Recently, the Department of Science, Technology and Information Technology of the Ministry of Education issued the following work points in 2021:
We will accelerate the application of scientific and technological achievements in colleges and universities. We will improve the quality of patents in colleges and universities, guide them to improve the whole process management system of intellectual property rights, and accelerate the exploration of a service invention disclosure system and a pre-patent application evaluation system. We will promote the high-quality development and professional development of institutions that commercialize scientific and technological achievements in colleges and universities, and summarize and disseminate typical experiences in the commercialization of scientific and technological achievements in colleges and universities. We will guide pilot universities in carrying out reforms to give researchers the ownership or long-term use rights to their scientific and technological achievements. We will promote high-quality development of national university science and technology parks.
Key work points of the Department of Science, Technology and Information Technology of the Ministry of Education in 2021
Strengthen Party building guidance and strengthen the Party's overall leadership over science, technology and educational informatization in colleges and universities
Strengthen overall planning and build a high quality university science and technology innovation system
Based on independent innovation, strengthen the innovation source ability of colleges and universities
Deepen institutional reform and stimulate the creativity of human resources
Accelerate the application of information technology in education and build a high-quality education support system
We will ensure security and create a harmonious and stable environment for development
Source: China Intellectual Property News Date: March 20, 2021
