Is China’s Foreign Investment Policy to Blame for US-China “Forced Technology Transfer” and Trade Conf lict?——Comment on Trump Administration’s Section 301 Investigation of China  

作　　者：Li Liming Liu Haibo Zhang Yafeng 李黎明;刘海波;张亚峰(School of Humanities,Economics and Law,Northwestern Polytechnical University,Xi’an,China;Institutes of Science and Development,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,China;University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing)

机构地区：[1]School of Humanities,Economics and Law,Northwestern Polytechnical University,Xi’an,China [2]Institutes of Science and Development,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,China [3]University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing

出　　处：《China Economist》2020年第2期42-63,共22页中国经济学人（英文版）

摘　　要：The paper presents a new analytical framework to discuss the effect of Chinese foreign investment policy on the international technology transfer absorbed by enterprises of different ownership.The US Trade Representative claims that the Chinese government’s requirements regarding joint ventures pressure US companies to transfer intellectual property to Chinese companies.However,we argue that:(1)Based on analysis of the technical fees of technology import contracts and the number of US patents transferred to enterprises registered in the Chinese mainland,China’s foreign investment policy does not pressure US companies to transfer unremunerated technology to Chinese companies.(2)The invention and utility model patents filed by Chinese joint-venture enterprises or Chinese partner companies do not show an abnormally rapid growth,which means China’s FDI policy does not force US companies to transfer intellectual property in exchange for China’s market.(3)After 2012,the US-China technology transfer absorbed by enterprises of different ownership showed a significantly positive effect in reducing China-US trade surplus.The paper presents a new analytical framework to discuss the effect of Chinese foreign investment policy on the international technology transfer absorbed by enterprises of different ownership. The US Trade Representative claims that the Chinese government’s requirements regarding joint ventures pressure US companies to transfer intellectual property to Chinese companies. However, we argue that:(1) Based on analysis of the technical fees of technology import contracts and the number of US patents transferred to enterprises registered in the Chinese mainland, China’s foreign investment policy does not pressure US companies to transfer unremunerated technology to Chinese companies.(2) The invention and utility model patents filed by Chinese joint-venture enterprises or Chinese partner companies do not show an abnormally rapid growth, which means China’s FDI policy does not force US companies to transfer intellectual property in exchange for China’s market.(3) After 2012, the US-China technology transfer absorbed by enterprises of different ownership showed a significantly positive effect in reducing China-US trade surplus.

关 键 词：technology transfer intellectual property trade balance FDI policy Section 301 survey 

分 类 号：F13[经济管理—世界经济] F42