Multinationals speed up R&D center establishment in China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-02-12 15:13

The establishment of these foreign-owned R&D facilities, with their employees flowing freely in the Chinese job market, stimulates technological upgrades in Chinese companies as well as helps improve the innovative capability of indigenous engineers.

Figures show in some foreign-invested R&D centers, more than 90 percent of the employees are Chinese staff including returned overseas students.

Some centers including GE, Bell-Alcatel and Motorola have enhanced cooperation with local institutes and universities. The sharing of intellectual property rights and other research achievements helps China increase its innovation capacity, said the Ministry of Commerce.