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From semiconductors to electric vehicles, governments are identifying the strategic industries of the future and intervening to support them – abandoning decades of neoliberal orthodoxy in the process. Are industrial policies the key to tackling twenty-first-century economic challenges or a recipe for market distortions and lower efficiency?
上海—今年，中国增长放缓主宰了全球经济新闻头条——不无道理。除了是世界第二大经济体之外，中国还是第一大制造国和原材料消费国；因此，任何中国开始疲软的信号对全球经济体来说都是坏消息。但是，关于增长的担忧当然值得关注，但应该把它们放在中国的长期经济轨道上去审视，特别是中国崛起成为全球创新枢纽这一趋势。
作为创新国度的中国没有得到相衬的承认。但是，在未来十年，中国不仅可能成为全球各大公司研究和新产品发布地点，还可能成为影响世界各地竞争的低成本灵活创新的源头。
这一结论是根据麦肯锡全球研究所（McKinsey Global Institute）的一项深度研究计划做出的。该计划旨在研究中国在创新方面的地位，其方法是测量创新的真正影响——即商业化概念在真实的世界市场中表现如何。
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