On August 23, the establishment ceremony and the first meeting of the Technical Management Committee of the Science and Innovation Joint Research Center of China Chemical Seventh Chemical Construction - State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, and the Engineering Innovation Joint Research Center of China Chemical Seventh Chemical Construction - Quzhou Resource Chemical Innovation Institute were held with great pomp in Beijing. Academicians He Mingyuan, Tian He, Xu Chunming (on behalf), Yuan Yingjin, Tang Zhiyong, and Duan Xue attended; Liu Guiqin, Secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Deng Zhaojing, member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of China National Chemical Corporation, Long Haiyang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China National Chemical Engineering Seventh Construction Co., Ltd., and Lv Liang, Vice Chairman of Quzhou Municipal Political Consultative Conference and Director of the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, delivered speeches; over 50 representatives from relevant units such as China National Chemical Engineering Group, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China National Chemical Engineering Seventh Construction Co., Ltd., National Key Laboratory for the Effective Utilization of Chemical Resources, Quzhou Municipal Talent Office, Quzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Quzhou Municipal Investment Promotion Center, Quzhou Municipal Qujiang District, and Quzhou Resource Chemical Innovation Institute, witnessed the establishment ceremony together.
Secretary Liu Guiqin reviewed the cooperation process between Beijing University of Chemical Technology and China National Chemical Corporation in his speech, expressing hope that the joint research center can fully exert the advantages of both parties, focus on major national needs, carry out frontier basic scientific research and advanced technology research and engineering research, strengthen exchanges and cooperation with internationally renowned scientific research institutions, provide strong support for the transformation and upgrading of China's chemical industry, and become a source of new quality productive forces, a talent training base, and a high-end think-tank in the chemical industry.
Deputy General Manager Deng Zhaojing pointed out that China National Chemical's achievements in scientific and technological innovation are due to close exchanges and cooperation with universities and scientific research institutions. He hopes that the next step in cooperation will fully exert the advantages of all parties, focus on in-depth exchanges and cooperation in the fields of green energy development, high-end chemical manufacturing, and circular economy, continuously conquer key technologies, strengthen industrial layout for revitalization, and accelerate the cultivation of new quality productive forces to make greater contributions to the high-quality development of the chemical industry.
Chairman Long Haiyang stated that the establishment of the joint research center is a vivid practice of implementing the decision of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party to strengthen enterprise-led in-depth integration of industry, academia, and research. The next step will promote the collision of wisdom and close cooperation among all parties, conduct in-depth cooperative research, continuously conquer key technologies, make up for shortcomings and promote development, and join hands to start a new journey in the high altitude of science.
Vice Chairman Lv Liang introduced the foundation of Quzhou's chemical industry and measures for scientific and technological innovation, expressing deep gratitude to Academician Duan Xue for his dedication and personal efforts to accelerate the construction of the Quzhou Resource Chemical Innovation Institute. He stated that the establishment of the joint research center by the three parties in Quzhou, carrying out pilot scale-up, industrial transformation, and application promotion of new products and new technologies, is a fortunate event and opportunity for Quzhou. Quzhou will definitely create better conditions and be a strong backing for the cooperation of the three parties. At the same time, he extended a sincere invitation to the academicians and experts present to visit Quzhou for discussion and cooperation.At the meeting, an unveiling ceremony was held. Song Yufly, Director of the National Key Laboratory, and Huang Junbin, Chief Engineer of Seventh Chemical Construction, unveiled the Science and Innovation Joint Research Center, and Wu Xinjun, General Manager of the New Material Research Institute of Seventh Chemical Construction, and Zhou Xin, Executive Dean of the Quzhou Resource Chemical Innovation Institute, unveiled the Engineering Innovation Joint Research Center.
The first meeting of the Technical Management Committee of the joint research center was chaired by Academician Duan Xue. The meeting announced the members of the Technical Management Committee of the two joint research centers and reviewed and approved the management methods of the joint research center and the project guide for 2024.In his summary, Academician Duan Xue pointed out that with the in-depth advancement of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, collaborative innovation has become a trend, and promoting cooperation between industry, academia, and research has increasingly become the key to innovative development. The establishment of the two joint research centers is a response to the trend and a proactive action. The cooperation between China Chemical Seventh Chemical Construction Company, the National Key Laboratory, and the Quzhou Resource Chemical Innovation Institute is progressing quickly and efficiently. The next step will be for the National Key Laboratory and the Quzhou Resource Chemical Innovation Institute to fully leverage their advantages in basic research and engineering innovation, to join forces with China Chemical Seventh Chemical Construction Company, and strive to achieve broader, deeper, and more effective collaborative development, and work together to promote the chemical industry towards a direction of refinement, greenness, high technology, high efficiency, and high added value.
The establishment of the joint research center marks a new level of cooperation and opens a new situation of collaborative research and win-win development among industry, academia, and research. The next step will take this as a new starting point, continue to resonate and move in the same direction, jointly build the joint research center into a new model of industry-academia-research cooperation in the new era, create more experiences for the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talents, and contribute scientific and technological strength to the high-quality development of the chemical industry and the advancement of Chinese-style modernization.