Since being listed as a coastal open city in the early 1980s, Ningbo has become a trendsetter in the wave of reform and opening up, depicting a vivid chapter in China’s grand blueprint for reform and opening up with its leapfrog development.
If the reform and opening up have enabled Ningbo to enter the fast lane of sustained economic development, then technological innovation is the accelerator that allows Ningbo to maintain a leading advantage in this development race.
Whoever seizes the key nodes of technological core technology development can occupy a leading position in the tide of innovative development. Currently, technological innovation is becoming an important growth mode for the development of the Ningbo region. Ningbo is standing at the forefront of the technology trend, seizing new opportunities for industrial transformation with the hard power of technological innovation.
New Material Research and Development “Yong” Achieves Excellence
On September 10th, at the construction site of the 500 kV Zhejiang Zhoushan Continental Interconnection Project on Jintang Island, the world’s highest transmission tower with a height of 380 meters was sprayed with graphene modified heavy-duty anti-corrosion power grid coating.
The anti-corrosion ‘black technology’ used in this world-class project is a new type of graphene heavy-duty anti-corrosion coating developed by Ningbo Materials Institute. Researcher Pu Jibin from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, revealed that this new coating has characteristics such as strong aging resistance and salt spray resistance, which can significantly extend the anti-corrosion life of painted buildings. The coating of this new type of anti-corrosion coating can slow down metal corrosion of transmission towers on islands in environments with high humidity and salinity, ensuring that the internal structure is not damaged. As a result, the protective life of the entire transmission tower can be increased by more than 6 years, reducing the frequency of maintenance and repair, and thereby improving the power supply reliability of important interconnection lines between Ningbo and Zhoushan
Pu Jibin said that the key technical index of this graphene modified heavy anti-corrosion coating, salt spray resistance, has a service life of more than 6000 hours, which is at the international leading level, and has been successfully applied in power grid, chemical industry, marine equipment and other fields, which is expected to guarantee China’s major engineering equipment and infrastructure construction of the “the Belt and Road”, and serve to support national security and marine economic development strategy.
With the precise “drip irrigation” of financial capital, Ningbo Materials Institute, located in the core area of Yongjiang Science and Technology Innovation Corridor, has realized graphene based heavy anti-corrosive coating, large size diamond single crystal, amorphous soft tape, graphene industrialization, key medical CT materials, neural rehabilitation robot 39 achievements with significant application prospects, such as bio based heat-resistant polylactic acid materials, have entered the “industry gate” from the “research gate”.
Create the first domestic carat grade diamond production line; Concentrate on building a “Chinese core” of nuclear medicine imaging equipment; Taking the lead in developing lithium-ion batteries with the highest energy density and individual capacity in China… Through a series of national level scientific and technological achievements transfer and transformation, Ningbo Materials Institute has incubated and transformed 30 start-up enterprises, adding an annual sales revenue of 30 billion yuan to social enterprises. Zhejiang Province Stone, led by Ningbo Materials Institute.The innovation center for graphene manufacturing industry aims to break through key common and cutting-edge technologies in the graphene industry, promote the commercial application of graphene, and build a national level graphene manufacturing innovation center with international leading level and leading graphene technology innovation and industrial development as the goal, adding innovation momentum and vitality to the development of emerging industries in Zhejiang Province.
Xie Kaifeng, Director of the Technology Transfer Department of the Ningbo Institute of Materials, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that as a new research institution jointly established with Ningbo City in the strategic layout adjustment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo Institute of Materials focuses on solving the transformation from “scientific research” to “technology” and exploring the establishment of mechanisms conducive to the production and industrialization of innovative achievements. In recent years, Ningbo Materials Institute has always adhered to the strategic positioning of “transforming technology into productivity”, continuously nurtured new driving forces for the high-quality development of local economy and society, and vigorously promoted local cooperation work. Over the past 5 years, Ningbo Materials Institute has achieved a total of 529 collaborations with enterprises. Talent is an inexhaustible driving force for development. The institute has trained 980 technical talents of various types for enterprises, and provided 1500 technical training, services, and consulting services to society and enterprises, effectively promoting the transformation and upgrading of local enterprises in Ningbo.
Resource Agglomeration and Innovation Tide “Yong”
The Industrial Innovation Service Complex is a new carrier based on the Industrial Innovation Public Service Platform, gathering various innovative resources and providing full chain services for the innovative development of small and medium-sized enterprises.
At the beginning of this year, the list of the first batch of industrial innovation service complexes in the province was released, and Ningbo was listed, becoming the only city in the province to create industrial innovation service complexes in the field of new materials. As a result, the new material full chain innovation service system is cultivated here, and the trillion level new material industry momentum is activated, and a new model for the ecological development of the new material industry is launched accordingly.
The Ningbo New Materials Industry Innovation Service Complex is established based on the Ningbo High tech Zone (New Materials Technology City), gathering various innovative elements for the development of the new materials industry. With the establishment of a diversified innovation service platform, it provides a full chain of services for local small and medium-sized enterprises, including research and development, inspection and testing, entrepreneurship incubation, achievement transformation, and technology services. Our goal is to basically build into a comprehensive new material service innovation complex with strong industrial collaborative innovation ability, open service level, and industrial cultivation ability by 2020. In the future, it will drive the formation of a trillion level new material industry cluster, significantly improving the international competitiveness of China’s new material industry. “The relevant person in charge of the New Materials Science and Technology City Management Committee stated that currently, the Science and Technology City has gathered one-third of Ningbo’s key scientific research institutions, Gathering over 70000 talents of various types, possessing the innovative strength, vitality, and potential to create a high-level complex..The new area has established the first collaborative innovation platform for new materials industry, academia, and research – Ningbo New Materials Joint Research Institute, along with high-end research and development institutions such as the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Ningbo Institute of New Materials at the University of Nottingham, as well as key enterprise research and development centers such as the Intelligent New Materials Research Institute and the Novartis Pharmaceuticals New Materials Research Institute, forming a platform for creativity, incubation, research and development, transformation, acceleration A full chain technology service system from industrialization to marketization.
The Optoelectronic Display Engineering Technology Center of Ningbo New Materials Joint Research Institute, jointly established by the Management Committee of the New Materials Technology City and Jizhi Technology, has collaborated with Nanjing University of Technology to focus on scientific research and industrialization research on the common and key technologies in the field of optoelectronic display materials. Ningbo Lumilan New Materials Co., Ltd., introduced by the center, specially appointed Huang Wei, an academician of the CAS Member, as the chief scientist. It was founded by Chen Zhikuan, a professor of Nanjing University of Technology. Now it has become one of the leading OLED materials enterprises in China. It is estimated that by 2020, the sales will increase from 50 million yuan in 2018 to 500 million yuan.
Looking at new materials coming to Ningbo is the slogan and goal of Ningbo High tech Zone. “The relevant person in charge stated that as one of the first seven national high-tech industrial bases for new materials industry in China, Ningbo New Materials Science and Technology City has played a positive role in promoting the agglomeration of Ningbo’s new materials industry, deepening cooperation among various regions in the new materials industry chain, and radiating and driving high-quality development of regional economy.
Climbing the Peak of Intelligent Manufacturing “Yong”
At present, the world’s major manufacturing developed countries are vigorously promoting intelligent manufacturing technology. With the implementation of the “Made in China 2025” strategy, intelligent manufacturing is positioned as the main direction of China’s manufacturing industry. The person in charge of Ningbo National High tech Zone stated that vigorously developing new materials and intelligent manufacturing will play a significant role in promoting the development of intelligent economy and revitalizing the real economy in Ningbo.
On September 12th last year, the 67th Frankfurt Auto Show, one of the world’s five major auto shows, opened at the Frankfurt Exhibition Center in Germany. At this highly anticipated global automotive exhibition, Junsheng Electronics from Ningbo surprised everyone with its concept product of a multi module new center console, which was favored by many OEMs. This concept product contains a touch based central operating system, which follows the advanced HMI technologies such as keyless entry, 3D real glass, handwriting input, gesture recognition, etc. The highlight is that it integrates advanced active feedback technology, retains the driver’s smartphone usage habits, and can realize human-computer interaction feedback response through the tactile and acoustic senses of the car operator. This concept product represents the future development direction and trend of intelligent driving, “said the person in charge of Junsheng..The Spyder is a top-notch sports car, and its creative center console is made by Junsheng Electronics. This center console is comparable to an “intelligent driving brain” and can control multiple functions, including air conditioning equipment and multimedia. By performing actions similar to operating a smartphone, with the help of the sliding of the index finger, the displayed content can be moved around in the center of the touch screen or the navigation map can be zoomed in and out.
With advanced innovative design, production manufacturing, and quality management, Junsheng Electronics has become a long-term partner of global automakers such as BMW, Mercedes Benz, Audi, Volkswagen, General Motors, Ford, Honda, and Toyota, and has repeatedly won the Outstanding Supplier Award from automakers such as Porsche, Volkswagen, and General Motors. At present, Junsheng Electronics, headquartered in Ningbo, has over 60000 employees in 30 countries worldwide, three core R&D centers, over 3500 core engineering and R&D personnel, and independently owns over 1500 patents. It possesses core technologies in the fields of automotive safety and electronics.
At present, in the Ningbo High tech Zone, in addition to Junsheng Electronics, a large number of advantageous enterprises such as Jizhi Technology and Yunsheng are highly concentrated. High tech industry projects such as Tuoban Intelligence, Ganfeng Lithium Industry, and Lubao Bridge Pavement New Materials have joined, and a total of 15 academicians have established enterprises or research teams in the park..6 trillion yuan, with a profit of 126.4 billion yuan, both ranking first in Zhejiang Province.
Tidemakers stand up towards the waves, holding the red flag in their hands without getting wet. Standing at a new historical starting point, Ningbo “Yong” stands at the forefront, holding the “flag” of innovation, following the “tide” of the times, and bravely becoming a “trendsetter” of technological innovation.
(Source: Zhejiang Daily)