Integration of industry and education, collaborative innovation | Warm congratulations on the successful signing of the industry-university-research cooperation between Tianjin University of Science and Technology and Chuangyuan Biotechnology, as well as the unveiling ceremony of the 'Probiotics and Postbiotics Research Center and Industry-Education Integration Innovation Practice Base'.

From July 13 to 15, 2023, the 6th International Conference on Applied Biotechnology was held in Tianjin, with many experts and scholars from relevant universities, research institutes, and enterprises from countries and regions such as China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan attending. This conference played a good role in promoting scientific and technological cooperation and healthy development in the field of applied biotechnology in China and even the world. This conference is also one of the series of academic activities celebrating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Chinese Society of Biotechnology.

6th International Conference on Applied Biotechnology

On the morning of July 14, 2023, during this grand event, Tianjin University of Science and Technology and Tianjin Chuangyuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd. held a signing ceremony for industry-university-research cooperation and the unveiling ceremony of the 'Probiotics and Postbiotics Research Center and Industry-Education Integration Innovation Practice Base' at the sub-venue of the International Conference on Applied Biotechnology. Lu Fuping, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Liang Wu, Chairman of Tianjin Chuangyuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd., and Zhao Jing, Director of the Biomedical Bureau of Tianjin Binhai High-tech Zone, delivered speeches. Du Yangang, Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Biological Engineering at Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Luo Xuegang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Dean, Fu Tianmin, President of Tianjin Chuangyuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Shi Yali, Executive Vice President, and Na Hongjun, Vice President attended the ceremony, along with key responsible persons and teacher representatives from the School of Biological Engineering at Tianjin University of Science and Technology and the executive team of Tianjin Chuangyuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

Signing of the industry-university-research cooperation agreement between the university and the enterprise

Unveiling ceremony of the 'Probiotics and Postbiotics Research Center and Industry-Education Integration Innovation Practice Base'

President Lu Fuping pointed out that Tianjin University of Science and Technology is one of the earliest established higher education institutions in light industry in New China and a 'Double First-Class' construction university in Tianjin. As the 'technology engine' of the Binhai New Area, it has actively responded to the national strategy of coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and the development and opening up of the Binhai New Area, strengthening strategic cooperation with regional and industry enterprises. Based on the long-standing cooperative foundation with Chuangyuan Biotechnology and a high degree of recognition of the company's future development plan, with the formal signing of this industry-university-research cooperation agreement, both parties will be guided by national strategies and market demands, based on characteristic products and advantageous disciplines, and combined with the actual needs of national industrial structure adjustment and upgrading, focusing on key technology research and related product development in resource exploration, functional evaluation, fermentation technology, and preparation of microbial agents for probiotics/postbiotics. Both parties will strengthen sincere cooperation in scientific research, talent cultivation, academic exchange, and teaching practice, explore and develop new fields and new ways of industry-university cooperation, and further increase the intensity of cooperation to achieve a high degree of integration of industry, academia, and research.

Speech by Lu Fuping, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Tianjin University of Science and Technology

Chairman Liang Wu stated that the cooperation between Chuangyuan Biotechnology and Tianjin University of Science and Technology has a long history, with in-depth exchanges between the two parties on various probiotics segmented solid-state fermentation technologies, and continuous and efficient positive interactions in joint innovation of scientific research resources, complementary collaboration, talent cultivation, and introduction. With the strong support of leaders from the high-tech zone and experts from the university, Chuangyuan has achieved a very broad market in the field of biological fermentation technology and food health, and has made many advanced industry research achievements in the scientific research and technology fields. The second phase of the industrial 4.0 intelligent factory and key laboratory for micro-ecological preparations, with an investment of 250 million, has been completed and put into production. Platforms for probiotic separation and preservation, intelligent low-carbon fermentation technology, postbiotic separation and analysis, functional food research and development, and new micro-ecological drug platforms have been officially launched. This time, the establishment of the 'Probiotics and Postbiotics Research Center and Industry-Education Integration Innovation Practice Base' between Tianjin University of Science and Technology and Chuangyuan Biotechnology will focus on scientific research around the probiotics and postbiotics industry and technological bottlenecks, enhance the independent innovation capability of product technology and market competitiveness, strengthen the integration of industry and education cultivation system, promote technological progress in the industry and high-quality talent cultivation, build a new model of strategic cooperation and coordinated development between industry, academia, and research, accelerate the formation of a comprehensive, deep, and multi-field integrated development pattern, actively create a new benchmark for industry-university cooperation and integration of industry, academia, and research, and contribute to the development of national health and the national health industry with more advanced technology and better product and service quality! We will strive to become an outstanding, respected, and most innovative international first-class biotechnology enterprise in the health industry!

Speech by Liang Wu, Chairman of Tianjin Chuangyuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

Director Zhao Jing pointed out that the biomedical industry is a strategic emerging industry that the country focuses on supporting, and it is also a key development area for technological innovation in the Binhai High-tech Zone. As a key enterprise with high growth and high-quality development advantages in the high-tech zone, Chuangyuan Biotechnology is willing to cultivate and support such technology innovation enterprises with sustainable development potential, assist in the growth and development of enterprises, accelerate the construction of high-level innovation platforms for industry-university-research, and improve the ecological system for the transformation of the entire chain from 'innovation chain' to 'industrial chain'. In the next step, the high-tech zone will work together with the university and enterprise to unite efforts to achieve integrated deployment of the innovation chain, talent chain, and industrial chain, assist in high-level scientific research breakthroughs, promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into 'gold', and contribute to supporting high-level technological self-reliance and empowering the high-quality development of the biomedical industry.

Speech by Zhao Jing, Director of the Biomedical Bureau of Tianjin Binhai High-tech Zone

Phase II production base of Chuangyuan Biotechnology and key laboratory project for probiotics and postbiotics technology and application (rendering)