On November 23, 2026, the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) and Springer Nature will jointly launch Professor Andy Mok’s new book, The Innovation Machine: How China Creates and Adopts Technology Through Governance.
During the launch and roundtable seminar, the author Andy Mok, an adjunct professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University, the representative from the publisher Springer Nature, and Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang, founder and president of CCG, former Counselor of the State Council, will join with experts and senior researchers to explore topics of discovering China from the innovation aspect.
The Innovation Machine: How China Creates and Adopts Technology Through Governance
Co-organized by: Center for China and Globalization (CCG) & Springer Nature
When: 16:00–17:30, November 23, 2026 (Beijing Time)
Where: CCG Office in Beijing (Address: 12th/F, West Wing, Hanwei Plaza, No.7 Guanghua Rd, Chaoyang District 北京朝阳区光华路7号汉威大厦西区12层)
Language: English
Access to the book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-95-7056-0
Innovation does not arise only from talent, capital, or competition, but also from the way a civilization understands order—and how it turns that understanding into policy, execution, and measurable results. In China, this chain is continuous.
Based on this simple observation and using China as the central case, Professor Andy Mok traces Chinese innovation pattern from the Han Dynasty’s invention of paper to today’s AI systems and the Digital Yuan.
The through-line is governance—not as bureaucracy, but as a framework that coordinates actors, aligns purpose, and accelerates diffusion. What matters most are the joints: where philosophy becomes policy, where policy becomes implementation, and where implementation becomes national capability. This is the I⁵ model in practice—ideas, institutions, instruments, infrastructure, impact—each layer shaping and reinforcing the next.
This book is published as part of the “China and Globalization” series, which is designed to collect a wide range of global views on issues related to China and globalization, the opportunities and challenges related to China’s rise and China’s role in global governance, global economy, global development and global security. The first of its kind, this series features the works of over two hundred global contributors, seeking to create a balanced global perspective by gathering the views of highly influential opinion leaders from both China and around the world.
AGENDA
15:30 – 16:00 Registration
16:00 – 16:05 Welcome remarks
Mabel Lu Miao, Co-founder and Secretary-General of the Center for China and Globalization (CCG)
16:05 – 16:15 Opening remarks
Representative from Springer Nature
Henry Huiyao Wang, Founder and President of CCG, former Counselor of the State Council
16:15 – 16:30 Book Release
Andy Mok, the author of The Innovation Machine: How China Creates and Adopts Technology Through Governance, Adjunct Professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University, Senior Research Fellow at CCG, Industry Mentor at Schwarzman College
16:30 – 17:20 Roundtable Discussion
Host: Mabel Lu Miao, Co-founder and Secretary-General of CCG
Guests (by the order of family name):
David Blair, Former Chairman of the economics department at the Eisenhower School of National Defense University in Washington, DC
Chen Jing, Senior lawyer, Deputy Director of the Media and Digital Marketing Industry Working Committee of the Beijing Entertainment Law Society
Harvey Dzodin, Former Vice President of ABC Television in New York, Senior Consultant of the National Image Communication Research Center of Tsinghua University
Oluwasegun Michael Fabiyi, Doctoral Researcher, Tsinghua University
Zoon Ahmed Khan, Special Commentator for CGTN; Researcher at the Belt and Road Institute, Tsinghua University
Liu Fangfang, Director, Division of International Cooperation, Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission
Andy Mok, the author of The Innovation Machine: How China Creates and Adopts Technology Through Governance, Adjunct Professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University, Senior Research Fellow at CCG, Industry Mentor at Schwarzman College
Henry Huiyao Wang, Founder and President of CCG, former Counselor of the State Council
Zichen Wang, Research Fellow and Director for International Communications at CCG
Zhang Tianyang, Executive Dean, Beijing Institute of Talent Development Strategy
17:20 – 17:30 Media Q&A
THE AUTHOR
Andy Mok is an adjunct professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University, a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for China and Globalization (CCG), and an industry mentor at Schwarzman College. A former RAND Corporation analyst and venture capitalist at Morningside Ventures, his work sits at the intersection of China’s innovation policies, AI, and global technology strategy. He holds an MBA from Wharton and an MA in China Studies from Johns Hopkins SAIS, where he received the Loe Fellowship for Excellence in China Studies. His insights appear in Bloomberg, CNBC, Al Jazeera, CGTN, Nikkei Asia, and the South China Morning Post.
About “China and Globalization” Book Series
This series is designed to present a wide range of global views on issues related to China and Globalization, opportunities and challenges of China’s rise in the world and China’s roles in global governance, global economy, global development and global security. It outlines China’s international relations with major global powers and the rest of the world, and it contains recommendations and proposals for the future of sustainable development, prospects for China’s further capital and market liberalization, and China’s globalizing trajectories as experienced by the world. As the first of its kind to publish the works of over two hundred contributors internationally, this book series seeks to create a balanced global perspective by gathering the views of highly influential global opinion leaders, former statesmen, ambassadors, well-known academics and think tank experts, multinational CEOs and foreign chambers of commerce from China and around the world.
The chief-editors of this series are Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang, Founder and President of the Center for China and Globalization (CCG), and Dr. Mabel Lu Miao, Co-Founder and Secretary-General of CCG.
About CCG
The Center for China and Globalization (CCG) is a leading international non-governmental think tank in China. Founded in 2008, it was the first Chinese think tank to obtain special consultative status with the United Nations, as well as the first Chinese social think tank to rank among the world’s top 100. It has been ranked as the top social think tank in China on numerous authoritative domestic and international think tank rankings.
CCG also offers a nation-wide post-doctoral research program, the only non-governmental think tank certified to do so by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. CCG is a member of the Belt and Road Think Tank Alliance, a founding member of the US Research Think Tank Alliance established by the Ministry of Finance, and serves as the secretariat for the “Global Youth Leaders Dialogue (GYLD)” initiative. In 2021, the “Global Youth Leaders Dialogue (GYLD)” project, initiated by CCG, received a reply letter from President Xi Jinping.
Headquartered in Beijing, CCG maintains multiple branches and overseas representatives both domestically and internationally, and boasts a seasoned team of full-time think tank researchers and professionals. Adhering to the professional principles of “internationalization, influence, and constructiveness,” CCG upholds the philosophy of “Global Vision for China, Chinese Wisdom for the World” It is dedicated to in-depth research in areas such as globalization, global governance, international relations, international trade and investment, international talent and corporate globalization, the Belt and Road Initiative, the Chinese diaspora, and think tank development.
About Springer Nature
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