知识经济是以知识及其产品的生产、流通和消费为主导的经济，其生命的源泉在于创新。知识经济的崛起源自以信息技术等高技术产业迅猛发展为标志的科技革命。联合国教科文组织１９９３年２月１４日首次发表《世界科学报告》指出，当今世界上发达国家与发展中国家的差距是“... Knowledge economy is the economy dominated by the production, distribution and consumption of knowledge and its products. Its source of life lies in innovation. The rise of knowledge-based economy stems from the revolution in science and technology marked by the rapid development of high-tech industries such as information technology. UNESCO’s first publication of the World Science Report on February 14, 1993 pointed out that the difference between the developed and the developing countries in today’s world is "...