Shanxi Daily new media reporter Liu Yan reports: Have you ever seen clothes, cars, and electrical appliances made from corn? Taking apart the "original building blocks" of nature and rebuilding them in a way that is more suitable for people's needs is the magic of synthetic biology. On September 2, the 2022 Taiyuan Energy Low-Carbon Development Forum Synthetic Biology Industry-The Best Path to Achieve Carbon Neutrality Forum was held in Taiyuan. With the theme of "reshaping human low-carbon life with bio-intelligent manufacturing", many scientists, professors and investors jointly discussed the cutting-edge technologies of synthetic biology and focused on the two major topics of bio-industry investment and policy, and synthetic bio-industry technology and innovation. Comprehensive supporting reforms for resource-based economic transformation to achieve the goal of carbon peak carbon neutrality explore the best path.
The Synthetic Biology Industry Forum was held in Taiyuan
Today, synthetic biology has become a "must compete" for industrial development in various countries around the world. Countries have raised the development of bio-economy to a strategic level and actively introduced policies related to synthetic biology. . In the speeches of many technical experts and investors in the biotechnology industry at this forum, they all mentioned the "14th Five-Year Plan for Bioeconomy Development" issued by the National Development and Reform Commission on May 10, 2022.
"Synthetic biology has achieved a series of major breakthroughs in the fields of gene synthesis, gene editing , protein structure intelligent design, etc. This has made it possible for biological manufacturing to achieve industrialization and compete with fossil raw materials in terms of cost. "In a keynote speech titled "Technology and Innovation in the Synthetic Biology Industry", Liu Xiucai, Chairman of Shanghai Cathay Biological Co., Ltd., said that the synthetic biology industry is a blue ocean industry with a large market scale, multiple application scenarios, and sufficient development potential.
"Shanxi Synthetic Biology Industry Ecological Park will become a major practice in exploring the replacement of fossil raw materials with synthetic biological materials and achieving a million-ton industrial scale." Liu Xiucai introduced that Shanxi has identified the synthetic biology industry chain as one of the key industrial chains, and will Sai bio-based polyamide series monomer and polymer materials are listed as core projects for support. Shanxi Comprehensive Reform Demonstration Zone has invested 20 billion yuan in the construction of industrial park projects, equipped with complete infrastructure and industrial policies.
industry collaboration, the development of the whole chain is particularly important. Dr. Yang Chen, Vice President of Cathay Biotechnology, and Dr. Guan Bing, Chief Materials Scientist, also mentioned in "Kaisa Biomaterials Research and Industrialization Research": Each industrialized technology has gone through a research and development process of more than 10 years. New biological materials The application has higher requirements on technology and cost. Large-scale production and the core competitiveness of new biological materials require the support of the downstream industry chain.
"Since Cathay invested in Shanxi, everyone has also focused on Shanxi." Zang Huiqing, vice president of Cathay Biotech, introduced that after the project landed in Shanxi in 2020, Cathay Biotech is also actively recruiting investment in upstream and downstream industries. "At present, A number of upstream and downstream industrial chain companies have settled in Shanxi, which can provide bio-manufacturing services for synthetic biology. Allocate resources for the downstream development of manufactured products. In the future, we also hope to connect with more Shanxi companies and apply products to more industries.”
Many experts and scholars gave wonderful speeches
Shanxi, as a resource-based economic province, can realize Carbon peak carbon neutrality is of great significance. In recent years, our province has deeply promoted the pilot comprehensive reform of energy revolution, vigorously developed new energy and renewable energy, and developed and expanded strategic emerging industries. This year, the provincial party committee and the provincial government focused on building a modern industrial system with Shanxi characteristics and established 10 key development industrial chains to promote the clustered and large-scale development of strategic emerging industries. Synthetic biology greatly reduces carbon emissions and is more in line with the requirements of green and low-carbon development. It is one of the key industrial chains in our province.
Shanxi Comprehensive Reform Demonstration Zone, as the vanguard of the province's resource-based economic transformation and development, is committed to promoting the development of the synthetic biology industry, striving to build a synthetic biology industry ecological park, and utilizing a series of world-leading products independently developed by Cathay Biotech in the field of biomanufacturing. Industrialization technology, planning and construction of large-scale biomaterials industry clusters, and based on the construction of industrial ecological parks, gathering relevant advantageous resources across the country, and striving to build a 100-billion-level synthetic biology industry cluster, initially taking shape.
"Synthetic biology in Shanxi Comprehensive Reform Demonstration Zone has achieved certain results. I believe there will be new breakthroughs in scientific research, innovation and industrial development in the future." According to Wang Qiang, executive partner of Shanghai Xintong Investment Management Center, Shanxi's resources are concentrated , with strong government support and complete supporting facilities, there will be great potential for the development of synthetic biology. After the
forum, the guests went to the Synthetic Biology Industrial Ecological Park to observe. Currently, in the industrial ecological park, the world's first bio-based sebacic acid production line with an annual output of 40,000 tons is about to be officially put into operation. The world's first bio-based polyamide production line with an annual output of 900,000 tons is under full construction and is expected to be launched in 2023. It will be completed and put into operation in the year. The completion of the industrial ecological park and the comprehensive promotion and application of bio-based new material products in our province will drive the green and low-carbon transformation and development of our province's coal, transportation, spinning and clothing industries, and help our province's bio-economic development to be at the forefront of the country .
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