1. Introduction -- 2. Innovation in China since the reforms: an overview -- Part I. International Knowledge Transfer and Technological Take-off -- 3. Foreign direct investment, absorptive capacity and regional innovation capabilities: Evidence from China -- 4. Processing trade, FDI and international competitiveness of the Chinese high-technology industries -- 5. Indigenous and foreign innovation efforts and technological upgrading in China -- Part II. Development of Indigenous Innovation Capacity and Catch-up -- 6. The role of state policy in shaping innovation practices: the case of open innovation in China -- 7. Open innovation as a response to constraints and risks -- 8. The dual role of universities in industrial innovation: comparing China and the UK -- 9. Technological learning, tacit knowledge acquisition and industrial upgrading: the Chinese optical fibre and cable industry -- 10. Leapfrogging in green technology: the solar-PV industry in China and India -- Part III. Towards a Global Innovation Leader -- 11. Internationalisation, reverse learning and capabilities upgrading: the case of Huawei and ZTE -- 12. International collaboration and radical innovation -- 13. Innovation efficiency and the cross-country gaps in innovation -- 14. Incentives, institutions and national innovation performances -- 15. Conclusions: open national innovation system and China's path to innovation.