China’s tech sector stands to benefit from the appointment of officials with science and technology backgrounds to leadership positions. In recent years China has been pushing tech at the national level, promoting programs such as “Made in China 2025″ to upgrade the sector. While there have been recent developments in the Party’s involvement with tech, it is how the longer-term projects are accelerated that is going to have the bigger impact, argues Lea Shih in an analysis for the China Policy Institute.
