TY - JOUR
T1 - Rural innovation system
T2 - Revitalize the countryside for a sustainable development
AU - Yin, Ximing
AU - Chen, Jin
AU - Li, Jizhen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2022/7
Y1 - 2022/7
N2 - A world with large disparities in development between rural and urban areas could never achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). Issues related to agriculture, rural areas, and farmers are fundamental to the stability and people's welfare of China as well as other developing countries. Despite the growing demand and national initiative for rural revitalization, rural innovation has received little attention in the innovation literature. Drawing from the new growth theory, institutional theory and innovation system theory, this paper proposes the rural innovation system, which is a complex socioeconomic network that aims to revitalize the countryside and achieve balanced and sustainable development. This paper compares the rural and urban innovation system, introduces a theoretical structural model of the rural innovation system, including a) technology innovation, b) institutional and management innovation, and c) community-based network and intermediary platform innovation. Then it outlines the future challenges in fostering a strong rural innovation system. The rural innovation system proposed makes direct contributions to the literature of rural studies, innovation system, and public policy, and offers both China and the world a new perspective for realizing rural revitalization, anti-poverty and global sustainable development.
AB - A world with large disparities in development between rural and urban areas could never achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). Issues related to agriculture, rural areas, and farmers are fundamental to the stability and people's welfare of China as well as other developing countries. Despite the growing demand and national initiative for rural revitalization, rural innovation has received little attention in the innovation literature. Drawing from the new growth theory, institutional theory and innovation system theory, this paper proposes the rural innovation system, which is a complex socioeconomic network that aims to revitalize the countryside and achieve balanced and sustainable development. This paper compares the rural and urban innovation system, introduces a theoretical structural model of the rural innovation system, including a) technology innovation, b) institutional and management innovation, and c) community-based network and intermediary platform innovation. Then it outlines the future challenges in fostering a strong rural innovation system. The rural innovation system proposed makes direct contributions to the literature of rural studies, innovation system, and public policy, and offers both China and the world a new perspective for realizing rural revitalization, anti-poverty and global sustainable development.
KW - Anti-poverty
KW - China
KW - National innovation system
KW - Rural innovation system
KW - Rural revitalization
KW - Sustainability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85073836539&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.10.014
DO - 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.10.014
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85073836539
SN - 0743-0167
VL - 93
SP - 471
EP - 478
JO - Journal of Rural Studies
JF - Journal of Rural Studies
ER -