China’s New Innovation Advantage

Harvard Business Review · Oct 19, 2026 · 9m

China’s New Innovation Advantage

Uploaded 13-04-21

13 Apr 2021

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China is achieving a new level of global competitiveness, thanks to its hyper-adaptive population, says Zak Dychtwald, author of "Young China" and founder of Young China Group.

0:00: The future of the Chinese economy is in innovation

0:32: What’s behind China’s new innovation advantage?

1:05: We shouldn’t be so focused on the innovators

1:37: Why do people in China adopt new technologies so readily?

2:05: China is an outlier in a very important way

3:38: What’s so powerful about having all these early adopters?

5:07: What can…