Analysis On The Influencing Factors And Paths Of China’s Technological Progress From An Open Perspective

Since the reform and opening up,the level of technological progress in China has improved,but the core areas are still controlled by others.Especially in the face of the risks and uncertainties of the external economic environment brought about by the current world economic downturn,the spread of trade protectionism and Sino US trade frictions,as well as the fact that China is in the period of economic transformation,how to improve the level of China’s technological progress and enhance the core driving force of economic growth is particularly important.Therefore,based on the open perspective,this paper finds out the factors affecting China’s technological progress and the path through which they affect the level of technological progress,and studies its mechanism in a quantitative way.Firstly,under the assumption of Hicks neutrality,the total factor productivity is used to reflect the level of technological progress,and the DEA is selected to calculate the total factor productivity of all provinces in China.Secondly,by combing the relevant literature,it is found that technological invention,technological diffusion and technological innovation are the three direct factors constituting technological progress,absorption capacity,technology gap,technology policy,information transmission,human capital,economic environment and other factors are more specific factors affecting the level of technological progress,which indirectly affect the utility,so we choose a series of explicit indicators to reflect the above factors,and test the corresponding latent variable measurement model.Finally,based on PLS structural equation model,this paper explores the decisive path of various influencing factors on technological progress,and measures the direct impact of technological innovation and technological diffusion on China’s technological progress,as well as the indirect impact of technological gap,absorptive capacity,technological policy,economic environment,human capital and information transmission on China’s technological progress.The results of the article are showed as follows: Firstly,the direct factors that determine technological progress are technological innovation and technological diffusion,among which technological innovation is the core driving force of technological progress.Secondly,the indirect effect of technological policy and economic environment on technological progress is more significant.Thirdly,information transmission and human capital have little indirect effect on technological progress.In this regard,it comes to some countermeasures and suggestions,such as strengthening the technology diffusion between domestic regions,strengthening the opening to the outside world,strengthening the support to enterprises and improving the talent introduction and cultivation mechanism.