South China University of Technology is an engineering-oriented university. It is located in Guangzhou, the hinterland of which is the Pearl River Delta. There are many enterprises, active economy and a lot of cooperation between schools and society. Many enterprises and schools have conducted joint research, and even many professors have set up their own enterprises. The school itself has its own development model in Industry-University-Research, its own good tradition and the economic hinterland for patent application.
That's the point. Many professors teach us about application when we are at school, and many of them run their own businesses.