This group is about R&D and innovation in China, including the leadership of R&D centers, R&D performance improvements, development of market-appropriate products and technology, China-indigenous innovation, etc., in China, for China, and from China. This LinkedIn group has three purposes:

1. To serve a shared platform to exchange experiences and best-practices among R&D directors in China.
2. To serve as a sounding board for new insights and ideas about how innovation in China will change the face of global R&D.
3. To foster a community of R&D leaders in China and abroad.

If you are a CTO, SVP R&D, R&D Director, Head of Innovation, Senior R&D Fellow, or in a similar director role managing R&D in China, please join this group using this link.

It is not open for consultants, headhunters, recruiters, or marketeers or anyone else who won't be able to contribute primarily on the basis of R&D leadership experience.

This group is about global R&D and innovation management, including the management of global R&D networks, leading multi-site innovation teams, and leveraging global talent and IP.

1. To serve a shared platform to exchange experiences and best-practices among global R&D directors.
2. To serve as a sounding board for new insights and ideas about how R&D and innovation projects should be managed at the global level.
3. To foster a community of global R&D leader.

It is open for CTOs, SVPs R&D, or global R&D directors of companies with international R&D and innovation activities and multi-site R&D organizations.

This group is not open to marketeers, academics, consultants or anyone not at a senior management level in R&D/innovation or unable to contribute based on global innovation leadership experience.