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Seminar on University Research Development and Technology Transfer November 10 - December 12, 2003

The Center on Chinese Education, Teachers College Columbia University conducted a five-week seminar in November-December 2003 for 17 university leaders from the People's Republic of China. These participants consisted of presidents and vice-presidents from 13 national research-oriented universities as well as senior personnel concerned with high-education policies in China. The topic of the seminar was university research development and technology transfer. It provided the opportunity for the Chinese participants to have a better understanding of how major research universities in the United States promote excellence in research and commercialize research output, and to share their experience with their US counterparts.

The seminar began with a two-week workshop held at Teachers College Columbia University, consisting mostly of presentations and discussion led by leading experts from academe, the private sector, as well as government and professional organizations. The Chinese participants then headed for a field study in Washington, DC, visiting the National Institute of Health, the National Science Foundation, the American Council of Education, and a science-policy office in the US Congress. The last two weeks of the seminar was devoted to an in-depth field study of three universities: Columbia University, Stanford University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The seminar was jointly organized by the Center on Chinese Education at TC and the National Academy of Educational Administration (NAEA), China. In China, NAEA has the primary responsibility for organizing and providing training to university leaders and other senior leaders in the education sector. This seminar is part of a multi-year program to upgrade the skills and knowledge of leaders of national universities in China to foster university excellence in the global environment of the twenty-first century.

Participants:

List of Participants for Seminar on University Research Development and Technology Transfer
Conducted in USA and Organized by Teachers College, Columbia University
from November to December, 2003

National Academy of Education Administration, September 23, 2003

Name	Institution	City	Administrative Position	Academic Post
ZHENG Xiaobo (Delegation Leader)	Nanjing Agricultural University	Nanjing city, Jiangsu province	President	Professor
ZHOU Xuhong (Deputy Leader)	Chang'an University	Xi'an city, Shaanxi province	President	Professor
NI Haidong	Central University of Finance and Economics	Beijing	Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee	Senior Economic Administrator
CHEN Zhaoyang	Hefei University of Technology	Hefei, Anhui province	Vice President	Professor
CHEN Zhijian	Southwest Jiaotong University	Chengdu City, Sichuan province	Vice President	Senior Accountant
ZHAO Dewu	Southwest University of Finance and Economics	Chengdu city, Sichuan province	Vice President	Professor
HOU Xi	Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry	Xi'an city, Shaanxi province	Vice President	Professor
ZHU Shigen	Donghua University	Shanghai	Vice President	Professor
LU Guanzhong	East China University of Science and Technology	Shanghai	Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee & Vice President
ZOU Cairong	Southeast University	Nanjing city, Jiangsu province	Vice President	Professor
MIU Xiexing	China University of Mining and Technology	Xuzhou city, Jiangsu province	Vice President	Professor
ZHANG Zhonghua	Zhongnan University of Economics and Law	Wuhan city, Hubei province	Vice President	Professor
WANG Yaozhong	Hunan University	Changsha city, Hunan province	Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee	Professor
LIU Dawei	Department of University Student Affairs, Ministry of Education, China	Beijing	Deputy Director
WEN Xiaoyang	Department of Personnel, National Academy of Education Administration	Beijing	Director	Associate Researcher
YANG Yanling	National Academy of Education Administration	Beijing		Lecturer
WANG Jun	Liaison Department, China Association for International Exchange of Personnel	Beijing	Director