On June 23, the first UICC Overseas Cooperation Salon was held in the Hua Ye Building at Tsinghua University. Over 30 guests from 17 multinational companies participated in the salon.
As a prestigious research-oriented university, Tsinghua has always strived to keep close cooperative relations with a number of well-known multinational companies. Up till now, more than 30 overseas companies have established joint research institutes with Tsinghua University, and 40 overseas companies have joined the UICC. In addition, about 500 collaborative projects with overseas companies are undertaken by Tsinghua every year.
The saloon was organized to create a platform for easy exchange among UICC overseas member companies and strategic partners. In the salon, representatives from GM, Siemens and UTC were invited to give a brief introduction on the status and development of R&D collaboration with Tsinghua, to share their experience on how to expand and strengthen the collaboration with Tsinghua gradually, and to describe problems encountered in developing such collaborations. Currently, the above three companies all maintain a close and active partnership with Tsinghua, though they differ from one another in their collaboration mode.
The speeches were followed by lively warm discussions. The participants exchanged their views on a range of stimulating questions, such as intellectual property, interdisciplinary collaboration, cooperation modes with universities, and collaboration among companies.
