In recent years, “China-U.S. sci-tech competition” has been a hot topic among U.S. politicians, academics, decision-makers and the general public. Competition between the two countries in science and technology has been taken by many as being a reality.
While Western narratives often focus on the negative aspects of the China-U.S. sci-tech relationship, those aspects are actually a tiny part of the big picture.
Cooperation over competition
Currently, hi-tech industries in China and the U.S. are at different development levels, which are far more cooperative than competitive.
On the one hand, the competitiveness of the U.S. hi-tech service industry is second to none. According to data released by U.S. National Science Board in 2022, the value-added output of knowledge and technology-intensive industries in the U.S. accounted for 37 percent
