"Crowdfunding Research" helps to jointly tackle common technological challenges in the industry, targeting the leading area! Pudong unveiling and commanding platform adds new practices
"Although we develop new varieties every year, the factory, as a single link in the supply chain, is relatively weak in research and development capabilities. This time, under the leadership of the Yangtze River Delta National Technology Innovation Center, through crowdfunding mode, we are working together to solve problems and connect upstream and downstream enterprises, which greatly helps the industrial chain to produce more functional products." On September 8th, Chen Yiren, the assistant to the president of Jiangsu Zhongyuan Industrial Group Co., Ltd., specially rushed to the Yangtze River Delta National Technology Innovation Center located in Zhangjiang, Pudong to participate in an important signing.
On the Pudong Public Service Platform, the Yangtze River Delta National Technology Innovation Center has organized crowdfunding research to help four upstream and downstream enterprises in the textile industry find technological solutions. On September 8th, the Yangtze River Delta National Innovation Center, in collaboration with four listed companies, signed a cooperative research and development agreement for recycled composite functional fiber materials with the unveiling party, Jicui Advanced Fiber Materials Research Institute Co., Ltd. The research and development results will be jointly owned by the participating companies and the unveiling party.
Crowdfunding research generally refers to the research and development of a research project through multi-party fundraising. This research method is quite common in the United States and Western Europe, such as the Welding Institute in the UK and the Polymer Research Institute in the Netherlands, which have multiple successful cases of crowdfunding to solve common industry problems. This model not only solves the funding needs in the research and development process, but also facilitates the efficient transformation of research and development results, greatly improving research and development efficiency.
The first "crowdfunding research" project on Pudong's flagship platform will focus on the research and development of recycled composite functional fiber materials.
Regenerated composite functional fiber materials are composite fabrics that integrate multiple functions such as UV resistance, instant cooling, moisture absorption and quick drying, and antibacterial properties, and have broad market prospects. At present, there are fiber products with single function in both domestic and international markets, but fabrics that combine multiple functions are still a common problem in the textile industry.
The reason lies in the fact that the development of this material involves a long time, high technical difficulties, and covers multiple processes in the industrial chain, such as masterbatch granulation, fiber drawing, spinning and weaving, and finished clothing products. It involves multiple upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, and relying solely on the capabilities of a single enterprise cannot carry out the entire process of research and production.
There is a huge demand in the market, and it is difficult for a single enterprise to complete. Technology requires collaborative research and development between upstream and downstream enterprises. Through long-term research, the Yangtze River Delta National Innovation Center has keenly discovered the common needs of the material industry for recycled composite functional fiber materials. Through multiple enterprise exchanges, expert discussions, and demonstrations, the professional team of the National Innovation Center has reorganized and refined the technical difficulties. Combining with the development status of the Yangtze River Delta industry, the center has organized and selected four upstream and downstream enterprises in the industry - Shanghai Jialinjie Textile Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai Defulan New Material Technology Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Zhongyuan Industrial Group Co., Ltd., and Suzhou Baolidi Material Technology Co., Ltd. - to solve this technical problem through "crowdfunding research". Four companies and the National Technology Center of the Yangtze River Delta jointly invested and released the rankings on the Pudong Jiebang Shuai platform, seeking solutions.
After the official launch, with the active promotion and coordination of the National Innovation Center, after multiple rounds of technical scheme screening, Jicui Advanced Fiber Materials Research Institute Co., Ltd. successfully unveiled the list and will carry out project research and development according to the agreed technical scheme and implementation plan.
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Yang Qidong, Deputy General Manager of Shanghai Jialinjie Textile Technology Co., Ltd., said, "We hope that under the organization of the National Innovation Center, this material can be industrialized as soon as possible, help us develop more high-value products and markets, and promote the development and growth of the enterprise."
As a production link, Jiangsu Zhongyuan Industrial Group Co., Ltd. has been specializing in the development of recycled fiber materials. After participating in crowdfunding research, it has reduced the risk and financial pressure of independent research and development. "The pressure on research and development investment has been reduced. Once the technology is developed, it will shape new momentum and advantages for the development of enterprises," said Chen Yiren.
By delving deep into the industrial chain to find common needs for enterprise research and development, the Yangtze River Delta National Technology Innovation Center has explored a new cooperation model and mechanism for centralized sorting and joint tackling of major common industrial problems.
Tan Ruicong, Deputy Director of the Yangtze River Delta National Innovation Center and Secretary of the Party Committee of the Shanghai Third Research Institute, said that we actively explore innovative research and development organizational models, collect common industry problems through crowdfunding research, and use the Pudong New Area public service platform to accurately and efficiently assist upstream and downstream enterprises in the industry to connect innovative resources, find technological solutions, and explore new joint research and development mechanisms for risk sharing and win-win cooperation towards common industry technical problems. This not only reduces enterprise research and development costs and improves research and development efficiency, but also effectively bridges the cooperation channel between scientific research and the market. He stated that in the future, the National Innovation Center will further strengthen its advantages in resource integration, face industrial needs and common problems of enterprises, continuously strengthen collaborative innovation between industry, academia, research and application, promote deep integration of technology and industry, build an open innovation cooperation mechanism with open resources, shared risks, and shared benefits, and gather stronger joint forces to support high-quality development of industries.
Since its launch in January this year, the Pudong New Area Public Service Platform has been actively exploring innovative mechanisms, promoting key technological breakthroughs, and promoting the efficient transformation of research and development achievements together with the Yangtze River Delta National Innovation Center.
The relevant person in charge of the Science and Technology Commission of Pudong New Area stated that the "unveiling and leading" platform is an important stage and cooperation space for the two-way flow of scientific and technological innovation demand and high-quality technology supply. We welcome and encourage various innovative entities from industry, academia, research and application to produce new scientific research organizational models through the platform, help promote breakthroughs in key core technologies, and promote more enterprise demand solutions and achievement transfer and transformation. Pudong New Area will further improve the incentive mechanism to support the construction of the unveiling and leadership platform, and build a sound innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem to support the construction of Pudong Leading Zone.
Text: Yang Zhenying
Official WeChat from Pudong
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