Studies in Science of Science ›› 2026, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (2): 245-254.

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Creation and destruction: Research on the combination of innovation policy implementation strategies in the development of emerging technology industry

GENG Hong-jun1, WANG Chang2(), YAO Hai-lin2   

  1. 1 School of Public Affairs, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
    2 School of Business, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
  • Received:2025-02-06 Revised:2025-03-28 Online:2026-02-15 Published:2026-02-15
  • Contact: WANG Chang

新兴技术产业的创新政策实施策略组合研究

耿红军1, 王昶2(), 姚海琳2   

  1. 1 南京理工大学公共事务学院, 江苏南京 210094
    2 中南大学商学院, 湖南长沙 410083
  • 通讯作者: 王昶
  • 作者简介:耿红军(1990-),男,副教授,博士。
    姚海琳(1977-),女,副教授,博士。
  • 基金资助:
    国家社会科学基金青年项目(24CGL001);国家社会科学基金重大项目(23&ZD106);国家社会科学基金面上项目(20BXW114)

Abstract:

The development of emerging technology industry is an important way to reshape the international competition pattern, open up new fields and new paths for development, and shape new momentum and new advantages for national development. However, the development of emerging technology industry not only faces the double uncertainty of technology and market, but also faces the challenge and competition of old technology.The combination of creation and then destruction is an important policy implementation strategy of the Chinese government to coordinate the competition between old and emerging technologies and promote the development of emerging technologies. The strategy combination of creation and destruction refers to the policy implementation strategy set that promotes the growth of emerging technologies and gradually replaces old technologies. However, the creation and destruction strategies have their best background conditions, and the optimal combination of policy implementation strategies should be determined by combining the implementation scenarios and characteristics of innovation policies. How to implement the combination of creation and destruction strategies for emerging technology industries has become an important practical policy issue.

Therefore, this study takes the combination of creation and destruction policy implementation strategies as the theme, takes the adoption of innovation policies in China's new energy automobile industry as a case, analyzes the specific process of the Chinese government's promotion of creation and destruction policy implementation strategies, and focuses on the question of how to determine the combination of creation and destruction policy implementation strategies? What are the paths of creation and destruction? What is the logic of the strategic combination of creation and destruction? The research conclusions have practical significance for improving the implementation efficiency of innovation policies.

The findings are as follows: (1) the dynamic adjustment process of combination of creation and then destruction are a discretionary process. In the three stages of "achieve innovative breakthroughs", "achieve commercialize" and "enhance international competitiveness", the Chinese government successively adopted the policy implementation strategies of "creation first", " simultaneous combination from creation and destruction" and "creation from destruction"; (2) The implementation strategy of combination of creation and then destruction requires a systematic realization path. "Creation" includes the layout and cultivation of diversified technologies, the creation of market opportunities for commercialization of emerging technologies and the creation of technological opportunities for innovation of emerging technologies. "Destruction" includes reducing the relative competitive advantage of old technologies, breaking the policy protection space of emerging technologies, and destroying the mainstream technical route expectations and visions of old technologies. (3) combination of creation and then destruction are essentially the government's behavior of intervening the competition between old and emerging technologies by creating and adjusting the policy protection space, which reflects the organic combination of "promising government" and "effective market".

The contributions of this paper are as follows: Firstly, it puts forward a three-dimensional theoretical analysis framework of "goal-setting - strategy selection - implementation path" for innovation policy implementation strategies, which opens the black box of the combination of innovation policy implementation strategy in the field of new energy automobile industry in China. Thus, we enrich the research on innovation policy. Second, it interprets the theoretical logic of the combination of creation and destruction strategies, reveals the coupling relationship between "promising government" and "efficient market" in the development process of emerging technology industries. It can expand the theory of policy implementation, and is conducive to improving the efficiency of policy implementation.

Key words: innovation policy, implementation strategy, combination of creation and then destruction, emerging technology industry, new energy vehicles

摘要:

立与破策略组合是中国政府协调新旧技术竞争关系,推动新兴技术创新与产业化的政策实施策略集合,但较少有学者展开理论研究。本文以中国政府推动新能源汽车产业创新发展过程中实施的创新政策为例,对创新政策的立与破策略组合的实施过程、实现路径和理论逻辑展开研究。研究发现:(1)立与破策略组合是政府针对新兴技术发展过程中相机抉择的政策行为,涵盖了“以立为主”“立破结合”“以破促立”连续一体化的政策实施策略;(2)立与破的实施策略需要系统性的实现路径。“立”包括多样化新兴技术布局与培育,以及市场机会和技术机会的创建;“破”则包括对旧技术相对竞争优势的削弱和主流技术路线期望与愿景的降低,也包括对新兴技术政策保护空间的撤离;(3)立与破策略组合本质上是政府通过创建和调整政策保护空间,对新旧技术竞争关系进行调控的行为,体现了“有为政府”和“有效市场”的有机结合。这一研究发现拓展了创新政策理论框架,深化了政策执行理论。研究结论将为促进新兴技术产业发展,提升政策执行效能,提供启示与借鉴。

关键词: 创新政策, 实施策略, 立与破策略, 新兴技术产业, 新能源汽车

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