Science and technology services and local industries "go both ways"

Reporter Wang Wei

Recently, the CIFST "Science and Technology Innovation China" Functional Food Industry Science and Technology Service Group Technology Achievement Transformation Matchmaking Conference hosted by the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology was held
online.
Experts and scholars from China Association for Science and Technology, Shanxi Yuncheng Science and Technology Association, Ruicheng County Science and Technology Association, Yuncheng Yanhu District Science and Technology Association, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Beijing Technology and Business University, Harbin University of Commerce, Zhejiang University, Shanxi University, Shanxi Agricultural University, Qiaqia Food Co.
, Ltd.
, Three Squirrels Co.
, Ltd.
and representatives of local food enterprises in Shanxi participated in the matchmaking meeting
.
Focusing on the problems encountered by local enterprises in actual production and research and development and the pain points faced by industrial development, the experts of the Science and Technology Service Corps "prescribed the right medicine" and gave practical suggestions
based on their own research fields.

Build a platform to unleash the power of technology

"Science and Technology Innovation China" is an innovation, entrepreneurship and creation service brand created by the China Association for Science and Technology, which builds an effective platform for the in-depth docking of science and technology and industry, accelerates the transformation of scientific and technological achievements by focusing on multiple forces, and promotes the integrated development
of science and technology and economy.
Up to now, thousands of universities, research institutes, enterprises, financial think tanks and other institutions across the country have participated in "Science and Technology Innovation China" to introduce scientific and technological resources and provide professional services
to pilot cities.
Many pilot cities have also taken advantage of this opportunity to combine the actual situation of local resources and industrial development, prescribe the right medicine, break through the "blocking point" of the integration of science and technology and industry, stimulate the vitality of local industries, and enhance the endogenous driving force
for the high-quality development of local food industries.

Lin Li, head of the Shanxi Hanging Point Group of "Science and Technology Innovation China", said in his speech that the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to "strengthen the deep integration of production, education and research led by enterprises, strengthen goal orientation, and improve the level of transformation and industrialization of scientific and technological achievements
.
" "The matchmaking meeting held under the epidemic is very timely, bringing together experts and enterprises in the food field in the cloud to implement the work of
the "Science and Technology Innovation China" science and technology service team in a timely manner.
He hopes that the society will continue to play the role of a bridge, strengthen the connection with enterprises, and achieve more results
.
On the one hand, it truly explores the needs of the industry and accurately solves problems according to the needs; "The exchanges between technology companies will be more targeted
.
The in-depth exchanges between large-scale well-known food enterprises and local enterprises in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province will drive the development of
local industries.
"On the other hand, through docking, some operable and replicable typical cases can be formed for enterprises in different industries in pilot cities to learn from
.
" It is hoped that the science and technology service corps will form an effective docking with enterprises and form a model suitable for the development of local industries, thereby radiating more local enterprises and driving industrial development
.
”

Shao Wei, executive vice president of the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology and head of the "Science and Technology Innovation China" functional food industry science and technology service group, said in her speech that the society has always attached great importance to industry-university-research cooperation to promote independent innovation, and used the society's huge expert resource base and strong cohesion to continuously explore the innovative model of deep integration of industry, education and research, actively build an effective platform at different levels for industry-university-research cooperation, and lead the high-quality development of
the food industry 。 In 2021, the society actively declared and undertook the "Science and Technology Innovation China" functional food industry science and technology service group project of the China Association for Science and Technology, and achieved good results, and won the title of "'Science and Technology Innovation China' 2021 Excellent Science and Technology Service Group
".

Shao Wei introduced that in the process of carrying out scientific and technological services, in addition to the guidance and support of academicians and experts, young scientists and entrepreneurs in the Youth Committee dared to take responsibility, innovate and implement, and played the role of
vanguard.
At the same time, it should also be noted that some local industries still have prominent problems such as weak scientific research foundation, backward processing technology, and low professional level of employees, which have brought many challenges
to the development of scientific and technological services.
The effective landing and transformation of scientific and technological achievements is far more than the "last mile", but also requires multi-party linkage and cooperation between local governments, industry organizations, universities and research institutions and industries, and requires long-term investment and accumulation
.

Establish a mechanism to achieve two-way docking

The "Science and Technology Innovation China" service group is mainly composed of many young experts rooted in the front line of scientific research and industry
.
At the matchmaking meeting, Associate Professor Zhang Guohua of the School of Life Sciences of Shanxi University introduced
the relevant work currently carried out by the Science and Technology Service Group.

According to reports, the "Science and Technology Innovation China" functional food science and technology service project is undertaken
by the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology.
Sun Baoguo, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and chairman of the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology, served as the chief expert of the "Science and Technology Innovation China" functional food science and technology service group, and Shao Wei, executive vice president of the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology, served as the head of the service group, and established a talent pool
in the food field led by academicians and led by young scientists.
From one-way service to two-way docking, the Science and Technology Service Corps is committed to achieving "sustainability"
.
From collecting the industrial needs of pilot cities to actively collecting the achievements of the scientific and technological community, the science and technology service group gradually forms a two-way docking mode of science and technology enterprises, which stimulates the endogenous driving force of enterprises' own R&D and innovation, which is of great significance
to the sustainable development of the service group 。 In view of the actual situation of functional food-related industries in the pilot cities of "Science and Technology Innovation China" Lüliang and Yuncheng, the society established a docking mechanism with Shanxi Hanging Point Group, Shanxi Provincial Science and Technology Association, Lüliang City Science and Technology Association, Yuncheng City Science and Technology Association, etc.
, and went to Yuncheng, the pilot city of "Science and Technology Innovation China" for many times, conducted in-depth research, and visited more than 10 enterprises in total to understand the status of enterprises, sort out industrial technology needs, scientific and technological achievement needs, etc.
; Carry out targeted scientific and technological services, provide relevant technical platforms for the creation and sales of functional foods, and effectively implement and serve the development of
local industries.
According to the needs of enterprises, the China Association for Science and Technology and the Yuncheng City Association for Science and Technology have built a platform, and the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology has matched the experts of the relevant "Science and Technology Innovation China" functional food industry science and technology service group to set up expert workstations
for 3 enterprises.

Take the pulse to solve the pain points of the product

Sun Yan, chairman of Shanxi Yuncheng Science and Technology Association, said at the meeting that Yuncheng is an advantageous area of modern agriculture in Shanxi Province, and is actively building six industrial bases such as high-quality grain, green melons and vegetables, and high-quality apples, focusing on building three regional public brands of "Yuncheng apple", "Yuncheng flour" and "Yuncheng vegetables", and strongly promoting the construction of
the whole industrial chain.
The construction of the "Science and Technology Innovation China" pilot city in Yuncheng City adheres to the demand-oriented, takes practical results as the foundation, carries out professional services, and steadily promotes the implementation of various tasks and goals of the pilot construction
.
This year, with the support and guidance of the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology, many field investigations and docking exchanges have been carried out for food-related enterprises such as fruit and vegetable processing and flour processing in Yuncheng
.
Recently, a number of technical achievements have been implemented in Yuncheng enterprises, which is also a concrete embodiment
of the high-quality and high-level innovation and development of Yuncheng food processing enterprises helped by the science and technology service group.
Yuncheng City Science and Technology Association will further strengthen the liaison with the science and technology service group, continuously strengthen the service strength, and strive to gather all kinds of high-end resources in Yuncheng and land in enterprises
.
In the next step, Yuncheng will also increase the face-to-face between enterprises and societies and experts to achieve deeper and more effective accurate docking
.

In the docking link, local enterprises in Shanxi such as Shanxi Tianzhirun Jujube Industry Co.
, Ltd.
, Shanxi Hongfuhua Agricultural Technology Co.
, Ltd.
, and Yuncheng Sanxin Food Co.
, Ltd.
introduced the problems
encountered by enterprises in the process of R&D, production and sales.
Professor Ai Lianzhong, Dean of the School of Health Sciences and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, believes that enterprises have an urgent need for product innovation iteration, but how to improve products should be analyzed
according to specific conditions.
Because different raw materials and different products are processed differently
.
Professor Lu Baiyi, deputy director of Hangzhou International Science and Technology Innovation Center of Zhejiang University, said that Shanxi has many characteristic food resources such as red dates, which can be scientifically evaluated, and process development according to its characteristics can be carried out to explore their application paths
.

In response to the homogenization problem raised by local food enterprises, Professor Zhang Na, deputy dean of the School of Food Engineering of Harbin University of Commerce, believes that the solution lies in starting from the research and development of high-quality products, such as quick-frozen food enterprises can technically improve the stability of dough, and at the same time segment the population from the
consumer demand.
Professor Wang Jing, Dean of the School of Food and Health of Beijing Technology and Business University, said that local enterprises in Shanxi can also expand food to nutrition and health, such as local characteristic resources whole grains contain ingredients that are beneficial to the human body, which is worthy of deeper development and utilization
.

China Food News(Version 02, December 09, 2022)

(Responsible editor: Luo Chen)