Abstract
One area not well researched in the past on strategic relationship between Thailand and China is the cooperation in areas of science and technology. What are the key areas of the cooperation and their performance? What are the opportunities in the future? Based on the interviews with key officials in charge of cooperation in science and technology in the two countries and field trips for case studies in China, this paper:
1) Describes the key mechanism and major achievements of cooperation in science and technology between Thailand and China in the past decades;
2) Studies the mechanism and resources for R&D in China and Thailand;
3) Identifies the new potential technological sectors, geographic locations, institutional partners, and operational mechanisms for cooperation in science and technology between the two countries.