The new material is absolutely "predictable"

The successful development of ultra-pure silicon and gallium arsenide led to the birth of large-scale and ultra-large-scale integrated circuits, which increased the computing speed of computers from hundreds of thousands of times per second to more than petaflops per second. Aircraft materials made of carbon fiber composite materials are reduced in weight by 20% to 40%, which shows significant benefits in terms of energy savings.

New materials are the "cradle" of various industries

"New materials, it is the basis of all high-tech, so any breakthrough in technology must first start from the new material." Professor Tang Jianmao, director of the consulting department of the China Material Research Society, said.

“The application of a new material is often related to the rise and fall of an industry and it is related to the country’s economy and even its lifeline.” Chairman of the Expert Group of the National 863 Program for New Materials, Vice President of the China Material Research Society, and Research Fellow at the Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Xu Jian said that materials are the material basis of human production and life, and the progress of materials science is the process of development of human civilization. "At present, mankind has entered the era of silicon-based/synthetic materials, and the advancement of materials science and technology is more prominent," said Xu Jian.

In the new material exhibition area in the 12th High-Tech Fair National Development and Reform Commission Special Pavilion, when asked how to look at the future development prospects of the new material industry, all exhibitor representatives expressed optimism that they believe that both domestic and foreign The market demand for new materials is huge. With the increasing support of national policies and the upgrading of new material technologies, the future will gradually replace traditional materials with its own advantages to bring more convenience to industrial production and daily life.

The new material is a "cradle" that bred new technologies, new products, and new equipment in various fields. This high-tech industry, which has the most potential for development and has a significant impact on future development, is not only listed as a strategic emerging industry by the state, but also considered as the cornerstone of the development of all strategic emerging industries.

On October 18, the State Council promulgated the "Decision of the State Council on Accelerating the Cultivation and Development of Strategic Emerging Industries." It was decided to “develop new functional materials such as rare earth functional materials, high-performance membrane materials, special glass, functional ceramics, and semiconductor lighting materials. Actively develop advanced structural materials such as high-quality special steels, new alloy materials, and engineering plastics to improve carbon fiber, The development level of high-performance fiber and its composite materials such as aramid, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber, and development of common basic materials such as nanometer, superconductivity, and intelligence."

"After the tenth Five-Year Plan and the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period, our country has reached the level of synchronization with the world in some areas of new materials." Xu Jian said that in China, laser crystals, optical crystal materials, etc. , has been in the world's leading position; in the lithium iron phosphate battery, its application in new energy vehicles has been slightly ahead of the international; published in the material has been ranked second in the world; inventions in the field of materials patents from 2008 It has already ranked first in the world.

"But as a whole, China is still only a large material country and there is still a long way to go from a material powerhouse," said Xu Jian. The research report of Essence Securities proposes that the development of China's new materials industry started relatively late. At present, about 10% of the fields are leading internationally, 60% to 70% are in a catch-up state, and 20% to 30% have a considerable gap. At present, the output of many basic raw materials and industrial products in China ranks among the top in the world, but high-performance materials, core components and major equipment are heavily dependent on imports, and key technologies are subject to human control.

Demand for new materials grows by 10% annually

Compared with traditional materials, the new material industry is characterized by a high density of technologies, high investment in research and development, and high added value of products. With the development of the domestic economy and society, the type and quantity of new material demand in China have greatly increased. The development of the new materials industry has provided important support for the development of defense, industry, agriculture, social and high-tech industries and other emerging industries such as defense, aerospace, electronic information, biology and health, and energy and environmental protection.

"Generation materials, generation technology, and generation equipment", independent innovation in the field of new materials is often one of the important preconditions for carrying out innovation practices in other fields. To develop a new material industry, it is necessary to "take the lead in the materials and apply them to drive." Many experts and scholars in the field of materials, represented by Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Academician Shi Changxu of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, actively called for the concept of "material first." According to Shi Changxu, with the improvement of economic and technological development level, China has entered a period of building an innovative country, and the level of independent innovation in the field of new materials is gradually increasing, and it is often an important prerequisite for independent innovation practice in other fields. One of the conditions.

Today's economic and technological competition among countries has led to the development of new materials that have begun to shift from military demand to civilian-military or purely civilian demand. The development of new materials in the future will meet the needs of the military and, to a large extent, focus on how to improve the quality of life of human beings. It will also reflect the "people-oriented" features. The military-to-military, civil-military and dual-use materials are an important trend in the development of the international new materials industry. For example, carbon fiber-reinforced composite materials were initially used as a high-tech military product and were a strategic military material that could be directly applied to the manufacture of aircraft, satellites, rockets, and rockets. However, with the continuous decline in production costs and social development, Need, this kind of product also gradually enters daily life.

The new material industry is currently one of the world's most important and fastest-growing high-tech industries. With the rapid development of global manufacturing and high-tech industries, the market demand for new materials is increasing, and the prospects for the development of new materials industries are very broad. In 2000, the global new materials market was worth 400 billion U.S. dollars. In 2008, the global new materials market had exceeded 800 billion U.S. dollars, and by 2009 it was nearly 100 billion U.S. dollars. Among them, the global market for semiconductor-specific new materials is US$50 billion, the total market size of functional ceramics is US$80 billion, the market size of energy-saving and environmental-friendly new materials is approximately US$180 billion, and the new materials for high-speed railways and automobiles are approximately US$240 billion. With more than 400 billion U.S. dollars in biomedical materials, new products and new technologies driven by it are even larger markets. In recent years, market demand has grown at an average annual rate of over 10%, and the market has great potential.

In recent years, China's new material industry has shown a trend of gathering and development. The relevant state departments have also actively promoted the construction of new material industry bases in order to improve the level of technological transformation of new materials. The new material industry is based on the regional industry base and characteristics, and integrates resources in the original geographical space. At present, more than 20 cities have formed industrial agglomerations of different degrees of new materials. Guangzhou, Tianjin, Qingdao and other places have gradually developed into chemical new material industry bases; Gansu Jinchang, Hunan Changzhutan, Shaanxi Baoji, Chongqing and Taiyuan, Shanxi and other inland regions rely on resource advantages to become aerospace materials, energy materials and major equipment materials. The main bases in Dalian; Fuzhou, Xiamen, etc. have strong advantages in the field of new photoelectric materials and electronic information materials; silicon materials industry in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, Luoyang, Henan, Lianyungang, Jiangsu and Leshan, Sichuan also show a good development trend.

The development of new materials technology is changing with each passing day, the conversion rate is accelerated, and breakthroughs in cutting-edge technologies have led to the emergence of emerging material industries. In addition, along with the gradual improvement of people’s requirements for material properties, life span, and cost, new materials products will gradually tend to be high-performance, multi-functional, and green in the face of enormous pressure from resources, environment, and population. It is an inevitable choice for both materials and industries to meet both economic sustainability and sustainable development under both resource and environmental constraints.

New materials industry technology development constraints Over the years, through the country's strong support, coordination and support of various regions and departments and the joint efforts of various industries, China's new material industry has emerged a new situation, a large number of emerging companies have been completed one after another Initially, a new material industrial system with China's independent intellectual property rights and capabilities for digestion, absorption, and innovation has been initially formed. The industrial development has begun to take shape. The varieties, quality, technology, and technical and economic indicators of many important new materials in China have also reached new heights. .

However, new materials are still the bottleneck that restricts industrial technological progress in the process of China's new industrialization. There is still a big gap between the technological level of the new materials industry and the developed countries, and the situation in which some core key materials are controlled by people has not been fundamentally changed. At present, despite the substantial increase in new material products and technologies with independent intellectual property rights, there is a lack of international competitiveness in high-end products, and some high-value-added new materials still need to rely on imports. For example, in 2008, the capacity of China's high-magnetic-oriented silicon steel was only 55,400 tons. By the end of 2009, the production capacity of amorphous alloy ribbons was only 40,000 tons, while the apparent consumption of China's silicon steel soft magnetic materials was close to 500 per year. 10,000 tons; more than 90% of high-end biomedical materials products rely on imports; all high-performance carbon fibers for aerospace use are currently imported.

The technological innovation capability of the new materials industry is still far from the developed countries. Too much dependence on the introduction of complete sets of equipment technology can not be effectively digested and absorbed. It is a weak link in the development of China's new materials and materials industry. For example, the research depth and development and promotion of major energy-saving and emission-reduction technologies in the building materials industry are not enough. Some mature energy-saving emission reduction technologies in foreign countries are used and digested at a very slow pace. Special functional materials, aerospace materials, and other varieties of incomplete specifications and product structure is irrational, production and business operations, production technology is not advanced, the lack of some key large-scale advanced equipment, comprehensive technical indicators and lower economic efficiency, quality assurance and management system Not sound. What is even more remarkable is that the engineering of new materials has not received enough attention. The small production batch size and unstable performance have seriously affected the promotion and application of new materials.