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What the World Can Learn From China’s Innovation Playbook | Keyu Jin | TED

In the last few decades, China has gone from technological scarcity to abundance. What sparked this shift? Economist Keyu Jin explores how China has fostered a model of innovation unlike any other and shows why understanding its competitive, collaborative approach could benefit the world — and perhaps demystify some contradictions. If you love watching TED…

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In the last few decades, China has gone from technological scarcity to abundance. What sparked this shift? Economist Keyu Jin explores how China has fostered a model of innovation unlike any other and shows why understanding its competitive, collaborative approach could benefit the world — and perhaps demystify some contradictions.

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79 Comments

  1. Mr.Roboto

    May 15, 2023 at 5:41 pm

    Wow TED Talk took the CCP money. China is the biggest innovation idea stealing country and probably handing out thumb drives to hack some of the people attending. China products quality is the worst and all of this after infringing on pattens. China with its people …. Do what we tell you or how much we pay you or go to prison.

  2. Tim

    May 15, 2023 at 6:02 pm

    Say NO to Chinese propaganda intrusion show

  3. Garry Hsieh

    May 15, 2023 at 6:10 pm

    A flawless presentation of how the Communist Party wants her to embellish a politically motivated discourse on peace and harmony on this TED stage….

  4. johnny llooddte

    May 15, 2023 at 6:46 pm

    we call it THEFT

  5. jonasex

    May 15, 2023 at 6:58 pm

    Lol nice piece of propaganda

  6. Tshombre Carter Jr.

    May 15, 2023 at 7:00 pm

    “People Also have the right to enjoy the dignity in life as those are more fortunate” -Keyu Jin

    • Logit Fun

      May 15, 2023 at 7:58 pm

      Right to dignity in China seems at odds

  7. ☨St Louis IX opposed paganism, hæresy & debauchery

    May 15, 2023 at 7:08 pm

    I think she meant to say this all about the Western Republic of China, Taiwan — not the People’s R of China🤣🤣😂😂😅😄

  8. Nurses Rock

    May 15, 2023 at 7:10 pm

    China is too busy copying everyone else! There is little innovation from the Chinese, this is fact!

  9. Mik S

    May 15, 2023 at 7:33 pm

    China is an autocracy!
    That’s nothing marvelous about it!
    Compare China development with Taiwan, both in GDP per capita and tech level!

    Yes, there’s wonderful tech from the Chinese (in Taiwan). Mainland is still playing catch up and that’s just another reason for the politics wanting to take over Taiwan – by force of course, because there’s no other way to conquer free people on a much healthier democracy.

  10. Recks

    May 15, 2023 at 7:46 pm

    “Settle for cheap stuff, always aim for second place” 👍

  11. Logit Fun

    May 15, 2023 at 7:57 pm

    This feels like Chinese propaganda. TBH, hard to take someone serious when they’re espousing Chinese innovation but live in LONDON.

  12. 陳鈞鼎

    May 15, 2023 at 7:58 pm

    華人的教育是成就子女並沒有錯

  13. 陳鈞鼎

    May 15, 2023 at 8:00 pm

    只是子女是否對地球🌍
    有貢獻在自己內心 知行合一

  14. 陳鈞鼎

    May 15, 2023 at 8:01 pm

    科技發明是為地球🌍解決問題

  15. 陳鈞鼎

    May 15, 2023 at 8:02 pm

    不在於你幾種語言

  16. 陳鈞鼎

    May 15, 2023 at 8:03 pm

    嘴巴人類都很會說 重要是怎麼做 必須🈶️信任

  17. 陳鈞鼎

    May 15, 2023 at 8:04 pm

    不是你會說 人們要相信你

  18. Charles Feild

    May 15, 2023 at 8:04 pm

    It sounds impressive . Why didn’t you come back China ? Why ?Why ?

  19. justdoit05

    May 15, 2023 at 8:05 pm

    There are so many ignorant comments here. If you are willing to get out of your bubble and do some independent thinking and research, you would find out the innovation and entrepreneurship are displayed everywhere in China. You think a country can achieve this magnitude of achievement only through centralized governance? Your comments about the speaker’s life will be threatened if she says wrong things is also laughable. What an idiot. Nowadays, the truth is not hard to find, but some lazy dimwits still choose to be brainwashed by anti China propaganda.

  20. 陳鈞鼎

    May 15, 2023 at 8:05 pm

    台下 觀眾 沒有 回應 你不知道嗎?自己說自己的

  21. Gus

    May 15, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    They eat fish… and plenty of it…

  22. ありのまま

    May 15, 2023 at 8:22 pm

    CCP does not believe in innovation. CCP steals and copies

  23. Bảo Võ

    May 15, 2023 at 8:52 pm

    Such an ignorant individual 🤣 knowing nothing about anything she’s saying 😏 how much China embassy in London paid you 😏
    Go back to China and enjoy that technology 😉with a Harvard PhD I hope you doing well there 😏

  24. Ey El

    May 15, 2023 at 9:03 pm

    Ignore the haters, they are in denial. China is ahead of the world in innovation in more areas than it is not and that is the result of hard work and innovation, since you cannot “steal” what others don’t have to begin with. The same thing happened to Japan in the 80’s is happening to China now, nothing new from the West other than the same old false accusations and more hate towards those who aren’t like themselves.

  25. ShadowHazard

    May 15, 2023 at 9:09 pm

    Nah, she’s a paid CCP mouthpiece. From what I understand China = Always Bad

  26. Sovereign Prime

    May 16, 2023 at 7:08 am

    I asked you to open a yoga studio with me. I still want to run a mom and pop shop with you.

  27. 卵卵

    May 16, 2023 at 7:11 am

    8:00

  28. Terence Ramos

    May 16, 2023 at 7:21 am

    Really? Are you sure it wasn’t tech from different country that they stole? China don’t innovate, it’s an autocratic country people are scared to think because they might go Ti jail.

  29. 渡海

    May 16, 2023 at 7:30 am

    Antichinese is real wow this is the most toxic comment section ever.

  30. Skyman

    May 16, 2023 at 8:15 am

    Free Taiwan. This CCP propagandist is disseminating misinformation get her off my screen

  31. American 🇺🇲

    May 16, 2023 at 8:24 am

    Innovation playbook?? Proprietary theift.

  32. 勇治

    May 16, 2023 at 8:32 am

    Hi
    I hope ted can accpet my advice.
    English Chinese subtitles
    So I can enjoy both speaking and learning English.
    A Chinese user from China.
    God bless you.

  33. Robert Lu

    May 16, 2023 at 8:33 am

    作者提到的事情部分也是真的,但是很多沒有提到的,全國大煉芯? 錘爆民營企業?動態清零?最近又在重提雄安新區,這種獨裁體制又缺乏糾錯機制,錯了又不用負責,這種經濟模式可行嗎?我不是經濟學專家,但我想作者應該可以提供他的看法。

    • Kun Zhang

      May 16, 2023 at 7:39 pm

      中国的经济模式简单来说就是,小步快跑,不断试错。谁错都得负责。

      中国的高铁现在的飞速发展,但是早期经历过温州大追尾,结果就是铁道部长被深挖,铁道部被撤销,同样的事情最近发生在美国,有人担责吗。

      全国大练芯,不太理解你说的什么,芯片吗?国外卡脖子,还不让国内自己做吗?这是商业行为但是带有政府支持,似乎没什么好说的吧,有做的好的企业,据说替换车机没问题了,也有做的不好的,昨天刚解散公司的也有,市场缺少芯片,国家给政策扶持,企业一拥而上,商业逐利有成功就有失败,胜者通吃这种现象确实很残酷,但是这是十四亿的市场经常出现的问题。

      锤爆民企不知从何说起,不得不说很多民企在创建初期会有一些问题,政商勾连,不遵守法律或标准等等,造成了很多社会性事件,比如食品安全问题。现在好多国家地区都在进口中国食品,各地都在探索中国菜和小吃零食,中国内地的各种食品也是层出不穷,自热火锅,预知菜,这种复杂工艺的食品更容易出现食品安全的问题,但是真的很少听说,想象一下这个过程,小到调味料的工艺试错,大到标准试错,市场试错要经历多少次?但是这一切建立在十几年前各种食品安全问题上的。

      几年前国内的共享经济,造就了一批共享单车企业,它确实方便了社会,也确实有独特的商业模式和技术,但是它造成了大量的社会资源浪费,在经过大洗牌后,现在只保留了几家,完成了企业转型,在这个过程中,没有政府干预,政府只是在必要的时候,完善了管理机制。

      中国是有十几亿人口的国家,千万级的城市十几个,就以视频中提到的两个地区为例吧,你得让北京这个两千多万人口的城市都能用上电,也得让海拔3000多米地广人稀的西藏少数民族地区也有能用上电,这靠独裁能完成吗?

      中国的经济模式还有很多问题,很独特,只是政府和人民都在不断摸索,中国也从没让任何国家按照中国的经济模式进行改革。

  34. honey

    May 16, 2023 at 8:59 am

    Well said! Proud of you!

  35. Shreeveda Consulting

    May 16, 2023 at 9:28 am

    What a big joke! China and Innovation? They both don’t go together. It’s high time the World’s scholars, academicians, faculty, professionals started talking about what ‘methods’ China has adopted to set up it’s manufacturing base. Anyone?

  36. Mr Incognito007

    May 16, 2023 at 9:31 am

    so… Did TED became a communist party propaganda tool now?

  37. Mr Incognito007

    May 16, 2023 at 9:35 am

    How to make it cheap in 2 steps:
    1)dont invent, but copy
    2)call yourself poor as to have free shipping sponsored by all other countries, but continue to invest more in military as to take ovee Taiwan

  38. Steve Yu

    May 16, 2023 at 9:36 am

    It is such a well-crafted propaganda talk, demonstrating how effective the Chinese Communist Party has perfected their brain washing techniques.

  39. Animesh Sharma

    May 16, 2023 at 9:53 am

    So while China runs on “juguo” and India runs on “juagado” system, wondering if the twains shall meet

  40. Claudine L.

    May 16, 2023 at 11:36 am

    Miss Jin volunteers to be the mouthpiece of Chinese narrative for innovation however in a superficial way and from a perspective of China as a laggard in the world securing its unique way to thrive, which is rather refreshing among the usually deployed coercive and confident way such as ‘The West is in decline whereas China is on the rise’ by China’s mainstream nationalistic mouthpiece. The flaw of her approach is that herself has made little contribution to the western society where she only takes advantage of Western inclusive education system as China’s vested interest, studying in the west in order to better defend China’s ‘uniqueness’ to enjoy developing country benefits forever with the West’s unconditional support, being it forced tech transfer or non-compliance of WTO market entry regulations. If you don’t know who Miss Jin is, it’s not your fault, the only source of her recognition majorly comes from that her farther squeezed her into high profile international forums such as Davos, with his influence as one of a few Chinese top economic officials, to speak with other then prominent China’s old friends, nonetheless her talking points are lacking of substance that can effectively convince the West to believe that China is a trustworthy partner in the rules-based system to work with on innovation.

  41. R.C Custom Trucking Australia

    May 16, 2023 at 1:19 pm

    this is funny. they still can’t get the coke cans teflon BPA so what’s taking them so long. ohhh thats right they have to steel there research and info from other countries. i bet there all Chinese sitting in front of her. . how many Americans would be there. not a one 😂.

  42. Raza Siddiqui

    May 16, 2023 at 2:53 pm

    Is this from before Jack Ma was arrested and silenced?

  43. Przemysław Stachowiak

    May 16, 2023 at 3:25 pm

    Chcę żyć w czasach gdzie wszystko będzie możliwe. Ale nie kiedy kraje wykorzystują się na wzajemnym 😢

  44. Maya

    May 16, 2023 at 3:29 pm

    There’s no logic in this talk, purely propaganda.

  45. M

    May 16, 2023 at 3:29 pm

    People, she’s the daughter of top communist party official.

  46. Matt Y

    May 16, 2023 at 3:45 pm

    Good looking woman

  47. Qiwen Zhao

    May 16, 2023 at 5:46 pm

    Well, she is lying that she study under candle light where she grew up in Beijing. I can tell you that part is totally made up.

  48. Tappin Voke

    May 16, 2023 at 6:46 pm

    Whole nation approach means dictatorship. No thanks I like my freedom and I want to have as many kids as I choose

  49. Summer Snow

    May 16, 2023 at 8:48 pm

    For many westerners who have never been to China might think this sounds more like communist propaganda. But for those who live in China, these innovations are just part of a normal daily life.

  50. 劉采綿

    May 16, 2023 at 9:01 pm

    劉采綿

  51. Keita Olson

    May 17, 2023 at 1:25 am

    I can’t believe there are people out here still acting like China is this mysterious country that’s misunderstood. This people logic is understanding equate to liking / loving , singing praises 😂😂😂

  52. Srn N.

    May 17, 2023 at 1:40 am

    GPS hun

  53. Jerry Young

    May 17, 2023 at 1:42 am

    she said very well

  54. Jack Caffrey

    May 17, 2023 at 4:12 am

    I have learned more about human rights than anything else I need to learn from China in my lifetime ty

    • jjjkk shen

      May 17, 2023 at 7:10 am

      So you only learned bullsit, human rights,like your right to troll

    • jjjkk shen

      May 17, 2023 at 7:38 am

      China has the biggest innovation-spending on EV industry,educate yourself,dude,she only said telsa is the first into this industry,not means China copys Tesla,ok?

  55. FV VF

    May 17, 2023 at 4:27 am

    if a technology only benefit a country is a waste, benefit the whole world is a success

  56. MyOh Whatever

    May 17, 2023 at 4:39 am

    Four words for the doubters “wake the Fxxk up”, only folks that have been to China and experience life there would understand what she is talking about, the rest will most likely are just ignorant to what’s happening. It’s unprecedented in human civilisation on what they did and are doing over in China, only time will tell I guess. She described it perfectly in the 80s and up to 2000, most part of China is like any poor, third world countries, no water, electricity people did not have enough to eat, was there in the later part of the 90s. Today it’s totally unrecognisable. I remember in the 90s, as foreigners we are easily recognised when crossing the border from Hong Kong to Shenzhen, one would be crowded by children and handicapped beggars asking for some change. Today’s Shenzhen is the hi tech city with GDP surpasses Hong Kong.

  57. Suzuri_SMZ

    May 17, 2023 at 5:33 am

    She knows little about Chinese bureaucracy

  58. Henrik J

    May 17, 2023 at 5:37 am

    So what can we learn? more state programs for implementation of charging stations etc? and states are already competing for companies so nothing new there.

  59. Urim Tefiki

    May 17, 2023 at 6:12 am

    I wanted to write something but I am not. Just distract myself with something else. Confusing and deleting things of my mind.

  60. VincentShaw 旅遊Plan

    May 17, 2023 at 6:55 am

    国家统计局首次承认:6.1亿人,月均收入不足1000元!The National Bureau of Statistics admitted for the first time: 610 million people, with an average monthly income of less than 1,000 yuan! $143 in China!!!!!!!!!!

  61. jjjkk shen

    May 17, 2023 at 7:27 am

    Technology is for making people’s life better,not for profit of the capitalist

  62. 卵卵

    May 17, 2023 at 9:35 am

    5:50

  63. DD

    May 17, 2023 at 10:03 am

    TBH, all of this means nothing. Absolutely a big fat, zero. The CCP, can at ANYTIME, AT WILL, slap a charge against you and everything you’ve ever worked for disappears in front of you. Criticize the CCP? You’re a dead man. As simple as that. Laws? It’a joke in china. Citizen rights? NONE. Without even the most basic human rights, china will NEVER be a respected country. It’s all a big, fat lie and mirage. There is no IP rights of any kind as in zero enforcement, china is one of the FEW countries where hacking and stealing technology is not only encouraged, but REWARDED. Even XI was on TV where he PERSONALLY Declare the invasion of Taiwan BY FORCE if Taiwan refuses to “bow down” to this zero human rights country – ON TV, broadcasted to the ENTIRE world to make his point. Innovation? Sure. It just means everything from your bank account, to your bio information – EVERYTHING belong to the CCP. LMAO. 🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀

  64. Will Yang

    May 17, 2023 at 11:37 am

    Why did some high-like comments view this speech as CCP PROPAGANDA?

  65. Nicholas Cage

    May 17, 2023 at 11:47 am

    Western came to asian ,they are asian ! But asian stay in western follow western culture !

  66. MJ Axelrod

    May 17, 2023 at 12:16 pm

    A country of abundance? Your former Premier Li officially said “over 600 million people earns less than 1000 yuan ($140) a month”. You obviously come from a rich family giving you the resource to learn English and study abroad and stand on TED stage

  67. sltho

    May 17, 2023 at 1:09 pm

    Innovation Playbook???????????

  68. Y. Alicia Hong

    May 17, 2023 at 1:14 pm

    She’s a daughter of a high ranking Chinese government official. Her father was vice Minister of Finance in China.
    Her experience and interpretation of China has nothing to do with the 1.4 billion ordinary Chinese people.

  69. Breakdown

    May 17, 2023 at 2:10 pm

    Fixed: China’s innovation playbook: “steal from the Americans”

  70. 夕象

    May 17, 2023 at 3:05 pm

    BYD有庞大的公关团队,每年花10亿人民币去摆平那些自燃、自爆、刹车失灵、等等的整车质量问题,你在中国网站和视频上看不到任何BYD的负面消息,一旦有人发布负面消息就会被恶意网暴、被平台封禁,BYD已经在中国被宣传成世界第一电动车品牌,特斯拉被BYD恶意攻击、抹黑、造谣,政府却默默支持这种行为!看到这种明摆着BYD公关团队花重金请来的说客真的让我恶心吐了🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

  71. MrSidney9

    May 17, 2023 at 3:19 pm

    This week the DOJ charged Weibao wang, a former Apple employee, of stealing technology from Apple’s autonomous branch to sell to a Chinese company. That’s the third time in the last 5 years that we know that someone has be caught stealing for China at Apple. Need it say more?

  72. Jae Kim

    May 17, 2023 at 6:43 pm

    Who is this Jina girl?
    Is Ted a platform CCP’s propaganda?
    LOL.

  73. Syntech

    May 17, 2023 at 7:31 pm

    I’m here for the ignorant comments about China and exuberant arrogance. These helps China stay under the US sanction radar😂

  74. cybersekkin

    May 17, 2023 at 7:36 pm

    “remove red tape, check.” find a job for your spouse, check” you mean governmental corruption? Strange flex there. If red tape is valid to prevent problems it shouldn’t be bypassed. If it is a piece of corruption it should be removed for everyone, not just for a few fortunate enough to have the government smile on them. The system she describes, and doesn’t even seem to notice, is a system built to control its people.

  75. Ben Lam

    May 17, 2023 at 7:47 pm

    China is still backward & poor without learning (stealing) the technologies from the West! China’s economy Leaped Forward (Not Mo’s Leap Forward) after joining WTO with US (Clinton’s) support. China’s manufacturing sector was kicked started by Hong Kong’s investment & know-how! All these are forgotten now.

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