Policy Report; A Review on Innovation Policy Making in China

China has shifted from copying to innovator and creative country via broad and consistent policies for science, technology and innovation. China’s innovation policies include five categories: Science and Technology Policies, Industrial Policies, Financial Pilicies, Tax Policies and Fiscal Policies. We could classify these policies in four periods, too. In first period China’s government has had important role and firms have little role to play in research and innovation. In second period firms and universities have active role in NIS and also laws have established to provide more competitive business environment. Enterprises role in NIS was more important in third period and their interaction with universities and public libraries was stronger and broader. Fiscal, financial and tax policies was more important in this period, too. Forth period was the benchmarking and policy learning and firm-oriented innovation system period. In this paper first we review science, technology and innovation indices in China, then explore innovation policies transformation and their properties. Finally, we counclude with lessons learned from innovation policies of China and give some suggesstions for Iran.