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HTML
<div id="original"><input type="text" id="test" value="value"/><br><select id="tselect"><option value="1">1</option><option value="2" selected>2</option></select></div>
<ul><li id="moveto"></li></ul>
JavaScript
var content = $("#original").html();
$(content).each(function () {
if (this.nodeName == 'INPUT') $(this).val('');
if (this.nodeName == 'SELECT') $(this).children('option').prop('selected','');
$("#moveto").append(this);
});