Zhejiang Yangtze Delta Institute of Tsinghua University and its seven-part innovation system

Build a standing platform that connects company technology demand, applied research, pilot testing, investment, field validation and procurement—not a sequence of short visits, events or MOUs. Document operating authority, shared funding, technology protection, data, export-control and reciprocity rules first, and start with real bottlenecks in the regional industrial base.

Evidence · joint-operating rules, responsible institutions and budgets, technology-protection, validation and procurement criteria / Indicators · paid projects, validation-to-procurement conversion, regional investment and jobs, follow-on funding

Make companies accountable participants—not passive sponsors—responsible for problem definition, data and site access, co-development, production and procurement. With Chinese partners, separate technology-disclosure limits, IP and data ownership, mass-production and delivery terms, and third-country business rights into staged contracts.

Evidence · technology-demand brief, co-development, IP and purchasing contracts, pilot logs / Indicators · development time, production conversion, purchases and sales, cost and quality improvement

Legally separate the university functions that produce papers and patents from commercialization companies, while linking them through dedicated staff and incentives. Agree in advance on the rights of faculty, students, universities and companies, outside appointments, and the sequence of publication and patent filing; then connect demand-validated projects to applied-research teams.

Evidence · joint-research, employee-invention, technology-transfer and outside-appointment rules / Indicators · follow-on projects, licensing income, pilot testing, startups and jobs

Focus on prototypes, pilot testing, standards, certification and field problem-solving that raise technology readiness, and open shared equipment and test methods to regional companies. Evaluate Chinese research outcomes through reproducibility tests under equivalent conditions and real-customer validation, not promotional figures.

Evidence · TRL criteria, equipment, test and standards records, company research contracts / Indicators · TRL movement, reproducibility, production conversion, equipment utilization and company access

Combine long-term capital, policy finance, guarantees and insurance to match R&D, pilot testing, initial production and growth stages. Independently assess each company’s IP, customers, cash flow, follow-on financing and exit path rather than relying on an institution’s brand or aggregate incubation figures.

Evidence · fund rules and paid-in capital, investment agreements, customers, sales and cash flow / Indicators · staged deployment, follow-on investment, private-capital participation, losses and exits

Define real operating conditions, safety and performance criteria, maintenance requirements and purchasing review from the start of technology development. Replace repeated unpaid PoCs with gates from small paid validation to production approval and repeat purchasing, so market use informs research from the outset rather than appearing only at the end.

Evidence · validation site, evaluation criteria, acceptance terms, SLA and purchasing intent / Indicators · paid validation, purchasing conversion and repeat orders, uptime, total cost of ownership

Connect technology, market, investment, legal, accounting, patent, standards and certification work within one project rather than merely making introductions. 介 means technology and professional intermediation. Disclose interested parties and fees, then cross-check original Chinese contracts, corporate records, IP and disbursements to reduce transaction costs and dispute risk.

Evidence · verification database, Chinese contracts, registrations, IP and disbursement records, fee and conflict disclosures / Indicators · contract conversion, commercialization time, risks found early, disputes and delays