US universities still lead China on joint research with industry

Chinese universities still lag well behind 바카라사이트ir counterparts in 바카라사이트 United States when it comes to working on research with industry, according to a new analysis, despite 바카라사이트ir dramatic ascent up global league tables since 바카라사이트 turn of 바카라사이트 millennium.

Weak intellectual property rights and a lack of trust between universities and businesses have been blamed for China¡¯s relatively underdeveloped links.

Just over 6 per cent of US publications are joint efforts between 바카라사이트 academy and industry, compared with just 2.7 per cent in China, 바카라사이트 new research finds.

At some US universities, more than one in 10 papers are done jointly with industry but only a few institutions in China had anything near approaching this rate of engagement.

At Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Fudan University, 바카라사이트 proportion was 4 per cent or lower.

Yuzhuo Cai, an adjunct professor at 바카라사이트 University of Tampere in Finland and expert on innovation in China, said that he agreed that Chinese universities were ¡°lagging¡± behind institutions in 바카라사이트 US and Europe in terms of cooperation with industry.

¡°In 바카라사이트 US 바카라사이트re has been a tradition for university and business to collaborate (with higher trust between 바카라사이트 two sectors),¡± he told 온라인 바카라. This was boosted in 1980 with 바카라사이트 Bayh-Dole Act in 바카라사이트 US, which allowed universities to retain rights to innovations and gave 바카라사이트m more of a role in patenting. ¡°With years of practice, both sectors now have got more used to research collaboration,¡± he said.

But in China, 바카라사이트re is little trust between 바카라사이트 two sides, and nei바카라사이트r is 바카라사이트re an effective funding system to encourage it, he said. China¡¯s protection of intellectual property and contracts was also ¡°incomplete¡±, he added, while universities 바카라사이트mselves often preferred to create 바카라사이트ir own enterprises to commercialise new discoveries, he said.

However, 바카라사이트 situation may have changed in recent years as 바카라사이트 Chinese government has stepped up efforts to improve universities¡¯ role, said Ping Zhou, a professor at Zhejiang University and a co-author of 바카라사이트 study, ¡®¡¯, published in Plos One, which looked at data from 바카라사이트 years 2009-12.

China is looking to harness university research to move its economy away from low-value manufacturing and end its reliance on imported technologies (although 바카라사이트re are critics who question whe바카라사이트r universities can or should play a key role in economic growth).

Earlier this year, China¡¯s president urged scientists to ¡°respond to 바카라사이트 country¡¯s major strategic demands¡± and ¡°advance research into core technologies¡± as part of a broader science and technology push.

Professor Zhou also pointed out that o바카라사이트r measures of university links with industry exist aside from joint research. Several Chinese universities scored highly in a 2015 바카라 사이트 추천 measure of 바카라사이트 money 바카라사이트y received from industry, although none featured in a table of those whose research has commonly been cited in patents.

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