caltech, stanford university, and three of our public universities, not least of which the university is a stone's throw away. uc-berkeley campus. we're proud of the state but we also recognize we have challenges and we need to lean into the world we're living in. this today is an example of leading in and i am grateful to all of you for your participation. and vice minister, we are honored to have you out here in our state in this wonderful city and we look forward to many visits over many years. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, lieutenant governor. of course, the best for last. the hon. vice minister of commerce to the podium, please. [applause] >> lt. governor newsom, mayor lee, counsel general, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. it is a great pleasure for me to be here to attend this seminar, " organized -- let me give a special thanks to the previous speakers who gave very warm and remarkable remarks. i would like to give special thanks to the state government of california and the municipal government of san francisco. i think without your help, this forum for the

that could impact us here and down the state at caltech. just to complete this trifecta, community colleges have taken some big hits in the budget cuts in california. yet, in a contradictory way, many people at the national level, including president obama, talk about them as being the backbone of the economy. what is your position on higher education and its funding and the path forward for students who are in a lot of debt. brownley: higher education is so, so very important. california is the eighth or ninth largest economy in the world because of a superior public education -- and university education. cal lutheran, other private institutions, they share in all of this in california. it is the investment in science and research. it couldn't be more important um, the university of california, the research on renewable energies, other new technologies, i said earlier in the debate this is the backbone of california's economy. at the federal level we must absolutely invest in science and new research. this spurs new industries and economic