The paper analyzes technical change in Chinese agriculture,focusing both on the effects of research and development(R&D) investments and on the induced innovation hypothesis.A mixed parametric-nonparametric approach is used. First,in a multi-output framework,technical change is analyzed in the form of 'net-output augmentation' through a non-parametric general description of production set.Then a parametric dynamic relationship between net-output augmentation,R&D investments and changes i...