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BRICS Innovative Competitiveness Report 2017

  • erence by relevant experts and scholars from other countries
  • Ranks the BRICS countries in national innovative competitiveness since 2001 using an index similar to the Dow Jones index based on the underlying data aggregated from five major international innovation index systems including the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report and Global Innovation Index (GII) by Cornell University, INSEAD and WIPO
  • Forecasts the comprehensive innovative competitiveness of BRICS countries for the next five years and 2030
  • Russian scholars were involved in the writing of the Report, providing a Russian perspective in the analysis of BRICS STI cooperation as well as offering a lot of materials and suggestions
  • Four country reports were written and reviewed by diplomats at the S&T sections of Chinese embassies in Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa
  • A detailed English summary of the Report with approximately 20,000 words is released for ref

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxv
  2. General Reports

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Forecast and Evaluation of Innovation Capabilities and Review of STI Cooperation of BRICS

      • Xinli Zhao, Dan Wang, Yi Xiao, Quanchao Dong, Hongwei Huo, Zongwen Ma et al.
      Pages 3-30
    3. S&T Priorities for BRICS Countries: In Search of a Win-Win Strategy

      • Alexander Sokolov, Sergey Shashnov, Maxim Kotsemir, Anna Grebenyuk
      Pages 31-65
  3. Country Reports

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
    2. Brazil Report on Science, Technology and Innovation

      • Lei Wang, Changlin Gao, Quanchao Dong, Tao Shi
      Pages 69-92
    3. Russia Report on Science, Technology and Innovation

      • Qiang Chen, Shimin Zheng, Yi Xiao, Yefeng Yang
      Pages 93-113
    4. Overview of Science, Technology and Innovation Development in Russia

      • Leonid Gokhberg, Tatiana Kuznetsova, Anna Pikalova, Alexander Sokolov
      Pages 115-150
    5. India Report on Science, Technology and Innovation

      • Zuhua Shan, Liangliang Bi, Bingqing Xin
      Pages 151-177
    6. China Report on Science, Technology and Innovation

      • Hongwei Huo, Zhongcheng Wang, Wenjing Li
      Pages 179-195
    7. South Africa Report on Science, Technology and Innovation

      • Zhongyang Wang, Dong Zhang, Zongwen Ma
      Pages 197-217
  4. Thematic Reports

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219
    2. Study on Digital Technology in BRICS

      • Maoxing Huang, Tang Jie, Xinhuan Huang
      Pages 221-240
    3. Study on Technologies for Financial Inclusion in BRICS

      • Xijun Zhao, Boyang Wei, Mengzhu Shao
      Pages 241-257
    4. Study on Energy Technology in BRICS

      • Shirong Zhang, Pei Zhang, Mingyuan Gao
      Pages 259-276
    5. Study on Agricultural Technology in BRICS

      • Xiangyu Guo, Dan Wang, Xinli Zhao
      Pages 277-299
  5. Correction to: BRICS Innovative Competitiveness Report 2017

    • Xinli Zhao, Minrong Li, Maoxing Huang, Alexander Sokolov
    Pages E1-E1
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 301-325

About this book

The Report predicts that the coming five years will witness the five countries keep improving in national innovative competitiveness, with China and Russia maintaining their strong growth momentum, India growing at a moderate rate, and Brazil and South Africa gradually picking up speed and climbing out of the trough. It estimates that the five countries’ national innovative competitiveness will be keeping steady growth by 2030. 


The General Reports part presents a comprehensive analysis of the current status and achievements of STI cooperation between China and other BRICS countries and proposes priority areas of BRICS STI cooperation to provide valuable decision inputs for the BRICS countries to accelerate the improvement of their national innovative competitiveness. The Country Reports part respectively analyzes and makes predictions on the national innovative competitiveness of the BRICS countries based on a survey of their STI development and STI cooperation within the BRICS framework. The Thematic Reports part focuses on four thematic areas closely related to STI, i.e. digital economy, financial inclusion, energy, and agriculture, and offers detailed analysis of the STI development and potential of the countries in relevant areas, providing additional inputs for a further understanding of the national innovative competitiveness of the BRICS countries.


Editors and Affiliations

  • China Science and Technology Exchange Center, Beijing, China

    Xinli Zhao

  • China Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation, Beijing, China

    Minrong Li

  • School of Economics, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China

    Maoxing Huang

  • Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia

    Alexander Sokolov

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