【正文】 Article 1 This law is enacted for the purpose of promoting the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productive forces, standardizing such transformation, hastening scientific and technological progress and facilitating economic and social development. Article 2 The phrase transformation of scientific and technological achievements as used in this Law means the entire process of the followup tests, development, application and widespread use of the applicable scientific and technological achievements, made as a result of scientific research and technological development, through to the final creation of new products, new techniques, new materials and new industries all for the purpose of enhancing the productive forces. Article 3 Transformation of scientific and technological achievements shall be instrumental to increasing economic and social results and protecting the environment and natural resources, as well as to promoting economic and social development and strengthening national defense. In transforming scientific and technological achievements, the persons concerned shall abide by the principles of voluntariness, mutual benefit, fairness and good faith and shall, in accordance with law or contractual agreement, enjoy interests and bear risks. Intellectual property involved in transformation of scientific and technological achievements shall be protected by law. In transformation of scientific and technological achievements, laws shall be observed and State interests safeguarded, and no public interests shall be damaged. Article 4 The administrative department for science and technology, the planning department, the administrative department for prehensive economic and trade affairs and other relevant administrative departments under the State Council shall, within their functions and responsibilities as prescribed by the State Council, administer, guide and coordinate efforts for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. The local people39。 (2) projects of an industrial scale that can pete among the economies of the world。s governments at various levels may have relevant departments to arrange for the transformation through public bidding. These departments shall provide the successful tender with the funds and other conditions that they decided to offer when making the bidding. Article 9 Holders of scientific and technological achievements may have their achievements transformed in the following ways: (1) investing in the transformation themselves。 and (5) investing with their achievements as tradein, as converted shares or as proportions of contribution to the investment. Article 10 An enterprise may, for the purpose of adopting new technology, new techniques and new materials and manufacturing new products, publish information on its own or entrust an intermediate institution engaged in trade of technology to solicit the scientific and technological achievements that it needs or to find collaborators for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Article 11 An enterprise shall, according to law, have the right to conduct transformation of scientific and technological achievements independently or jointly with domestic or foreign enterprises or institutions or other collaborators. An enterprise may, through fair petition, undertake the projects, arranged by the government, for scientific and technological research and development or for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements independently or jointly with another. Article 12 The State encourages research and development institutions, colleges and universities and other institutions to join efforts with manufacturers for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Research and development institutions, colleges and universities and other institutions may participate in the bidding or tendering conducted by relevant departments of the government or enterprises for transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Article 13 The State encourages agricultural research institutions and agricultural experiment and demonstration stations to transform scientific and technological achievements independently or in cooperation with another. Agricultural research institutions may, for the purpose of advancing the transformation of their scientific and technological achievements and in accordance with law, deal in the fine strains whic