在历史上,英国曾被誉为科学家、发明家的“麦加”。但到了40年代中后期,英国在国际上的政治、经济地位急剧下降,英国人不得不承认这样一个辛酸的事实,即许多诸如盘尼西林、喷气技术等重大发明,尽管诞生了英国本土,但却被其他国家拿去开发成商品,进而占领英国市场。于是在一批有识之士的倡议下,一个专门从事科技成果开发与应用的组织——国家研究开发公司(NRDC)于1949年6月正式成立了。1983年9月该组织与国家企业委员会(NEB)合并为今天的英国技术集团(BTG)。笔者在1990年9～12月访问英国期间有幸访问了该组织,并与该集团企业开发部经理 Historically, Britain has been hailed as a scientist, inventor of “Mecca”. However, by the mid-to-late 1940s, Britain's political and economic status in the world had dropped dramatically. The British people had to admit the bitter truth that many major inventions such as penicillin and jet technology, even though they were born in Britain, Other countries took to develop into commodities, and then occupy the British market. So a group of people of insight at the initiative, a specialized in scientific and technological achievements in the development and application of organizations - National Research and Development Corporation (NRDC) was officially established in June 1949. September 1983 The organization merged with the National Business Council (NEB) into today's British Technology Group (BTG). During my visit to the United Kingdom from September to December 1990, I had the privilege of interviewing the organization and working with the Group's Corporate Development Manager