Title page
Contents
Summary 3
Introduction 4
What's different about the 20th CPC Politburo? 8
Breaking China's technological chokepoints 11
The politics of scientific self-reliance 13
Talent-reshoring and self-reliance 14
Pioneering a digital economy and governance with Chinese characteristics 20
Conclusion 23
Acknowledgments 26
Table 1. Net flows of scientific authors, top publishing countries, '000, 2015 and 2021 17
Figure 1. R&D intensity as a percentage of GDP, China, EU and US, 2015-21 15
Boxes
Box 1. The 20th CPC Politburo's five 'new' scientists 5