Research findings could get boost from draft plan

Beijing will boost the commercialization of scientific and research findings by the city's researchers, according to a draft regulation submitted to the capital's top lawmaking body on July 24.

The new regulation would address problems such as insufficient motivation for researchers in universities to transfer their scientific research findings and the lack of a mechanism to help transform some scientific research achievements into actual products.

"The proposal also provides new direction for researchers, giving them more opportunities in further developing their scientific research achievements," Li Fuying, director of the Beijing Justice Bureau, said in the recent session of the 15th Beijing Municipal People's Congress.