Study On R&D Inputs Status In The United Kingdom Recently(1996-2006)

At present, the competition of state-to-state is mainly focus on the competition of national comprehensive strength. The technical strength, the technical competitive power and independent innovation ability are more and more important to national comprehensive strength at the knowledge-based economy ages. The R&D input has already became an important indicater to measure a countrie's science and technology development, the technological innovation and even the comprehensive national strength.The R&D input mainly includes two parts: the funding and the stuff invests. The thesis uses R&D input description pattern with massive data, many tables and charts, and studied the two aspects of the Britain R&D input: the funding and the stuff input.The total funding for the United Kingdom and input intensity of the situation has been a steady growth and large absolute values. Britain has been focusing on science and technology research and development, constant innovation, but the 90's after the 20th century, the United Kingdom in the R & D on the input, obviously lagging behind technological developed countries, the United Kingdom directly affects the level of science and technology improve, the level of innovation and progress. The 21st century, the United Kingdom is aware of the inadequacy of investment in science and technology on increased input intensity. At present, its field of high-tech industries have more innovations and inventions in the field with the United States in narrowing the gap between R&D and innovation capability has been greatly improved, and contribution to economic growth rate is getting higher and higher.At the source of funding and investment structure, the United Kingdom has undergone a government-led to the evolution of corporate-led. Enterprises not only R&D funding are the main providers, is also a major expenditure and R&D activities in the main burden. This evolution reflects the government and enterprises in scientific and technological progress and economic growth in the role of conversion, indicating that the promotion of enterprise has become a scientific and technological progress and economic growth in the absolute main. Into the area in the United Kingdom is a prominent characteristic of basic research into a higher proportion of maintained the level of developed countries, and constantly upgrading the country's scientific and technological strength and the capability of independent innovation. While researching the United Kingdom's R&D input, the writer also selected three representative nations-U.S.A, Japan and China,to make comparison with the United Kingdom. On this foundation, briefly summarized the characteristics of the United Kingdom's R&D input.In recent years through the United Kingdom R&D investment in systems analysis, come to: At a number of target R&D inputs, although the United Kingdom to achieve the level of developed countries, but lower than the level of individual target the United States, Japan and other innovation-oriented country, the per capita funding and developed countries, the gap is not; whether individual indicators are still far higher than the total of developing countries.