BRICS Innovative Competitiveness Report 2017

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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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 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 S&T Priorities for BRICS Countries: In Search of a Win-Win Strategy (Alexander Sokolov, Sergey Shashnov, Maxim Kotsemir, Anna Grebenyuk)....Pages 31-65 Front Matter ....Pages 67-67 Brazil Report on Science, Technology and Innovation (Lei Wang, Changlin Gao, Quanchao Dong, Tao Shi)....Pages 69-92 Russia Report on Science, Technology and Innovation (Qiang Chen, Shimin Zheng, Yi Xiao, Yefeng Yang)....Pages 93-113 Overview of Science, Technology and Innovation Development in Russia (Leonid Gokhberg, Tatiana Kuznetsova, Anna Pikalova, Alexander Sokolov)....Pages 115-150 India Report on Science, Technology and Innovation (Zuhua Shan, Liangliang Bi, Bingqing Xin)....Pages 151-177 China Report on Science, Technology and Innovation (Hongwei Huo, Zhongcheng Wang, Wenjing Li)....Pages 179-195 South Africa Report on Science, Technology and Innovation (Zhongyang Wang, Dong Zhang, Zongwen Ma)....Pages 197-217 Front Matter ....Pages 219-219 Study on Digital Technology in BRICS (Maoxing Huang, Tang Jie, Xinhuan Huang)....Pages 221-240 Study on Technologies for Financial Inclusion in BRICS (Xijun Zhao, Boyang Wei, Mengzhu Shao)....Pages 241-257 Study on Energy Technology in BRICS (Shirong Zhang, Pei Zhang, Mingyuan Gao)....Pages 259-276 Study on Agricultural Technology in BRICS (Xiangyu Guo, Dan Wang, Xinli Zhao)....Pages 277-299 Correction to: BRICS Innovative Competitiveness Report 2017 (Xinli Zhao, Minrong Li, Maoxing Huang, Alexander Sokolov)....Pages E1-E1 Back Matter ....Pages 301-325