The substance behind Li’s “mechanisms and ecosystems” – more than their visibility and fanfare – will determine China’s innovative performance. One critical lesson, however, is evident from historical experience. Developing that famously elusive environment necessary for innovation involves more than bricks, mortar and tax incentives. But without an environment of collaboration and openness, innovation progress may ultimately revert to the pace of the tortoise.

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