【Introduction】Xiaolan Fu is Founding Director of the Technology and Management Centre for Development (TMCD), Professor of Technology and International Development and Fellow of Green Templeton College. Her research interests include innovation, technology and industrialisation; trade, foreign direct investment and economic development; emerging Asian economies; innovation and productivity. She has conducted consultancy research for UNDESA, UNCTAD, UNIDO, ILO, EC, OECD and the Chinese government.