The Technological Gap between China and World Frontiers at the Industrial Level: 1985-2009

Lu Jian , Liu Jianping and Cheng Shixiong

Business School, Hubei University, Wuhan, China

Abstract:  Using sequential DEA methodology, this paper has measured the variations in the technological gaps of China’s industrial sectors compared with the world frontiers of technology. From a temporal dimension, variations in the technological gaps of China’s industrial sectors can be divided into the following four stages: slight abatement of technological gaps between 1985 and 1992, and between 1999 and 2007; stagnation in the variation of technological gaps between 1994 and 1999; and continuous abatement of technological gaps between 2008 and 2009. From the industry dimension, by 2009, 58.8% of China’s industrial sectors had gradually reached or approached the world frontiers of technology; 29.4% of industrial sectors had experienced technological improvements but still lagged far behind the world frontiers of technology; 11.8% of industrial sectors significantly lagged behind the world frontiers of technology.

Keywords: world frontiers of technology, China’s technology gap at industry level

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