "China’s Defense High-Tech Leadership: Implications for S&T Innovation," Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, Working Paper Series qt7w06r3zw, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California.
  • Handle: RePEc:cdl:globco:qt7w06r3zw
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