Scientific Collaboration with China

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Scientific Collaboration with China A Personal
Experience and View

• Professor Xiaodong Chen
• Department of Electronic Engineering
• Queen Mary, University of London
• Director of Joint Research Laboratory
• Beijing University of Posts and
  Telecommunications
• Queen Mary, University of London

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Opportunities

• China is an attractive market for business as
  well as for science innovation and technology
  transfer.
• Fastest growing economy and largest manufacturing
  industry in the world
• International collaboration in a large number of
  areas of science and technologies have been
  identified in the 11th 5-year Plan
• Intellectual resources large number of
  well-trained graduates.
• Various schemes exist for scientific exchange and
  collaboration with China.
• Plenty of activities have already been conducted
  in scientific collaboration with China at
  different levels.

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Scientific Collaboration

• What is the effective model in scientific
  collaboration with China?
• A joint research establishment with Beijing
  University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT)
  has been explored at Queen Mary, University of
  London (QMUL).
• Set up in BUPT in November, 2003
• Serving as a bridge for collaboration between
  BUPT and QMUL
• Led by QMUL and administrated by BUPT
• Staff QMUL - 1 professor and 2 lecturers
• BUPT 1 professor and 2 Lecturers
• Research students 2 PhD and 11 Master students.

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An Effective Model

• BUPT-QMUL Joint Research Lab is now active in
• Joint research projects
• Quasi-optical design software (funded by CNSF)
• EU-China Grid Inter-Networking (funded by EC).
• Technology transfer
• RFID applications in tobacco industry and traffic
  tolling
• Electromagnetic compatibility testing for mobile
  phone handsets
• ICUK Programme.
• Bidding for research funding
• National Key Engineering Lab, FAST project, 863
  high tech programme, and CNSF programme.

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Summary

• The success of a joint research venture in China
  relies on taking care of a number of issues
• Clear division of responsibilities leading and
  supporting roles
• Commitments from both parties
• Effective management
• Above all, appreciation of differences in
  culture, administration system and language.
• A joint research establishment can serve as an
  effective platform for science innovation and
  technology transfer in China.

THE CHINA IMPACTTHE WESTMINSTER HEARINGS ON THE
UKS RESPONSE TO CHINAS ECONOMIC IMPACT 20th
June, 2007