Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
China’s Big Science Bet
Speaker
Jimmy Goodrich
Coordinator
Steve Clarey
This lecture will explore China’s accelerating
advancements in science and technology, focusing
on Beijing’s strategic investments in cutting-edge
laboratories, critical infrastructure, and ambitious
research programs. Drawing from extensive open-
source research, Goodrich will assess China’s
scientific capabilities, highlighting implications
for U.S. competitiveness. He outlines the Chinese
Communist Party’s strategic priorities, identifies
key technological breakthroughs and evaluates
how China’s rapid progress in basic sciences could
reshape global innovation dynamics and challenge
American leadership in the decades ahead.
advancements in science and technology, focusing
on Beijing’s strategic investments in cutting-edge
laboratories, critical infrastructure, and ambitious
research programs. Drawing from extensive open-
source research, Goodrich will assess China’s
scientific capabilities, highlighting implications
for U.S. competitiveness. He outlines the Chinese
Communist Party’s strategic priorities, identifies
key technological breakthroughs and evaluates
how China’s rapid progress in basic sciences could
reshape global innovation dynamics and challenge
American leadership in the decades ahead.
Speaker Bio
Presenter: Jimmy Goodrich is a leading expert
on technology, geopolitics and national security
with a focus on China and East Asia. He is a senior
advisor for technology analysis at the RAND
corporation. He was previously the vice president
for Global Policy at the Semiconductor Industry
Association, where he helped secure fifty-two
billion dollars in funding for the CHIPS and Science
Act. He holds a B.A. in comparative politics and
East Asian studies from Ohio University.
on technology, geopolitics and national security
with a focus on China and East Asia. He is a senior
advisor for technology analysis at the RAND
corporation. He was previously the vice president
for Global Policy at the Semiconductor Industry
Association, where he helped secure fifty-two
billion dollars in funding for the CHIPS and Science
Act. He holds a B.A. in comparative politics and
East Asian studies from Ohio University.
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