New paper on tech transfer in China by Choi, Cui, Shim, Shin

The Future Investment Conference 2025 convened this week in Xiamen, China, with a focus on navigating the shifts in global investment dynamics and the restructuring of value chains. Hosted by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in partnership with the annual China International Fair for Investment and Trade, the event brought together investors, policymakers and innovators to supercharge international investment in a time of turbulence and transformation. “Investment is much more than just capital flows. It is about resilience, sustainability and inclusion,” said Deputy Secretary-General PEDRO MANUEL MORENO of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). “The Future Investment Conference provides a platform for practical cooperation – whether on de-risking investments in emerging markets, financing clean energy, or governing artificial intelligence.” Full story: ▶️ https://ow.ly/8Nn050WU3nl

INVESTMENT “Investment is much more than just capital flows. It is about resilience, sustainability and inclusion,” said Deputy Secretary-General PEDRO MANUEL MORENO of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025 → Publisher/Issuer: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) → Edition: 18th → Total Countries Covered: 139 → Indicators Assessed: Over 80 Top 5 Countries : 1. Switzerland 2. Sweden 3. United States 4. South Korea 5. Singapore India’s Performance : → Global Rank: 38th → Score: 40.5 → Knowledge & Technology Outputs: 22nd → Market Sophistication: 38th → Human Capital & Research: Within Top 40 India’s Weaknesses : → Business Sophistication: 64th → Infrastructure: 61st → Institutions: 58th China : Ranked 10th (for the first time in the Top 10), leading among middle-income countries.

In addition, the referenced study should also review what the national government in Taiwan has been able to undertake to create national wealth from its ICT industry over the past 50 years. Taiwan's Institute for Information Industry (III) is assigned responsibility to communicate with the Taiwan Government and to participate in areas assigned aligned with five key pillars of engagement (i.e. partnership and collaboration). * Technology R&D * High Value Added ICT Manufacturing * Strategic Alliances * Investment Collaboration * Trade Facilitation Taiwan also understands that there needs to be a strong focus on global integration and that that their innovation system needed to be globally ‘market facing' and marching to the tune of identified opportunities and challenges which can be realised by the application of their existing and untapped technological capabilities. Dr John H Howard Elliot Duff Allen Roberts Elizabeth Thurbon Linda Weiss John Sheridan Tim Ayres Stanley Wang 許 Sheu仁杰 Rern-jier Jack Roger Liao

VIDEO: Asia in focus: A region at the forefront of innovation. Asia has become the poster child of innovation in the securities world. Our roundtable participants discuss progress and projects, new technologies and how is collaboration pushing projects forward. https://lnkd.in/eCdngBSB Hear from Siraz Mouhamadmoussa from BNP Paribas - Securities Services, Phillip Van Dine from Citi, and Francois Verlaine from Standard Chartered in part 3 of our 'Thriving in an evolving and competitive landscape' series.

Developing countries face a turning point: as artificial intelligence and other frontier technologies reshape economies, national strategies must move fast. Competitiveness now depends on science, technology and knowledge services. UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)’s readiness index helps countries design policies that align innovation with development goals. Full publication: ▶️ https://ow.ly/LUK550WYafK

On 26 November, at the business insights conference Verslas 2026, COBALT’s Managing Partner Dr Irmantas Norkus will deliver a presentation on topic „When the Law Speaks, Authority Is Silent. What If Not?“.   Dr Irmantas Norkus will focus his presentation on current events: he will highlight the efforts of autocratic leaders to change the world order, identify emerging threats to companies seeking to trade in such countries, and present the Law Index, which reveals how countries are changing under different systems.   Together with COBALT’s Managing Partner’s presentation, CEOs of some of the Lithuania’s largest organisations, economists and experts are expected to share their thoughts at the conference. The focus will be on key economic policy plans, domestic policy, US and European Union relations, and business decisions.   COBALT is an official partner of the conference “Business 2026”. 📌 Tickets and more information in Lithuanian: https://lnkd.in/eaJRh-R

Just published at Si! You can download the paper here: https://lnkd.in/e6vUAeFf This position paper has been created to share a systems thinking perspective on the rise of emerging technologies and the ongoing technology transition they are bringing about. The paper is crafted as a narrative to illuminate the broader changes taking place in socio-technical systems.

📢 World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO has again published the Global Innovation Index (GII). GII measures innovation performance across around 140 economies and unveils the world’s top 100 innovation clusters. 💡Worlds most innovative countries: 1️⃣ Switzerland 2️⃣ Sweden 3️⃣ United States 4️⃣ Republic of Korea 5️⃣ Singapore 6️⃣ United Kingdom 7️⃣ Finland 8️⃣ Netherlands 9️⃣ Denmark 🔟 China https://lnkd.in/eTSbj2WA

Summer Reading Part 2 - as I was listening to the fantastic panel at Bruegel - Improving economic policy Annual meeting on Europe's Asian Perspectives yesterday, it was good timing to digest the excellent Institut Montaigne Note by Joseph Dellatte on "Cleantech: Reducing Europe’s Strategic Dependence on China". The 🇪🇺🇨🇳 relationship is a material dimension in Europe's ambitions to attract Cleantech value chains of the future, particularly for later stage, manufactured technologies. The note provides a great overview of how 🇯🇵 🇰🇷 and others have gradually introduced measures - local content requirement, tech transfers, securing critical ⚒️ and some refining capacity - and how successful or not some of these measures has been. The note asks some interesting questions 💡 ✅ How much dependence can Europe tolerate in the development of its clean technologies❓ ✅ Can Europe accept a high concentration of critical raw material— resources that are also vital for strategic sectors such as defense—in the hands of any single supplier❓ ✅ Finally, to what extent is Europe willing to tie the success—including the financial viability—of its decarbonization efforts to China’s indus- trial policy choices ❓ The report contains 8 very interesting policy recommendations which I encourage people to read. It certainly provided food for thought as summer read as we think about the next months at Cleantech for Europe! I also recommend the excellent report from last year on Industrial Decarbonisation along the same lines!