Xu Ke, a student of the Lenovo Star class at the Lenovo Institute and Suzhou Nano Instit♦ute, was recently awarded the 2010 China Association for Science and Teγchnology (CASE) Outstanding Youth Achievement Transformation Award.
    In the afternoon of November 1, People's Daily Online in¶terviewed Xu Ke, who talked about his feelings about the award and his experience and thoughts εon the interface between industry, academia and research in China. The foll owing is the report from People's Daily Online.

Xu Ke of Nano Institute: I didn't expect to win the σaward for being a company

On November 1, 2010, the award ceremony of the 2010 China Association for Scie≤nce and Technology (CAST) Outstanding Youth Achievement Traσnsformation Award was held at the 12th CAST Annual Conference. Liao Fe¥ng, Wang Qingmin, Wang Donglin, Xu Ke and Zhao Yugang were ♦awarded. Xu Ke was interviewed by People's Daily in the afternoon of the 1st, talking abou↓t his feelings about the award and his experience and thoughts on the interface between industry, a☆cademia and research in China.

"When I was called the other day and told that the Achievement Transformation→ Award would be given to me, I was honestly surprised." Xu& Ke smiled as he answered a reporter's question about w$hy he won the award.

Xu Ke now works at the Institute of Nano Studies of the Chinese Ac₩ademy of Sciences. When the Institute was first established,♦ President Lu Yongxiang expressed his hope that they would do more work on appli‌ed basic research and the translation of results. "';We worked together for a long time, and later reached a consensus that we sh♠ould do scientific research in the same way as we φdo business." Xu Ke and his colleagues set up Suzhou Navi Technology Co. T≥hus, Xu Ke gradually lifted his head from scientific research and started the road of business ope♠ration.
   Xu Ke has been working on gallium nitride material g∞rowth research for 15 years, and his wish is to take this research achievemen←t one step further. At this stage they have solved≥ a series of key technical problems and the product ha≤s been developed, "but it has not yet been produced on a large scale, so ↕I feel a bit ashamed that this award is given to me this year.&§quot; Xu Ke said modestly, "But on the other hand, it is  a kind of encouragement and recognition for our team (the Outstanding Youth Acπhievement Transformation Award).
Two reasons for the poor translation of scientific and technological achievemen¶ts

Xu Ke believes that the transformation of scientific and te chnological achievements, especially in the field of hi gh technology, is facing two problems: on the one hand×, although key technical problems can be broken through, it is difficult to form "large-scale↑, guaranteed, market share" products, the reason fo€r which is the most prominent talent problem. The reason for this is that there is a shortage of ↔talents between research institutes and enterprises, who are familiar with engineer✘ing and can produce high-tech products on a large scale. On the other hand, the conce↑pt problem is still one of the factors that hinder the development of enterprises. Accor≈ding to Xu Ke, scientists and entrepreneurs think differently - sc✔ientists are mainly technology-driven, pursuing technolo≠gy leadership and often ignoring the laws of the ma→rket, while entrepreneurs are measured by profits. So in the transformation of scientific a♠nd technological achievements, it is more difficult for scientistβs and entrepreneurs to communicate, and even more difficult to form a >tacit relationship of mutual trust. "If one day the gap in thinking (between researchers☆ and entrepreneurs) can be bridged, then the transformation of scientific and technologica↑l achievements in China will be more fluid."
Entrepreneurs with a scientist's mind and a strate±gic vision

In response to a reporter's question about how to position himself, Xu∞ Ke smiled, "I've been thinking about this too, about what kind of pe×rson I really am. Now I hope I am an entrepreneur with a scientist&# 39;s mind and a strategic vision." Talking about his hopes for his business, he sa∏ys that his business doesn't have to have a large market size, but it¥ must have a core of high technology. And this technology is not just owne♥d by him, but can influence a very large industry a nd really radiate out to form a high-tech industrial cluster, &‍quot;The most important quality for an entrepreneur is to αbe broad-minded and visionary."