From AI and robotics to EVs and clean energy, China has used industrial policy to try to accelerate its high-tech development. Kyle Chan will discuss several structural patterns of China’s industrial policy efforts. In addition, he will talk about how China’s approach has evolved over time in response to a changing international trade environment and the growing use of technological chokepoints in geopolitical competition.

Speaker:

• Kyle Chan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Princeton University; Adjunct Researcher, RAND Corporation

Bio: 

Kyle Chan is a postdoctoral researcher in the Sociology Department at Princeton University and an adjunct researcher at the RAND Corporation. His work focuses on China’s technological development and industrial policy, with a particular emphasis on electric vehicles, clean energy, AI and robotics. Chan is currently working on a book on these same topics, and he testified as an expert on Made in China 2025 for the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.

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This public lecture is organized by the 21st Century China Center (21CCC) at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy. For more information about this and other 21CCC events, please visit china.ucsd.edu.