"chinese universities' technology production rate and commercialization efficiency have been soaring in the past decade," said lei chaozi, director general of the science and technology and information technology department of ministry of education (moe) recently at moe's eighth briefing of a series featuring subjects like '1+1' and 'education in decade'.
the briefing reveals, in the recent decade, patents granted to chinese universities boosted to 308,000 in 2021, up 346.4% while the grant rate (note: total grants out of total applications) rose to 83.9%.
li shunde, professor with law research institute of the chinese academy of social sciences, said in an interview that universities-enterprises cooperative action would make universities to fully play the key role in fundamental research and make enterprises principal role in innovative development. additionally, it would support smes growing into the vital cradle for innovative creation, then providing powerful assistance for deepening the implementation of innovation-oriented development strategy.(by liu yangzi/ zhang binbin)