News from Foshan Daily, reported by Journalist Ni Yujie and Correspondent Liu Xueming: Top international and domestic forces join hands to help transformation of scientific and technological achievements in Foshan. Yesterday, co-sponsored by GDAS and the municipal government, the "Innovation and Technology Incubation" high-end forum was held in Foshan Torch Park. GDAS Foshan Industrial Technology Research Institute ("Foshan Research Institute") unveiled its plaque at the same time. 5 academician’s innovation achievement transformation centers and Sino-Ukrainian Science and Technology Industry Innovation Center moved in.

Xiao Renjun, President of Foshan Research Institute, introduced that the Institute would explore into how to build a new-type technology incubation system in which innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain and policy chain ("four chains") would be integrated. The focus was to provide high-end intelligent service, techfin service, incubation and cultivation service, and intellectual property services for the transformation and industrialization of scientific and technological achievements in four fields, i.e., intelligent manufacturing, electronic information, new materials, bio-health.

GDAS Foshan Industrial Technology Research Institute was inaugurated. Photo by Journalist Ni Yujie from Foshan Daily News

At the forum, Foshan Research Institute took the first step in integrating international resources by introducing the Center for the Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements. The Center was set up by Academician Zhou Chenghu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academicians Zhou Kesong, Wu Qingping and Pan Fusheng from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Academician Igor Krivtsun from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

   Liao Bing, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of GDAS, said that GDAS would provide support in all aspects to Foshan Industrial Technology Research Institute for incubation of its achievements. At present, GDAS had made certain achievements in international cooperation, and in the next step it would focus on connecting with the international science and technology resources in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and promote the industrial upgrading in Guangdong and Foshan.

 Li Xudong, Deputy Director General of the Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province, said that the Department had always attached great importance to promoting the incubation of scientific and technological achievements in the form of open cooperation, and recognized the inauguration of Foshan Research Institute and the opening of Sino-Ukrainian Science and Technology Industry Innovation Center. 

 Vice Mayor Qiao Yu said, Foshan was vigorously implementing the innovation-driven development strategy, strengthening the clustering of innovation elements and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, with an aim to build a global-oriented national innovation center for the manufacturing industry. He hoped that Foshan Research Institute could serve Foshan's development strategy, promote international scientific and technological cooperation, and explore a new path for R&D and incubation as well as integrated development of techfin industry.

5 academicians set up an innovation achievement transformation research center in Foshan

GDAS Foshan Industrial Technology Research Institute introduced international factors for the upgrading of four major industries in Foshan.

In yesterday's "Innovation and Technology Incubation" high-end forum, 4 academicians from Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering and 1 academician from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine came to Foshan with their achievements to look for ways of industrialization. These 5 academicians also set up an academician’s innovation achievement transformation center on the same day of inauguration of GDAS Foshan Industrial Technology Research Institute ("Foshan Research Institute").

Using Foshan Research Institute as a platform for linkage and the academician’s innovation achievement transformation research center as a carrier, Foshan leveraged the resources of GDAS and took a substantial step in introducing international and domestic innovation achievements for industrialization.

Introducing international scientific and technological achievements to four main industries

In September 2018, the People's Government of Foshan City and GDAS signed an agreement on establishing GDAS Foshan Industrial Technology Research Institute, with the focus on serving the development of Foshan's four main industries, including smart manufacturing, electronic information, new materials and bio-health.

"With 3 national key laboratories, 3 national engineering centers and more than 20 provincial key laboratories and engineering centers, GDAS will provide its support in all aspects, including experimental conditions and talent teams, for Foshan Industrial Technology Research Institute to incubate its achievements", said Liao Bing, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of GDAS.

 5 academicians set up their innovation achievement transformation center in Foshan Research Institute. Photo by Journalist Ni Yujie from Foshan Daily

   Xiao Renjun, President of Foshan Research Institute, introduced that, with the support from GDAS affiliated institution, Foshan Research Institute would organize national platforms related to the four major industries to set up sub-centers within the Institute. It would strive to introduce and build more than three national high-end R&D and industrialization platforms (sub-centers) in the next three years, with more than 50 enterprises in the incubator, for a cumulative output value of over 200 million yuan from the incubated and graduated enterprises and platform institutes, and be recognized as a national incubator.

With Foshan Research Institute as the link, the international innovation resources of GDAS had also been successfully introduced to contribute to Foshan's industrial upgrading. Xiao Renjun revealed that, in addition to this high-end forum, GDAS -- the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Institute Directors Forum would also be held in Foshan on August 8. "We hope to magnify the added effects of our technological strength and industrial strength in Foshan, innovatively create a model of transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and promote international scientific and technological cooperation".

 In the future, the Research Institute will deploy an innovation chain around the industrial chain to strengthen the introduction and secondary development of international advanced technologies. At the same time, it would improve the capital chain around the innovation chain, set up an incubator fund for transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and attract capital from angel investors, venture capitals, industrial funds, banks and insurance companies.

Sino-Ukrainian High-End Academician Program was industrialized in Foshan

At the forum, Chinese and Ukrainian academicians and experts explained the advanced technologies in their own research fields and expressed their expectations for industrialization of such technologies in Foshan.

” Igor Krivtsun, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, introduced that the advanced technology from the Paton Institute of the Academy of Sciences had been applied to space technology, pipeline welding and underwater welding, and also applied to high-frequency welding in living organisms. "Our welding technology has been contributing to China's high-speed railway construction, and the high-frequency welding technology has also been applied to living organisms in more than 30,000 surgery operations in Ukraine."

Igor Krivtsun said, Foshan was an industrialized city, which had a great demand for welding and new materials. The two sides were discussing on a project for cooperation in the field of welding. He believed that both parties could give play to their own strengths to produce greater effects. He suggested that Foshan and Ukraine could set up a two-way laboratory for regular project development and communication and for promotion of project industrialization.

Sergii Akhonin, Academician in Communications from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, mainly introduced the research and development achievement in new-type titanium melting. This achievement could be used in aircraft manufacturing and chemical equipment manufacturing. Volodymyr Korzhyk, Director of the Paton Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, presented 4 advanced plasma technologies, including the plasma arc hardening technology, which could significantly improve the wear resistance of tracks and reduce wear to the wheels.

Igor Krivtsun, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, introduced the advanced welding technology. Photo by Ni Yujie, journalist from Foshan Daily

” Zhou Chenghu, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, presented the Cloud Nest, the first-generation drone nest independently developed by his team. Based on 5G, artificial intelligence and big data, the Cloud Nest incorporated several technologies to enable auto-piloting, self-replacement of battery and unattended operation. It could use in for patrol inspection of power substation, waterway and river. "Foshan has a well-established manufacturing industry. The production of Cloud Nest also requires strong technological support, such as welding technology support. I believe it can be well integrated with Foshan's industries and its mass production can be realized as soon as possible."

The team of Wu Qingping, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, had established a large database of microbial safety and health science in China. He wished to build a Foshan-based international technology innovation center for microbial safety and health in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Pan Fusheng, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, had made many original achievements in new materials and new processes related to magnesium alloy, aluminum alloy plate foil and forging, iron-based tools and materials. He believed that the new energy vehicles would lead to a dramatically increasing demand for magnesium alloy parts in recent years.

With the establishment of the Academician’s Innovation Achievement Transformation Research Center, the industrialization and application of many of the above projects are likely to happen in Foshan and drive the upgrading of the industrial chain, thereby promoting related industries in Foshan to move forward to the mid- and high-end of the value chain.

Source | Foshan Daily  http://www.fsonline.com.cn/p/266402.html

Text | Journalists: Ni Yujie, Gao Huichao  Correspondent: Liu Xueming

 Editor | He Xinhong