Transfer from University to Industry

1. Background
The rapid development and industrialization of biotechnology started at the beginning of 1980s in China. In order to promote the development of biotechnology and the bio-tech industry effectively, the Chinese government lists biotechnology as the preferential field in the national science and technology development, and adopts a series of valid measures. For example, establishing the National Leadership Group for the Promotion of Bio-tech Development and Industrialization to guide and coordinate the nationwide development and industrialization of biotechnology, listing the biotechnology as a key field in the National Middle and Long-term Science and Technology Development Plan, further increasing the R&D fund, and establishing national bio-tech industry bases. Through more than 20 years’ development, the total level of Chinese biotechnology has taken the leading place among the developing countries, and achieves the advanced level in the world partly. The bio-tech industry has primarily formed in China.

For the Chinese public science and technology resources has been leaned to the research institutions for a long time, the bio-tech R&D strength is mainly concentrated in the research institutions that belong to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture. The bio-tech R&D capabilities of Chinese universities are relative weaker, and most universities are mainly engaged in the training of bio-tech professionals. (more…)

A daylong national workshop on Developing Universities was held on November 30, 2005. More than ten experts from academia, policy bodies as well as industry and private sector participated. The theme of the workshop was “The Evolving Role of Universities in the National System of Innovation of China.”

The core issues addressed in the workshop were: the history of Chinese universities, the role universities play in the national system of innovation of China today, what challenges and opportunities Chinese education system face, and how innovation policy can stimulate the university to be more proactive as knowledge-producer, incubator and networker and can enforce the linkage and cooperation between universities, research institutes and industry.
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China Position Paper presented at UNIVERSIDAD06
China Power Point presented at UNIVERSIDAD06

The Chinese team plans to hold a daylong national workshop November 30 2005. The core issues to be addressed at the meeting the role universities play in the Chinese national system of innovation today, what challenges and opportunities the Chinese education system faces, and how innovation policy can stimulate the university to be more proactive as knowledge-producer, incubator and networker and how it can enforce the linkage and cooperation between universities, research institutes and industry.

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