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enterprise, CTP utilizes 17 universities in recruiting people, conducting researches,
and even sharing space and equipment. This is one of the good examples of how
CTP works as a hub of regional innovation system.

4 The Major Achievements of CTP

4.1 Setting Up of Operation System

One of the most important achievements of CTP is to set up a habitat for inno-
vative business in the region in a relatively short period of time. It took less than
ten years to set up the whole system from nothing. It took five years to establish
the hardware system. In this period, CTP completed the major buildings by the
master plan. Then it took another 5 years to establish the software ? hardware
system. In this period, CTP completed the roadmaps for four strategic industries.
Based on the four strategic industries, CTP built four centers equipped with state-
of-art equipments (see Fig. 6 ).
From 2007, CTP began to focus on system building for enterprise support
programs. CTP can concentrate on software programs now. The major functions of
CTP nowadays are technology transfer and commercialization, financial invest-
ment for enterprises, research and business development projects, human resource
development, and global marketing. The enterprises are satisfied with the one-stop
service that CTP provides with a network of universities, research institutes,
governments, and business service agencies.
The essence of the working system is people. The technology park is not about
just technology. It is all about people. Since CTP has several functions from
business incubation to provincial industry planning, CTP needs professionals and

Fig. 6 Development steps of CTP