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szdaily -> Shenzhen
Universities ‘vital to innovation’
     2014-November-26  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

    Martin Li, Xiao Yuxuan

    martin.mouse@163.com

    THE relationship between business, government and universities is the key to innovation, Philip McConnaughay, dean of Peking University School of Transnational Law (STL), said during yesterday’s interview with Shenzhen Daily.

    McConnaughay mentioned well-known high-tech innovation areas including Silicon Valley, saying the answer to their development is close proximity to universities, strong higher education and support of government.

    “This seems to be the formula,” said McConnaughay, who took office as the dean of the STL last year. “Shenzhen seems to recognize it.”

    Shenzhen is making efforts to increase its number of universities. The Chinese University of Hong Kong has recently opened a campus in Longgang District. In addition, the city government and Moscow State University are cooperating to build a university in Shenzhen.

    “Shenzhen is right to want to increase the number of major universities,” said McConnaughay.

    Pursuit of an innovation-driven economy is one of the ongoing drives made by Shenzhen’s government.

    “Innovation policy is extremely important and I think there must be a balance in terms of intellectual property between protection on the one hand and innovation and using ideas permissibly on the other hand,” said McConnaughay.

    “We need to be very careful in Shenzhen not to overprotect because the biggest lesson in the U.S. is that the biggest risk to innovation is overprotection, not underprotection,” he said. “There has to be a balance between protecting and allowing somebody to get returns on their innovations and investments and allowing ideas to be freely available to the next levels of innovators.”

    McConnaughay also stressed the importance of a legal field that is equipped to handle the Pearl River Delta region’s unique circumstances, which he is trying to convey to the city government.

    He said the uniqueness lies in the number of legal systems that are meeting and engaging in the area — Hong Kong’s legal system, its common law system, China’s civil law and Chinese tradition.

    The integration of Shenzhen and Hong Kong’s economies depends on lawyers who are ready to handle sophisticated international business transactions in the area, according to McConnaughay.

    The STL is considering extending its reach off campus by providing a program and services for practicing lawyers in Shenzhen, other regions in Guangdong and Hong Kong.

    They are providing “continuing education for lawyers who are already serving the community” and “will try very hard to make this program available for government officials and lawyers as well,” he said.

    The STL is working with partner universities to discuss the program.

    On the topic of Shenzhen’s ongoing drive to become a model for rule of law, McConnaughay said the rule of law in the context of economic development is critically important. Where rules are transparent and where businesses understand them, outcomes are reasonably predictable and this helps things move smoothly, he said.

    “It is the same with business and commerce. If you are new entrepreneur, you can do it easily because rules are available to you, you know if you comply, you will receive government support,” said McConnaughay.

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