CHINA SYSTEM · OPERATING LOGIC
Read the concept through its operating structure
Proof of concept tests both technology and commercialization assumptions
Proof of concept tests principles, performance, use and market assumptions under defined conditions, with baselines, data and failure criteria. Selection does not equal maturity or investment.
Pilot testing engineers the gap between lab and mass production
Pilots test process, equipment, yield, quality, safety, cost and scale-up near production conditions. Verify utilization, engineers, quality systems, permits, confidentiality and liability.
Technology transfer moves rights, know-how and people
Transfer includes not only patents but designs, process recipes, software, data, testing, training and support. Contract value, cash received and commercialization revenue must be separated.
First equipment, materials and software open the first market
First equipment sets, first material batches and first software versions address the no-track-record barrier through catalogs, insurance and demonstrations, but recognition, coverage, contract, delivery and repeat purchase require separate evidence.
Korea should design the validation chain before joint development
Korea-China technology collaboration should first define maturity, PoC, pilot, certification, first customer and scale gates, with cost, IP, data, equipment, safety and stop rules for each stage.