What is a Technology Market?
A technology market is a platform for technology intermediary services and commercial activities related to technology products. It aims to facilitate the transformation of scientific achievements into productive forces by engaging in technology development, transfer, consulting, services, and contracting; producing or distributing pilot research products and new tech goods; and promoting the application of technological成果. Its coverage spans all technical fields.

In a narrow sense, it refers to a physical venue for exchanging technological成果 as commodities. Broadly, it encompasses the circulation domain of technological成果, representing the sum of their exchange relationships—primarily among producers, operators, and consumers of these成果.

As a bridge between science and the economy, technology markets play a vital role in integrating technology with economic growth, enhancing the self-sustaining capacity of scientific endeavors, accelerating societal dissemination of technology, boosting corporate dynamism, facilitating talent mobility, and advancing commodity economies.

Classification of Technology Markets
Technology markets fall under the commodity economy framework, emerging wherever technology products are produced and traded.

1. By Region: Local, provincial, national, and international technology markets.

2. By Industry: Industrial, agricultural, transportation, and construction technology markets.

3. By Product Form:

   • Software Markets: Operate via data conferences, academic exchanges,成果 evaluations, and consulting services.

   • Hardware Markets: Function through trade fairs, exhibitions, and collaborative R&D.

   • Integrated Markets: Showcase new products, processes, equipment, and technologies.

Organizational Forms

1. Tech Expos & Stores: Both trade technological成果; the former are temporary events, the latter permanent.

2. Consulting Firms: Offer decision-making, engineering, and management咨询服务.

3. Sector-Specific Development: Focuses on SMEs within industries.

4. Licensing Trade: Involves licensing patented technologies via contracts, now a dominant form of technology trade.