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This report analyses China's approach to attain a dominant position in international markets through a combination of industrial, R&I, trade and foreign direct investment policies. It offers an assessment of China's current position compared to the EU and US innovation systems across a range of dimensions. It concludes that China has become a major industrial competitor in several rapidly expanding high tech sectors, which may well result in attaining China's goal of becoming an innovation leader in specific areas.

This Report focuses on the first priority topic – Processes and structures to promote RI and deal with allegations of research misconduct. The Paper is based on the review of existing relevant literature and documentation, information about RI framework in 14 countries for research integrity (RI) presented at the Kick-off Meeting and consultations with the representatives of the participating countries. The final input for the Report was provided from the discussions during the first Working Meeting in Oslo on 30 January 2019.

The Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility (PSF) was established in 2015 to support European Union (EU) Member States and countries associated to Horizon 2020 (Associated Countries) in raising the quality and impact of their research and development (R&D) and innovation systems. This report evaluates the appropriateness and effectiveness of the PSF and provides recommendations on further improvement of its services to Member States and Associated Countries.