You are misinformed.
Most of chinese tech is either stolen or copied .
No credit to china for any innovation.
Most of your space industry is just a copy of old soviet design.
You cant even mfr reliable engines for your planes or bearings for your high speed trains.
What end to end mfrg are you boasting about ?
Even the iphone is just assembled in china with hardly 15% actually mfrd by chinese cos.
You guys are so funny.
Tell me how to copy or steal an industry ?
Every undeveloped country had to imitate or learn the deveploped country, cause it is the only way to catch up .
Gemany did it in second half of 19th century, Japan did it in late 19th century and 3 quarters of 20th century.
China just followed the successful precedent.
As for Soviet Union, i am afraid indian has a better relation with Soviet Union than China since 1960s .
You indian is good at inventing such a term " copying an industry".
I have no idea how to define " copying an industry" and its opposite term "inventing an industry" .
IMO, industry is not like some technology which could be invented by someone or some organization firstly, but a series of departments and organizations which work together to produce some kind of production and service.
All industries are the creature of the development of society and economy and technique ,and they evolves consistently.
In 1980s, Soviet Union had no IC industry, but China does have it nowadays.
How could anyone copy something which evolves all the time ?
And there is no patent right about industry.
Why didn't india copy some industry ? No one is gonna charge you of the permission of industry copy.