Relationships between universities and their enterprises need clarifying

ON FRIDAY, THE CENTRAL INSPECTION GROUP ANNOUNCED the results of its inspections of 14 key universities. Of all the problems it found, corruption among university-owned enterprises was the most common - 13 of the 14 universities inspected were found to have this problem. Beijing News comments:

Universities are not prohibited from owning and running their own enterprises; it is their outdated mode of management that has caused the problems.

Many university-owned enterprises make use of the resources and influence of the universities to seek profits, instead of serving the universities.