The Technology Transfer Center of Zhejiang University (
Simplified Chinese
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: 浙江大学技术转移中心), currently is the largest university
technology transfer
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center in the
People's Republic of China
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. It's the main technology transfer department of the
Zhejiang University
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in
Hangzhou
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,
Zhejiang Province
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.
Introduction
The center was founded as the Technology Trading Center of Zhejiang University (浙江大学技术交易中心) in 1996. In 2006, it was reformed and adopted into the current name.
The center maintains close relationships with more than six thousand domestic companies within P.R.China, and has cooperations with more than two hundred foreign companies.
Statistics
According to authorities, during 2006-2008, it has offered more than 5800 technological transfers and services, and created an
economic value
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of 35
billion
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Chinese Yuan
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.
According to the rankings by the
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
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Science & Technology Development Center in 2006, the Zhejiang University Technology Transfer Center was ranked as the first one, before
Tianjin University
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,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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and
Tsinghua University
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.
According to a recent similar report (2007), the center was ranked also first, based on its largest
annual turnover of 674.23
million
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. And it was followed by
Chongqing University
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,
Shandong University
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and
Tsinghua University
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.
[根据《2007年北京高校技术转移统计报告》,浙江大学以6.7423亿元的成交额,再次排名全国高校第一,重庆大学、山东大学分列第二、第三名。名列北京高校第一位的清华大学,以3.9872亿元的成交额,排名全国第四位。]
Currently, there are 76 university technology transfer centers in
mainland China
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.
See also
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Technology readiness level
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Technology transfer
Technology transfer (TT), also called transfer of technology (TOT), is the process of transferring (disseminating) technology from the person or organization that owns or holds it to another person or organization, in an attempt to transform invent ...
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Technology Transfer Program
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National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA; United States Public Law 104-113) was signed into law March 7, 1996. The Act amended several existing acts and mandated new directions for federal agencies with the purpose of:
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References
External links
浙大技术转移中心被列入首批国家技术转移示范机构(Chinese)
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