Influences On Technology Innovation In China From MNCs' R&D And The Countermeasures

Since 1980s, with the rapid development of economic globalization and the increasing international competition, MNCs'have changed the mode with R&D activities concentrated in the home countries into R&D globalization. Along with the globalization of MNCs'R&D, the advanced technology transfers in the worldwide and the innovative experience spreads as well. R&D globalization will surely bring significant influences on both the home countries and the host countries. China is the biggest foreign capital destination in the world and has been so for one of the most important bases for MNCs'overseas R&D investment. It is significant to study how to take advantage of such opportunity, bring the positive effects into full play and control the negative effects well to guarantee China's maximum benefits from MNCs'R&D investment in China.This article takes MNCs'R&D investment in China as the basic study object, emphasizes on analyzing the influences on China's technology innovation from MNCs'R&D investment in China, and summarizes the restriction factors that currently exist in China for the technology out-drain to put forward the countermeasures for China's dealing with MNCs'R&D investment from both government and enterprises. This article can be divided into four parts. The Introduction introduces the background for this study, the summary of relevant studies and the outline and methods of this article. Chapter One defines the core concepts and explains relevant theories. It defines the concepts of R&D and R&D globalization, analyzes MNCs'R&D globalization theory and technology innovation and technology out-drain theory and introduces the relationship between R&D and technology innovation. Chapter Two analyzes the current status and motivations for MNCs'R&D investment in China. It introduces the current status, forms and characteristics of MNCs'R&D investment in China and studies the motivations by adopting relevant theories on MNCs'R&D globalization. Chapter Three involves the influences on China's technology innovation. It analyzes the positive and negative influences on China's technology innovation from MNCs'R&D investment in China and studies the restriction factors for the technology out-drain. Chapter Four mainly studies the countermeasures to put forward suggestions for the government and enterprises to meet positively MNCs'R&D investment in China.