Is China's new energy vehicle battery industry coevolutionary?

Empirically, we study the new energy vehicle battery (NEVB) industry in China since the early 2000s. In the case of China's NEVB industry, an increasingly strong and complicated coevolutionary relationship between the focal TIS and relevant policies at different levels of abstraction can be observed.

Why is China developing the NEV battery industry?

As the largest developing country, China has been adhering to the spirit of “pursuit of excellence” and has invested a lot of manpower and material resources in science and technology innovation, and the NEV battery industry is just one of the projects. The Chinese government has introduced support policies to develop this industry successively.

Does China have a good battery industry?

With government support, China leads in both the quality and quantity of batteries, said Guo Shougang, deputy director of the equipment industry department at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Guo made the remarks at a conference held by the China Automotive Battery Innovation Alliance on Thursday in Beijing.

Why is China leading the world in battery research?

Researchers in China lead the world in publishing widely cited papers in 52 of 64 critical technologies, recent calculations by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute reveal. China’s advances in battery research have helped it gain a dominant position in electric vehicles. Gilles Sabrié for The New York Times

Is China a leader in battery innovation?

In contrast, China’s rapid rise in battery innovation has been accompanied by a sharp decline in the number of Chinese patents involving foreign collaborations (13.2% to 6.6%). Battery innovation in Japan and Korea is dominated by large companies, while the U.S. is dominated by SMEs and universities or research institutions. 4

Why do Chinese companies invest more in battery technology?

And because of the protection, as well as the efforts to domesticalise the battery value chain, the huge Chinese market was effectively restricted to domestic firms, and hence they could invest more in R&D and technology development and capture more added value (F2, F3).