Main description:

COVID-19 has made differential impacts on countries and communities around the world. China, where COVID-19 started, has developed and utilized different types of technologies, including both traditional and disruptive technologies, to address the pandemic risks. Also, there have been many innovations in applying technologies in different contexts during the pandemic as well as in the post-pandemic recovery and preparedness aspects. This book covers some of these technological developments as well as the governance mechanisms for developing a technology and innovation ecosystem in a post-COVID-19 context in China. The book also explores the experiences and lessons learned from different types of technologies and their implementation in the post-COVID-19 period and highlights how they can be useful to prepare for future calamities.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Overview of Post COVID Scenario in China

Chapter 2: Innovation and Technology Ecosystem: Historical Perspectives

Chapter 3: Drones Activity in Epidemic Prevention and Prospects in the Post COVID-19

Chapter 4: Social Media Development and Application During Pandemic and Post-Pandemic from the Perspectives of Recovery and Preparedness

Chapter 5: Towards a Digital China Through Digital Economy

Chapter 6: Big Data and Its Implication in China

Chapter 7: Robotics and Its Advancement in Modern China

Chapter 8: Artificial Intelligence and its Importance in Post COVID-19 China

Chapter 9: 5G and Its Implication to Communication in China

Chapter 10: Evolution from IoT to IoE Era in China

Chapter 11: Going Beyond the "Norm" in Technology and Innovation Apparatus in Emergency Situation: A Post COVID-19 Society