In recent years, the bottleneck technology problems have become more and more in the high-tech industries of China. These problems suggest the serious problem of systematic defects in the innovation system of China. Industrial generic technologies belong to the fields of applied basic research, and they are always multidisciplinary technology integration. This kind of technologies needs to be accumulated and cultivated in a long-term. In the developing countries, it is very important to build many high quality research institutes of industrial generic technology, which should focus on the development of key generic technologies, and they will bridge "the valley of death" in the innovation system, promoting the technology upgrading of the regional industry.

industrial generic technology  /  bottleneck technology  /  national innovation system  /  death valley