This book explores how technological progress accelerates the transformation of economic development by adopting a fundamental logical approach to technological progress, intensive inputs, and promotion of productive efficiency to transformation of economic development. It investigates the internal mechanisms and the choice of corresponding modes that initiate technological progress to accelerate the transformation of economic development at three basic research levels: micro-enterprise level, mid-industry level and macro-economy level. Based on the above research, the book summarizes four dimensions facilitating the transformation: agricultural intensification, new industrialization, modernization of the service industry and the advanced manufacturing industry, and linkage of the modern service industry.

This book is especially valuable in its hierarchical categorization covering theoretical, empirical, industrial and strategic exploration. On one hand, it analyzes the mechanisms and approaches influencing the transformation of economic development driven by technological progress from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. On the other hand, based on the introduction of advanced international experiences, it probes into the guarantee basis for the strategic implementation and the corresponding mode choices of the transformations. Furthermore, it offers specific policy proposals from both the macro level of how technological progress promotes the transformation of economic development and the micro level covering the agricultural, industrial and service industries.

Chapter1  Literature Review of Technological Improvement and Transformation of Economic Development Model.- Chapter2  Theoretical Research: Endogenous Growth Model Embedded with Innovation Heterogeneity.- Chapter3   Mechanical Analysis:  Technological Improvement and the Transformation of Industry Development.- Chapter4 An International Comparison: Technological Improvement and the Transformation of Economic Development Model.- Chapter5  Measurement and  Analysis of China's  Technological Improvement Comprehensive  Capability and its Evolvement.- Chapter6  An Empirical Study of Economic Development Mode Transformation Promoted by Technological Improvement.- Chapter7 Technological Improvement and Agricultural Development Mode Transformation: Agricultural Intensification.- Chapter8  Technological Improvement  and Industrial Development Mode Transfor  mations: New Industrialization.- Chapter9Technological Improvement  and Service Development Mode Transformation: Modernized Service Industry.- Chapter10 A Linkage between Advanced Manufacturing Industry and Modern Service Industry Promoted by Technological Improvement.- Chapter11  Basic Guarantee Foundation for  the Implementation of China's Technological Advance Strategies.- Chapter12 Mode Selections  for the Transformation of  Economic Development Mode Promoted by   Technological Improvement.- Chapter13  Policy Proposals for  Economic Development Mode Transformation Promoted by Technological Improvement.

Wen Xiaois the Professor of International Economics at School of Economics, Zhejiang University.  She is an expert committee member of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and Vice Chairman of the Capital Research Association of Zhejiang Province. She has been to UC Berkeley, USA, Royal Institute of International Affairs, UK, Ecole Superieure de Commerce Poitiers, France, Jena University, Germany and other Universities for joint research and lectures. Her major research interests are technology economics, international investment and finance. She has published more than 100 papers in SSCI and leading Chinese economic Journals such as Management World, Journal of Financial Research, The Journal of World Economy. She has published 7 books and has conducted more 20 key national research projects supported by National Social Science Foundation of China, National Nature Science Foundation of China and Ministry of Education of China. Many of her policy adviceshave been acknowledged by the Ministry of Education and Zhejiang Provincial Government and she has received various research awards for these research works.