China’s latest push to commercialize research: match 680,000 innovators with companies

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The nation’s top-down approach contrasts with that of countries such as the United States, where market forces drive innovation.

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  1. Mohana Basu

China’s intellectual-property regulator has been playing matchmaker — connecting researchers with patents to companies that can commercialize them.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-01202-7

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