The SunShot Initiative was launched in 2011 by the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO). The overall mission of the SunShot is to support solar energy adoption by making it affordable and cost-competitive with other forms of energy by 2020. Due to the...

This report maps national Science Diplomacy tools used in a sample of EU Member States and some countries outside the EU. The examples of Science Diplomacy are classified in three categories: strategic tools, operational tools and support tools. Furthermore, more detailed descriptions of Science...

This study assesses the evolution of China's science, technology and innovation (STI) performance and analyses its economic impact on the productivity and competitiveness of the Chinese economy. The study uses a set of key indicators to analyse the evolution of STI performance and economic...

This practical guide presents a simplified summary of the rules and other features of Horizon 2020 targeted at Chinese stakeholders. It suggests practical guidance on questions regarding the participation of Chinese research and innovation stakeholders in Horizon 2020 and tries to give some...

In 1998, the European Community and the People's Republic of China signed an agreement to deepen their cooperation in the field of Science and Technology. Before extending it for another period of 5 years, the EC commissioned independent experts to review the S&T cooperation, as foreseen in the...

This paper investigates the effect of robot adoption on employment adjustment in China. By using detailed Chinese firm-level data and addressing endogeneity, we find that using industrial robots increases employment within firms, especially when focusing on the employment of high-educated and...

China's four-trillion-yuan stimulus package fueled by bank loans in 2009 has led to the rapid growth of shadow banking activities after 2012. Local governments financed the stimulus through bank loans in 2009, and resorted to non-bank debt financing after 2012 given the rollover pressure from...

The upsurge of shadow banking is typically driven by rising financing demand from certain real sectors. In China, the four-trillion-yuan stimulus package in 2009 was behind the rapid growth of shadow banking after 2012, expediting the development of Chinese corporate bond markets in the...