  The model shift of higher education in Hungary brought not only the deepening
of university-industry relations and technology transfer processes, but also
contribute the emerging role of universities in shaping regional innovation
policy. This process provides a new framework for cooperation between actors in
regional innovation ecosystems and raises the relationship between
economic-governmental-academic systems to a new level. Active involvement of
government, the predominance of state resources, and the strong
innovation-organizing power of higher education institutions are similarities
that characterize both the Hungarian and Chinese innovation systems. This paper
attempts to gather Chinese good practices whose adaptation can contribute to
successful public-university collaboration. In the light of the examined
practices, the processes related to the university model shift implemented so
far can be placed in a new context, which are presented through the example of
the Sz\'echenyi Istv\'an University of Gy\H{o}r.
