The Clinton Administration And Technology Policy Research

Nowadays the competition of international economic and overall national strength is focused on the science and technology. Planning science and technology development strategy, making science-technology policy and guiding science-technology's sustainable development is government's principal duty of all countries. Leading by Clinton administration's foresighted science-technology policy, U.S.A has come into a prosperous era in science-technology, economic and social development. Studying Clinton administration's science-technology policy and using its experience and lessons has important meaning in theory and reality of implementing the strategy of revitalizing the nation through science and education and of structuring the socialist harmonious society in health way. In the first part of the dissertation the author introduced the contents of Clinton administration's science-technology policy, made a systematic induction and summary on relevant science-technology policies documents in the period of Clinton age, such as science in the national interest, technology in the national interest and so on. The author introduced the era background of the science-technology policy, analyzed the new characteristic of science-technology, the statement of science-technology and its policy in U.S.A, the new change of international political and economic situation in the second part. It pointed out that the science-technology policy of Clinton administration is the inevitable results of the times. In the third part Clinton administration's science-technology policy was analyzed. Its Characteristic and guidelines was overall summarized. In order to understand the policy completely it was studied from different visual angles. Some beneficial enlightenment was drawn from the management system of the science-technology policy, the economic impact on science-technology policy, the establishment of national innovative system, the choice of national key science-technology program, the scientific spirit's cultivation in the whole country, the international's exchange and co-operation in science-technology circle, the reduction of negative effect of science-technology in the fourth part. Some beneficial enlightenment was drawn from the introduction and analysis of Clinton administration's science-technology policy in this dissertation. For us, on theory and practice, some affirmative influence would be attain in some respects, such as formulating science-technology policy, determining the focal point of scientific research investment, founding positive relationship between the government and individual enterprise, reinforcing the science-technology innovation, spreading and utilizing the results of science-technology in the market.