In order to conquer the common key technologies in the field of new fiber materials in China, Shenghong Holding Group and Donghua University took the lead in establishing an advanced functional fiber innovation center, which became the 13th national manufacturing innovation center in China and the first national manufacturing innovation center in Jiangsu, as well as the first national manufacturing innovation center in China led by private enterprises.
Over the past two years, the center has broken through the fiber interface processing technology, made a green breakthrough in antimony-free and flame-retardant polyester fiber preparation technology, innovated and organized the scientific research of safety and protective fibers, led the formulation of a key technological innovation roadmap, formed the core competitiveness in China's advanced functional fiber field, created a world-class "gathering place" of innovative resources, and added the "strongest brain" to the industrial integration of the Yangtze River Delta.
Walking into the National Advanced Functional Fiber Innovation Center in Shengze Town, and seeing the results of the center's independent innovation in the past two years in the exhibition hall, brings on a high-tech visual feast. Therein, fiber interface treatment technology integrates the technical resources of colleges and universities, and develops all-matting polyester FDY and POY special oil agents to realize the independent control of domestic oil agents to break the monopoly of foreign chemical fiber oil agents; flame-retardant fibers conquer the key common core technologies of the industry, realize the large-scale production and application demonstration of products, form independent intellectual property rights, ensure industrial safety, and improve international competitiveness; antimony-free fiber technology replaces antimony catalysts titanium catalysts, solves environmental pollution, provides strong support for the healthy development of the industry, and also forms a complete technical system for high-end industrial textiles and functional textile new materials. A number of key core technologies have made breakthroughs and entered the stage of achievement transformation, achieving a historic breakthrough of China's new fiber materials known as "from 0 to 1".
In this regard, Miao Hangen, chairman of Shenghong Holding Group, the leading unit of the National Advanced Functional Fiber Innovation Center, summarized the "three major systems": focusing on new functional fiber materials, high-end fiber materials and textiles, cutting-edge fiber new materials, etc., the innovation center has established a technological innovation supply system supported by "key laboratories", "pilot bases", "national textile testing centers", etc.; the number of shareholder units has increased from 9 to 14, and the number of innovation alliance units has increased from 15 to 133, covering the complete industrial chain for domestic textile fiber, and building a collaborative innovation system of in-depth cooperation between industry, academia, research and application. At the same time, the innovation center aims at advanced functional fibers and information, machinery, biology and other disciplines, carries out technological breakthroughs and cross-integration, as well as a series of capacity building, and exploration of the construction of an integrated innovation system.
The construction of these three systems realizes full coverage from point to point, from single link to industrial ecology, provides cross-field key common technology research and development, engineering verification and industrialization support for the industry, lays a solid foundation for strengthening the strategic scientific and technological strength in the field of advanced functional fibers, and also adds strong momentum to seize the development initiative and improve the core competitiveness of China's advanced functional fiber industry.
Recently, Fan Shujian, deputy director of the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at the Advanced Fiber New Materials Science and Technology Innovation and High-quality Development Forum held by the National Advanced Functional Fiber Innovation Center that in the past two years, the innovation center has made much effort and achieved many results in improving the core competitiveness of China's new fiber materials. From the industrialization of chemical fiber oil agent, the research and development of antimony-free fiber and flame-retardant fiber and other key common technologies to the construction of collaborative innovation public service platforms, and from the implementation of capacity building for technology development, testing and verification, pilot incubation, achievement transformation, investment and financing and talent training, to a blueprint for sustainable development in the future. With the continuous promotion of the planning of the National Advanced Functional Fiber Innovation Center, the innovation and development of China's fiber materials has achieved remarkable results.
At the same time, Wujiang, where the National Advanced Functional Fiber Innovation Center is located, also provides a good environment for industrial innovation. Why can the center develop so fast and well? Every step cannot be separated from the strong support of the Party Committee and the government as well as the good business environment. Mei Feng, chairman of the National Advanced Functional Fiber Innovation Center, said that in recent years, Wujiang has made every effort to promote institutional innovation and policy innovation, continuously optimize the "ecological system conducive to innovation", help the innovation center to create an innovative application ecology with the "key technology innovation roadmap" as the traction, and complete the "butterfly change" of the cross-border collaborative innovation ecological chain, forming the "strongest brain" to support the development of innovation. The innovative energy level and innovative vitality have been continuously enhanced, and the international monopoly has been continuously broken in the core technologies of microfibers and other fields, forming a number of major original achievements with independent intellectual property rights.
In the face of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and a longer-term complex international environment, how will the innovation center develop? We will build an innovation center for sustainable development through the three major innovations of institutional innovation, capability innovation and mechanism innovation, the four supports of alliances, scientific research institutes, small and medium-sized enterprises, universities, and the five functions of common key technology research and development, product development and standards, display and application promotion, achievement transformation and enterprise incubation, talent gathering and cultivation. Wang Yuping, director of the National Advanced Functional Fiber Innovation Center, is full of confidence in the future development of the innovation center.
In order to break through key core technologies, break foreign monopolies, and promote the innovation and development of the whole textile industry chain through the innovation of chemical fiber materials, the center also outlines a "Key Technology Innovation Roadmap". The innovation center should give full play to its own advantages and strive to become a booster to lead the continuous innovation of China's advanced functional fiber industry by 2025, and support the industry to achieve international competitive advantages. By 2030, it should become the top innovation institution in the world's advanced functional fiber industry, support the industry to lead the international industry development, further expand the research content, focus on the entire textile industry’s weak links, and finally fully embrace the research content of the textile industry. Under Yu Jianyong, president of Donghua University and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, this is his description of the bright future of the Innovation Center.
