Topic:The Gap between China and US in Innovation

Speaker: Dr. James Liu

Host: Professor GAO Yan

Time: 2014年4月4日19:00-21:00

Venue: Room 216, Guanghua Building #1

Short Description:

Ø Discuss how innovation is conducted in the US big corporations

Ø The gap between China and US in innovation

Ø The current innovation and entrepreneurship environment in China

About Dr. James Liu:

Dr. Liu is one of the few leading innovators in the world. He has more than 200 patents authorized; many of those are US patents. All are invention patents, with him as first inventor in 80% of those patents. His inventions cover a wide range of areas including aerospace, mechanics/transportation, environment protection, agriculture, security, medical device, etc. He was chief engineer/manager in leading technology firms and institutions such as Honeywell, John Deere, NASA, etc. In 2007, he set the record in the 100 year old company Honeywell, with total 17 patents authorized in one year. This is more than life time invention patents in half of his Honeywell colleagues. He is therefore named "Edison of our time", "King of patents".....He is currently an entrepreneur in Beijing, with company right at Beida Science Park.