Recently, the Shanxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission issued the “Shanxi Province Bio-Economy Development Medium and Long-term Plan (2023-2035)”, focusing on building bases, cultivating clusters, nurturing leaders, and strengthening support to promote biotechnology Empower economic and social development.
Shanxi Province is a major coal and energy province in China. In the context of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, Shanxi Province is facing the dual pressures of economic development and ecological environment protection, and is in a critical period of seeking transformation and finding a way out.
The “14th Five-Year Plan” period is an important opportunity period for my country’s accelerated evolution of biotechnology, rapid growth in life and health needs, and rapid development of the bio-industry. The development of bio-economy is an opportunity for Shanxi Province to seize the opportunity of the bio-economy era and build the bio-economy into a new important growth area. It is extremely important and has overall and strategic significance for the long-term development of Shanxi Province.
Focus Areas
Combining the development foundation and advantageous resources of Shanxi Province’s bio-economy, we will focus on promoting strategic planning and forward-looking layout in the fields of biomaterials, bio-agriculture, bio-energy, bio-medicine and other fields, and explore the efficient coupling development of bio-manufacturing and traditional advantageous industries. Enlarge and strengthen the two distinctive advantageous industries of biomaterials and bioagriculture, focus on cultivating the two potential industries of bioenergy and biomedicine, and strive to consolidate the two supporting foundations of bioresources and biosecurity to form a “2+2+” with Shanxi Province’s characteristics 2” New pattern of high-quality development of bioeconomy.
Make biomaterials bigger
1. Promote the large-scale development of characteristic bio-based nylon
Focus on the development of bio-based pentamethylene diamine and nylon 5X material industry chain. Improve the technological level of bio-based polymer grade pentanediamine, optimize the synthesis technology of nylon 5X based on pentanediamine, promote the large-scale development of nylon 5X, extend the development of featured products such as degradable membrane grade and spinning grade polyester amide chips, and build a Agricultural products and provincial coal chemical products are used as raw materials, with biomethod long-chain dibasic acid and bio-based pentanediamine monomer synthesis as the core, to develop nylon 5X polymer materials, as well as super-spun cotton, bio-based textile materials, and new engineering plastics and other bio-based material industry chains that enrich product systems.
2. Innovative development of high-performance biodegradable materials
Innovative development of dibasic acid glycol copolymers. Open up the industrialization process route of bio-based butanediol and further reduce the cost of bio-method succinic acid production. Promote the industrialization of monomer polymerization technology and realize the co-line production of biodegradable polyesters such as polybutylene terephthalate and polybutylene succinate. Create an industrial chain of biodegradable plastics such as degradable disposable plastic bags, catering supplies, and environmentally friendly plastic films with fully biodegradable polyester methods and co-esterification methods as the main processes.
3. Explore unique high value-added biomedical materials
Development of specialty human collagen. Focus on the development of recombinant type III humanized collagen raw materials, cosmetics and related medical devices and other products. With humanized collagen materials as the core, it extends the upstream production of human-sourced raw materials, midstream high-end medical terminal products such as type III collagen scaffolds, gels, dressings, fibers, and implants, and downstream tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and medical cosmetology. and other new medical industry chains.
Expand biomedical polymer materials. Focus on the development of large-scale production of biodegradable medical polymer materials, new product development of absorbable medical devices and development of 3D printed customized medical device products. The focus is on major strategic products such as tissue-induced biomedical materials, tissue engineering products, new generation implantable interventional medical devices, and artificial organs. Develop antibacterial materials based on hydroxyl fatty esters and natural polysaccharide-based functional excipients for body surface dressings; explore and develop degradable and absorbable medical magnesium alloys, organic/inorganic composite orthopedic implant materials and other products based on magnesium, zinc, calcium and other elements.
4. Use biotechnology to promote clean utilization of coal
Modern biotechnology is used to recycle coking by-products such as coke oven gas, coal tar, and crude benzene, and produce ethanol through biological fermentation, replacing the traditional grain fermentation route, and extending the breakthrough of low-cost, efficient dehydration and conversion to produce downstream synthetic material products for ethylene. Innovate the industrial chain of high-value bio-based products such as coal-based flue gas microalgae bioconversion polyprotein and carbon fiber. Develop fine separation of light components of coal tar and produce naphthalene series products and pharmaceutical intermediates. Encourage the deep processing of crude benzene to produce nylon series new materials and biodegradable materials and other products.
The “Mid- and Long-term Plan for Bioeconomy Development in Shanxi Province (2023-2035)” puts forward development goals: By 2025, the institutional policy environment for bioeconomy development will continue to improve, market entities will flourish, industrial innovation capabilities will significantly improve, and biotechnology will achieve greater results. With progress, the added value of the bio-economy accounts for a growing proportion of the regional GDP, and the framework of the bio-industry system has been initially formed, striving to build a national bio-economy pilot area. By 2030, the scale and technical level of bioeconomy development will be significantly improved, the industrial spatial layout will be more optimized, the bioeconomy system will continue to be improved, and market competitiveness will be significantly enhanced, becoming a strong driving force for high-quality development. By 2035, the comprehensive strength of the bioeconomy will reach the domestic advanced level and a strong bioeconomy province with a complete industrial chain, outstanding technological strength and industrial competitiveness will be built.