Facing the world, the world pays attention, and creates the future | The "International Year of Glass" International Engineering Science and Technology Strategy High-end Forum was held

On January 7, sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Chinese Ceramic Society, and China National Building Materials Group, and organized by the Department of Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Shenzhen Municipal Development and Reform Commission, the Shenzhen Longhua District Party Committee and Government, and the National Glass New Materials Innovation Center, the "International Year of Glass" International Engineering Science and Technology Strategic High-end Forum was held in Shenzhen. The theme of the forum is "Celebrating the Past, Present and Future of Glass, Creating a Sustainable, Fair and Better Tomorrow", aiming to build a high-level and high-level exchange platform around the "four aspects", promote the construction of the "Belt and Road" and the new development pattern of "dual circulation", lead the direction of the development of engineering science and technology, and provide strategic advice for the development of relevant fields of the country.

Li Zhongping, member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Yu Gang, Member of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of Guangdong Province, Rehard Clydett, President of the International Glass Association, Gan Yong, former Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Director of the National Expert Advisory Committee for the Development of New Materials Industry, and Jin Zhanping, Vice President of the Chinese Ceramic Society, attended the conference and delivered speeches; Yue Qingrui, Zhang Pingxiang, Zhou Ji, Shan Zhongde, Zhang Liqun, Shen Zhengchang, Jiang Tao, Yang Weimin, Ying Hanjie, Deng Longjiang, Peng Shou and others attended the event. Liu Jianhua, Vice President of China Building Materials Federation, Zhang Baiheng, President of China Building Glass and Industrial Glass Association, Lou Yanfeng, Member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission, Yang Bin, Vice President of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Ni Zewang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Shenzhen Innovation Investment Group Co., Ltd., Wu Chengtie, Deputy Director and Researcher of Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Han Gaorong, Director of Ningbo Science and Technology Innovation Center of Zhejiang University, Liu Gang, Deputy Mayor of Yuxi Municipal People's Government of Yunnan Province, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Bengbu High-tech Zone, Anhui Province, Chen Changlin, director of the Management Committee, Wang Yong, deputy secretary and head of Nanhai District Party Committee of Foshan City, Guangdong Province, Qin Weimin, secretary of Dongyuan County Party Committee of Heyuan City, Guangdong Province, and other relevant government association leaders, experts and scholars, heads of well-known universities and enterprises, heads of financial institutions, and major central and local media attended the meeting to exchange and discuss the development trend of new glass materials and cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements in the field of new materials.

Peng Shou presided over the opening ceremony of the conference and delivered a speech, Zhou Yu presided over the keynote speech, and Zhang Pingxiang and Wang Yuzhong presided over the academic report. Qin Shi, member of the party group and second-level inspector of the Shenzhen Municipal Development and Reform Commission, made a masterpiece to promote the business environment in Shenzhen.

In his speech, Peng Shou pointed out that the "International Year of Glass" International Engineering Science and Technology Strategy High-end Forum of the Chinese Academy of Engineering is a global event, a world-renowned event, and a grand event to create the future, creating a platform for the global glass industry to discuss and cooperate, a platform for discussing development in the field of materials, and a platform for emerging industries to seek the future, and opening a new journey of high-quality development of new materials. Materials create a better world, and glass leads a better life. The United Nations officially approved 2022 as the "International Year of Glass", which further promoted the cross-border, interdisciplinary and cross-field integration of glass and materials, and ushered in the spring of glass development. The next 20 years will be 20 years of change in China's engineering science and technology, I believe that with the joint efforts of academicians, experts, leaders and colleagues, we will be able to join hands to enter the "beautiful glass era", and we will be able to practice the responsibility and mission of "engineering for the benefit of mankind", and we will be able to win the advantage, win the initiative and win the future in the new historical process.

On behalf of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, Yu Gang extended warm congratulations to the holding of the forum and extended a warm welcome to all the guests, he pointed out that glass materials are important basic materials for new display new energy vehicle manufacturing and electronic information industries. The holding of the International Engineering Science and Technology Strategy Summit Forum for the International Year of Glass is a specific action to implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, which is of great significance for accelerating the key technological innovation of glass materials, promoting the sustainable development of the industry, and achieving the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality. Shenzhen is a city of charm, power, vitality, innovation and happiness. Shenzhen regards materials such as flat glass, electronic glass, photovoltaic glass and 3D glass as an important part of the development of the 20+8 industrial cluster, and vigorously supports the high-quality development of the glass material industry. In the future, Shenzhen will strive to create the best conditions, create the best environment, provide the best service, fully support enterprises, experts and talents to innovate and start businesses in Shenzhen, share development opportunities, work together to promote the high-end, intelligent and green development of the glass material industry, and jointly make new and greater contributions to China's acceleration of the construction of a manufacturing power and the implementation of the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality.

On behalf of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Li Zhongping expressed warm congratulations on the holding of the forum, expressed his sincere welcome to all academicians, experts and scholars at home and abroad, and friends from all walks of life who participated in the forum online, and expressed his heartfelt thanks to the Shenzhen Municipal Government for its strong support for the work of the forum. He pointed out that materials are an important foundation and support for economic and social development, and the cornerstone of the manufacturing industry. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially since the reform and opening up, China's glass industry has grown from small to large from weak to strong, China's glass production capacity accounts for more than 60% of the world's total, and its technology and equipment have reached the world's advanced level. The 2022 International Year of Glass is the first international year named after a single material by the United Nations, which is the result of the joint efforts of experts and scholars in the glass industry represented by the International Association of Glass and Academician Peng Shou. The Chinese Academy of Engineering has set up a series of international high-end forums on engineering science and technology, aiming to better gather the wisdom of top experts at home and abroad and promote cooperation and exchanges in scientific and technological innovation in related fields. It is hoped that academicians, experts and scholars will use this forum to fully exchange ideas, build consensus, pragmatic cooperation, form high-quality conference results, gather the momentum of glass development, build a glass innovation ecology, and build a better future for glass.

On behalf of the International Glass Association, Reichard Clydet extended warm congratulations to the organizers of the forum, pointing out that this forum is an important event of the "International Year of Glass" and the earliest major event in 2023, marking the in-depth cooperation between the global glass industry and the Chinese materials industry. The International Year of Glass is the first time that the United Nations has devoted the International Year to this area of new materials, and has organized various activities around the world with outstanding results and has been highly praised by the United Nations. I would like to thank the Chinese glass experts and scholars represented by Peng Shou, the 23rd President of the International Glass Association and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, for their great responsibility and selfless dedication. The International Glass Association will continue to firmly cooperate with colleagues in the glass industry around the world, continue to take the world as the center, face the future, support various projects with dedication and enthusiasm, and jointly create a better glass world, continue to focus on development and innovation, seize the trend of low-carbon development, support global innovation, continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation, grasp the overall situation of the world and industry trends, and move forward hand in hand, overcome all difficulties, and create a more brilliant glass vision.

Gan Yong, on behalf of the National Expert Advisory Committee for the Development of New Materials Industry, expressed warm congratulations on the holding of the forum, and pointed out that a generation of materials, a generation of technology, and a generation of engineering. At present, China has formed the world's most complete and largest material industry system, especially in the new glass materials, a large number of material workers represented by academician Peng Shou have worked together to tackle tough problems, not only the output occupies an important share in the world, technology and equipment have also reached the world's advanced level, promoting China's glass industry to continue to develop in the direction of high-end, intelligent and green, and has achieved a leap to follow and run to the lead in the world. In the next 10 to 15 years, the development of our country's new material industry needs to enter the world-class phalanx, to achieve the transformation from a material country to a material power, glass new materials must establish an innovation and development system, further clarify the strategic positioning, focus on the goals and tasks, accelerate the platform reorganization, and strive to build irreplaceable scientific and technological innovation capabilities. It is hoped that experts and scholars from all over the world will conduct in-depth exchanges and discussions on the key issues existing in the process of glass innovation-driven development, strive to promote scientific and technological progress and high-quality development in the field of materials worldwide, and make positive contributions to the establishment of a green, low-carbon, intelligent and sustainable new material industry.

Jin Zhanping, on behalf of the Chinese Ceramic Society, expressed warm congratulations on the holding of the forum, and pointed out that the "International Year of Glass" International Engineering Science and Technology Strategy High-end Forum is a specific measure to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions, a concrete embodiment of accelerating the construction of a new development pattern and striving to promote high-quality development, and a specific action to focus on the "four aspects", seize the frontier of science and technology, and grasp the general trend of the industry. In the face of the opportunity of the times to accelerate the construction of a new development pattern and the future situation of global green and low-carbon development, glass, as a key material and green material, will more prominently play an important role in the international strategic game. The Chinese Ceramic Society will take the opportunity of hosting this forum to strengthen the overall planning of materials, strive to build a high-level open exchange platform, deepen all-round cooperation, promote the high-quality development of the new glass material industry, promote open cooperation and collaborative innovation in the field of materials science, and transform more research results into real productivity. It is hoped that the experts, scholars and entrepreneurs participating in the meeting will provide suggestions and suggestions for the high-quality development of new glass materials through the collision of ideas and the integration of wisdom, and jointly create a new situation of academic and technical exchanges and cooperation.

Qin Shijie, on behalf of the Shenzhen Municipal Development and Reform Commission, expressed warm congratulations on the holding of the forum, and pointed out that Shenzhen adheres to the optimization of the business environment as the No. 1 reform project, and takes the initiative to optimize the business environment as the best, the best and the strongest, guided by the needs of market entities, from 1.0~5.0 continues to launch a series of pragmatic measures to improve the business environment every year, and has been ranked in the forefront of the national business environment assessment for many years. In the future, Shenzhen will thoroughly and comprehensively implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, adhere to the leading demonstration standards, and continue to create a market-oriented, legalized, and international first-class business environment.

Zhang Qing, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, former president of Wuhan University of Technology, and director of Foshan Xianhu Laboratory, delivered a keynote speech entitled "Research on Cross-frontier and Disruptive Innovation Strategy in China's Materials Field by 2035". Cheng Yibing, academician of the Australian Academy of Engineering and deputy director of the Academic Committee of Foshan Xianhu Laboratory, delivered a keynote speech entitled "Disruptive Technology and Industrialization Demonstration of Ammonia-Hydrogen Fusion Zero-carbon Combustion in High-temperature Manufacturing Industry". Tan Tianwei, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and president of Beijing University of Chemical Technology, delivered a keynote speech entitled "The Third Generation of Biomanufacturing Driven by Renewable Energy". Ding Wenjiang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of the Hydrogen Science Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, gave a keynote speech entitled "Magnesium of Light Hydrogen, Innovative Cultivation".

In the academic report session, Zhu Shiping, Vice President of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Academician of the Royal Society of Canada, Academician of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and Academician of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, gave a keynote report entitled "Polymerization Reaction Engineering Innovation and High-end Polymer Products"; Yang Zhongmin, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of South China Normal University, gave a keynote report entitled "Laser Glass Optical Fiber and Application"; Stephen Link, President of Singlas, Germany, gave a keynote speech entitled "Innovative Materials and Technologies for Heterojunction Solar Cells" Huang Xianbo, Chief Scientist of Kingfa Science & Technology Co., Ltd. and President of Academia Sinica, gave a keynote report entitled "Preparation and Application of Fiber-reinforced Thermoplastic Composites"; Zhang Long, Deputy Director of Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, gave a keynote report entitled "Advanced Infrared Optical Materials and Cutting-edge Applications"; Pan Jingong, General Manager of Chengdu CNBM Optoelectronic Materials Co., Ltd., gave a keynote report entitled "Cadmium telluride Power Generation Glass, a new low-carbon aesthetic material under the "double carbon" strategy.