Empirical Research on Scientific and Technical Innovation and Economic Growth in Shanghai

Lei Weng, Wei Song, Si-Bei Sheng

University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.

DOI: 10.4236/ajor.2012.21009                

Abstract

With the explosive growth of knowledge and the further improvement of economic globalization, technology gradually represents its greater significance as the core factor of the strategic resources and competence for national and regional development, which becomes a greater support to the construction of the innovative country and also a key to take the initiative to develop. Under this tendency, technological improvements should play a more important role in pushing the economy forwards, which brings higher requirements for technical development in Shanghai. Thus Shanghai must integrate and utilize the resources of new technology in a more comprehensive way. During the process of building up a well-off society as well as innovative regions in an all-around way, the demand for technological innovation is continuously increasing and its content, as to Shanghai, is undergoing further fulfillment. The study on the inner connection between Shanghai technological development and economic growth, thus under such background, means much to get a knowledge about the dynamic equilibrium relationship between technical progress and economic growth, which can be taken as an important reference for the government to draw up the plan for future technological development.

Keywords

Technology Innovation Output; Economic Growth; Patents; VAR Model; Shanghai

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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