The CGN and engineering innovation in nuclear power construction

With powerful governmental support and favorable institutional arrangement, it is relatively easy for an SOE to develop its innovation ecosystem with relevant innovation achievements in China. In contrast, for an SOE originally managed by a local government, without the advantageous resources and strong support from the central government, how can it cultivate the innovation ecosystem and achieve remarkable success? This chapter unveils how China General Nuclear Power Group (the CGN), a locally managed SOE at its early stage, took great effort in collaborating with its partners, how it prompted the evolution of its innovation ecosystem, how it systemically restructured itself for further co-developing technologies and co-creating values, and how it managed to realize the synergy among technological innovation, value creation and dynamic capability development of the ecosystem.