Governing Scientific Accountability in China

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Publication 4 - Lost in Translation? Accountability and Governance of Clinical Stem Cell Research in China

7 July 2017

Zhang, J. Y. (2017) ‘Lost in Translation? Accountability and Governance of Clinical Stem Cell Research in China’, Regenerative Medicine, online access:

https://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/10.2217/rme-2017-0035

 

Abstract:

Despite China's regulatory initiatives to promote its research accountability, it still needs to prove itself as a trusted player in life science research. In addition, in contrast to its huge investment, China is losing the race in delivering quality application of stem cells. The trial implementation of the 2015 ministerial regulations seemed to offer hope in ending this dual 'lost-in-translation'. Yet skepticism remains. By examining China's regulatory trajectory in the last 15 years, this paper illustrates that it is a post-hoc pragmatic policy rationale and a soft centralisation regulatory approach that have hampered China's governance. To improve China's governance of accountability, policy-makers need to get beyond an 'act-in-response' regulatory ethos and engage with diverse stakeholders.

 

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