Editing Science and technology in China (section)

== Corruption ==
Concerned about corruption in Chinese science,<ref>See for example the mid March 2006 issue of China Newsweek 中国新闻周刊 "A SARS-like Epidemic of Corruption in Higher Education and Science", 9 June 2006: Vol. 312. no. 5779, pp. 1464–1466.</ref> some Chinese scientists, including Professor Liu Ming (刘明) of [[Zhejiang University]] in his 2005 book ''Critique of the Academic Evaluation System'' (学术评价制度批判), argue that interference from government officials and university bureaucrats makes [[peer review]] far less effective in China than it could be. The time scientists spend cultivating politically influential people is lost to scientific research. Liu argues that the command economy mentality of measuring everything by the numbers combined with pervasive political interference results in a great waste of money, human talent as well as considerable corruption in Chinese science.<ref>Liu Ming, Critique of the Academic Evaluation System 学术评价制度批判 Changjiang Wenyi Chubanshe, 2005.</ref> A 2008 investigation into a certification for high tech enterprises allowing large tax breaks and other advantages found that more than 70% of the enterprises had gained this under questionable circumstances and an investigation of a sample found that 73% did not pass the requirements.<ref name=Centra2011/>