China eyes innovation in face of economic "new normal" - Xinhua

China eyes innovation in face of economic "new normal" - Xinhua A document, co-published by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council, China's cabinet, on Monday underscored the role of innovation-driven development amid the economic "new normal" of slower growth. A government work report, delivered by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on March 5, highlighted the "twin engines" that would drive development, namely popular entrepreneurship and mass innovation paired with increased supplies of public goods and services.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-03/23/c_134090877.htm?utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=495dfbf857-Sinocism03_24_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-495dfbf857-29615013&mc_cid=495dfbf857&mc_eid=5935182a65

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Related: China is getting ahead. Can the rest of the world keep up? - The Washington Post I’m not trying to alarm anyone. But we need to rethink the idea that the West is ahead of everybody else. Yes, we have more companies, but China is catching up — and doing it with less capital.--Linda Bernardi is the chief innovation officer at IBM focused on cloud and the Internet of thingshttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2015/03/05/china-is-getting-ahead-can-the-rest-of-the-world-keep-up/?utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=495dfbf857-Sinocism03_24_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-495dfbf857-29615013&mc_cid=495dfbf857&mc_eid=5935182a65