On December 18th, the promotion of high-quality achievements in the field of highway transportation and the observation of scientific and technological innovation technology were held in Foshan. The event integrates policy lectures on the transformation of achievements, experience sharing on the transformation of achievements, analysis of technology research and development trends, roadshows promoting high-quality achievements, on-site observation of new technologies for cold recycling at the original structural level, and the establishment of a road technology museum. Its aim is to promote the landing and transformation of high-quality achievements in the field of highway transportation, promote the deep integration of road technology and industrial innovation, vigorously develop new productivity in transportation, and assist in the construction of a strong transportation country. More than 300 transportation department officials, intellectual property experts, university researchers, and venture capital institution leaders from across the country participated in the event.

This event is jointly hosted by the Secretariat of the China Highway Society and South China University of Technology, co organized by Wittgen (China) Machinery Co., Ltd. and Rheinland Science Park, and organized by the Science and Technology Achievement Transformation Center of the China Highway Society, China Highway Magazine, Huayun Tongda Technology Group Co., Ltd., South China University of Technology National University Science Park, and the National Key Laboratory of Subtropical Architecture and Urban Science. The event received strong support from Guangdong Highway Society, Technology Transfer and Transformation Center of Highway Science Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Southeast University, Chang'an University, Technology Transfer Research Institute of Southwest Jiaotong University, Shenzhen University, Academician Innovation Center of Shunde District, Foshan City, Shunde District Enterprise High quality Development Promotion Association, Qingdao Comprehensive Three dimensional Transportation Industry Demonstration Park (High tech Zone) and other units. Relevant departments from Guangdong Transport Group, Yuexiu Transport, Inner Mongolia Transport Group, Hebei Transport Investment, Jiangxi Transport Investment, Jiangsu Transport, Zhejiang Transport Group, Shandong Expressway Group, Shanxi Transport Control and other enterprises provided guidance and support for this event. Experts from CICC Securities, CITIC Securities, CITIC Securities, China Merchants Securities, Guangfa Securities, Guotai Junan, Xingye Securities, and Shenwan Hongyuan participated in the achievement promotion roadshow.

1、 Opening ceremony and keynote speech

At the opening ceremony, Hong Xiaofeng, the former deputy director of the Department of Science and Technology of the Ministry of Transport, Jiang Wei, the second level inspector of the Department of Intellectual Property Application and Promotion of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, Tang Boming, the vice president of the China Highway Society, the former president of Chongqing Jiaotong University, Xu Xiangmin, the vice president of South China University of Technology, Yang Yunhua, a senior expert in China Highway, Zhang Qiangqiang, director of the Technology Transfer and Transformation Center of the Highway Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport, Qiu Shenghui, director of the Foshan Municipal Transportation Bureau, Wang Xudong, the chief researcher of the Highway Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport, Jiang Hai, the vice president of the Science and Technology Research Institute of South China University of Technology, and the general manager of the National University Science Park, and other guests attended the. Xu Xiangmin, Vice President of South China University of Technology, Hong Xiaofeng, former Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Transport, Tang Boming, Vice Chairman of the China Highway Society and former President of Chongqing Jiaotong University, delivered speeches. Liu Chuanlei, Deputy Secretary General of the China Highway Society, presided over the opening ceremony.

Speech by Xu Xiangmin, Vice President of South China University of Technology

President Xu Xiangmin emphasized the significance of transforming scientific and technological achievements in his speech and shared the experience of South China University of Technology in transforming scientific research achievements. He stated that the high-quality development of intellectual property is the core driving force for the progress of the transportation industry, and the application of technological achievements is the key bridge for transforming scientific and technological achievements into actual productivity. South China University of Technology has always attached great importance to scientific research innovation and achievement transformation. In the field of highway transportation, relying on the advantages of interdisciplinary integration, numerous outstanding scientific research talents have been gathered, a series of advanced scientific research platforms have been created, and numerous forward-looking and practical scientific research achievements have been produced. In the future, we need to strengthen cooperation with the government, enterprises, and research institutions, and jointly build a closer and more efficient mechanism for industry university research cooperation. I hope that through this event, a series of high-level technological innovation achievements can be generated, which will help promote the development of new quality productivity in the highway transportation industry.

Speech by Xu Xiangmin, Vice President of South China University of Technology

Speech by Hong Xiaofeng, former Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Transport

Director Hong Xiaofeng shared the important measures and achievements of the Ministry of Transport and transportation departments across the country in the transportation industry's scientific and technological achievements in recent years, pointing out the key links and practical problems faced in the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. From the "Medium - and Long term Development Plan for Technological Innovation in the Transportation Sector (2021-2035)" and the "14th Five Year Plan for Technological Innovation in the Transportation Sector", he pointed out that in the development stage of high-quality development, new quality leadership, and cost reduction and efficiency improvement in transportation, the transportation industry pays more attention to transforming new theories, new technologies, and new technologies into practical products and services, serving the high-quality development of the industry and the public's beautiful travel. However, at the same time, it also faces difficulties such as policy implementation, inadequate institutional mechanisms, and intellectual property protection. He called on colleagues in the industry to closely link and build a mechanism for the transformation and application of achievements to form more forms and diversified platforms, accelerate the effective transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements.

Speech by Hong Xiaofeng, former Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Transport

Speech by Tang Boming, Vice Chairman of the China Highway Society and former President of Chongqing Jiaotong University

Vice Chairman Tang Boming believes that this event is closely aligned with the new trend of transformation of achievements in the transportation industry, responds to the new requirements of the central government for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and is worth continuing to deepen. Against the backdrop of the current economic downturn, he emphasized the core driving role of technology, talent, and education in the development of the national economy. He proposed three key strategies for achieving efficient transformation of technological achievements, providing forward-looking guidance for high-quality implementation of technological innovation. I hope that people from all walks of life can leverage the innovation highland of the Greater Bay Area to promote the excellent achievements of the transportation industry to a larger stage and contribute to the construction of a strong transportation country.

Speech by Tang Boming, Vice Chairman of the China Highway Society and former President of Chongqing Jiaotong University

Liu Chuanlei, Deputy Secretary General of the China Highway Society, presided over the opening ceremony

 

Report I: Jiang Wei, the second level inspector of the Intellectual Property Application Promotion Department of the China National Intellectual Property Administration

Inspector Jiang Wei delivered a keynote report titled "Deepening the Implementation of the Special Action for Patent Transformation and Utilization, Accelerating the Transformation of Innovative Achievements into Practical Productivity". Inspector Jiang Wei stated that in October 2023, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Special Action Plan for Patent Transformation and Utilization (2023-2025)", which made special arrangements for China to vigorously promote the industrialization of patents and accelerate the transformation of innovative achievements into real productivity. He elaborated on the main content of the special action, which requires grasping one main line, exerting efforts from two aspects, strengthening three supports, and implementing four key tasks. At present, positive progress has been made in revitalizing existing patents in universities, promoting the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises through patent industrialization, and enhancing the efficiency of key industries' intellectual property chains. The next step of work will focus on accelerating the industrialization of patents, improving incentive policies for patent conversion, building a long-term mechanism to promote patent conversion and application, and deepening the effective implementation of special actions.

Jiang Wei, the second level inspector of the Intellectual Property Application Promotion Department of the China National Intellectual Property Administration

Report 2: Zhang Gaoqiang, Director of the Technology Transfer and Transformation Center of the Highway Science Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport

Director Zhang Gaoqiang shared on the topic of "Exploration of the Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements in Research Institutes" in the keynote speech.

Director Zhang Gaoqiang introduced the situation of scientific and technological achievements transformation carried out by Chinese research institutes. The research institutes have potential and advantages in promoting the transformation of scientific research achievements in terms of cooperation networks, talent cultivation, and market demand grasp. However, the achievement transformation work faces 12 bottleneck problems, including the lack of policy implementation coordination mechanisms, the lack of relevant supporting measures, the incomplete institutional mechanisms to encourage the integration of industry, academia, and research, and the need to enhance the service capabilities of concept verification and pilot maturity platforms. Based on their own work reality, they proposed seven targeted suggestions, including playing a bridge role, systematically integrating and efficiently utilizing innovative resources, vigorously developing platform construction such as concept verification centers and pilot bases, and enriching scientific and technological financial products and services.

Zhang Gaoqiang, Director of the Technology Transfer and Transformation Center of the Highway Science Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport

Report 3: Jiang Hai, Vice Dean of the Institute of Science and Technology at South China University of Technology and General Manager of the National University Science and Technology Park

Dean Jianghai delivered a keynote speech entitled "Building a first-class university and creating a bay area model for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements".

President Jiang talked about the mission and responsibility of South China University of Technology in building a first-class university. He provided a detailed introduction to the university's international campus, new engineering disciplines, and talent recruitment strategies, as well as its practices and models in transforming scientific and technological achievements. South China University of Technology adheres to the development philosophy of "seeking support through service and development through contribution", insists on market-oriented scientific research and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into the market, and produces a large number of original "from 0 to 1" achievements. It constructs a comprehensive and three-dimensional school enterprise cooperation system through multiple modes, and provides organized services for the high-quality development of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, becoming a leader in scientific and technological innovation and achievement transformation in the Greater Bay Area and even the whole country.

Jiang Hai, Vice Dean of the Institute of Science and Technology at South China University of Technology and General Manager of the National University Science Park

Report 4: Wang Xudong, Chief Researcher of the Highway Science Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport

Mr. Wang Xudong shared "The Development of New Generation Asphalt Mixtures".

Wang Xudong explained in detail the gradation design, determination of asphalt stone ratio, asphalt quality requirements, mineral requirements, as well as the durability, maintenance engineering, economic durability of AC pavement materials in long-life pavement, anti-skid surface layer (including ultra-thin), and future development trends of diversified (including recycled) mixtures based on the most compact state asphalt mixture mix design method.

Wang Xudong, Chief Researcher of the Highway Science Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport

Report 5: Professor Yu Xin from Changsha University of Science and Technology/Hohai University

Professor Yu Xin gave a report titled "Implementation Path and Case Sharing of Achievement Transformation - High speed and High precision 3D Ground Penetrating Radar Detection Equipment and Technology".

Professor Yu Xin pointed out that ground penetrating radar has problems such as slow speed, high price, inaccurate testing, and safety. He proposed that highway maintenance radar technology needs to have the characteristics of fast speed, high accuracy, accurate results, and data mining. He detailed the latest progress of self-developed high-speed high-precision 3D ground penetrating radar detection equipment and technology in simulating the mechanical behavior of existing asphalt pavement under real service conditions, considering the maintenance decision-making and structural design of pavement internal health conditions, digital twin models of diseases, monitoring of roadbed health conditions, integrated 3D global detection of road surface and internal, detection of pavement internal diseases, grouting repair, and effect evaluation. He also proposed the prospect of large-scale promotion and utilization of subsequent technologies.

Professor Yu Xin from Changsha University of Science and Technology/Hohai University

Report 6: Yu Jiangmiao, Vice Dean of the School of Civil Engineering and Transportation at South China University of Technology

Professor Yu Jiangmiao presented a new generation of pavement structural repair technology at the conference, titled 'In situ Cold Recycling Technology for High Resilience Original Structural Layers'.

Professor Yu Jiangmiao stated that in the context of the "transportation power" and "dual carbon" national strategies, facing the structural degradation of asphalt pavement caused by the growth of traffic volume and environmental impact, asphalt cold recycling technology is of great importance in promoting sustainable development of roads. He systematically analyzed the technical bottlenecks of conventional asphalt cold recycling technology, such as insufficient material performance and slow early strength formation of recycled mixtures, and proposed a major breakthrough in material innovation, resource efficient utilization, and construction technology of the new generation of high toughness original structure layer in-situ cold recycling technology. He also provided experience case sharing for the large-scale application of road engineering and provided an efficient, high-quality, green, and low-carbon new path for the national road construction and maintenance industry.

Yu Jiangmiao, Vice Dean of the School of Civil Engineering and Transportation at South China University of Technology

 

2、 The construction of the Road Technology Museum has officially started

The Road Science and Technology Museum, jointly established by South China University of Technology and Huayun Tongda Technology Group Co., Ltd., with the participation of the China Highway Society as the guiding and consulting party, has been launched in the Shunde Innovation Park of South China University of Technology National University Science and Technology Park. On the afternoon of the 18th, the grand launch ceremony for the construction of the Road Science and Technology Museum was held.

At the ceremony, witnessed by more than 300 road workers from all over the country, Hong Xiaofeng, former Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Transport, Tang Boming, Vice Chairman of the China Highway Society and former President of Chongqing Jiaotong University, Yang Yunhua, a senior expert in Chinese highways, Li Weiqing, Vice President of South China University of Technology, Wang Xudong, Chief Researcher of the Highway Science Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport, Huang Xiaoming, Professor of Southeast University, Yu Jiangmiao, Vice Dean of the School of Civil Engineering and Transportation of South China University of Technology and founder of Huayun Tongda Technology Group Co., Ltd., and Cen Kunjie, Mayor of Chencun Town, Shunde District, Foshan City, opened the prelude to the construction of the Road Science and Technology Museum.

Vice President of South China University of Technology, Li Weiqing, delivered a speech at the launch ceremony of the Road Science and Technology Museum

Image | Guests jointly open the prelude to the construction of the Road Technology Museum

The Road Science and Technology Museum is committed to building a technology oriented museum that is leading both domestically and internationally, with significant industry characteristics, and integrates road engineering science popularization, education, academia, and exhibition. We hope to build a platform for showcasing the latest achievements and technologies in the field of road engineering, a technology innovation incubator, a link for cultural exchange, a cradle for talent cultivation, and a center for knowledge dissemination.

3、 Roadshow for promoting high-quality achievements

In the afternoon, the roadshow for promoting high-quality achievements in the field of highway transportation was officially held. A total of 29 high-quality achievements in the field of highway transportation were selected from innovative entities such as scientific research institutions, nationally renowned universities, and highway transportation enterprises. At the same time, technical experts, intellectual property experts, more than 10 leading securities firms, and venture capital institutions in the field of highway transportation were fully empowered, aiming to build a comprehensive and accurate demand docking platform, excavate a number of high-tech, forward-looking, and strong demonstration driven scientific and technological innovation projects in the field of highway transportation, smooth the docking channels from innovation sources to industrial applications, and exert greater efforts to release the market value of scientific research achievements, and promote the transfer and transformation of high-quality achievements in a deep and multi-channel manner.

At the event site, the participating project teams competed on the same stage in the form of "roadshow+defense", and expert judges gave comprehensive scores from five dimensions: technical value, market value, conversion and application effectiveness, roadshow performance, and legal value. The roadshow project includes diversified high-quality scientific research achievements such as road materials, transportation equipment, and intelligent manufacturing, fully demonstrating the vigorous innovation vitality and extraordinary market-oriented landing ability in the field of highway transportation.

After intense competition, 10 roadshow projects including "A water-based nano ceramic coating for PET film and its preparation and coating method" were selected as key recommended projects.

-Key promotion projects for high-quality promotion activities in the field of highway transportation-

-High quality promotion activities and projects in the field of highway transportation-

 

4、 Visit to advanced asphalt laboratory and on-site observation of in-situ cold recycling technology for high toughness original structural layers

During this period, in order to promote technical exchanges in the highway transportation industry and provide sample references for the transfer and transformation of achievements, the conference specially arranged innovative technology observation activities. The attending guests visited the advanced asphalt laboratory of Huayun Tongda one after another, and gained a detailed understanding of the construction achievements of the laboratory in driving innovation and development in the road transportation industry through the platform of industry university research. They expressed their expectations for Huayun Tongda to build a benchmark platform for international first-class asphalt and mixture experimental teaching, scientific research, and industrialization.

Image | Attendees Visit CFC Advanced Asphalt Laboratory

Representatives visited the on-site observation activity of in-situ cold recycling technology for high toughness original structural layers, to understand the leading material innovation process and high-quality construction application of this technology, and to experience the innovative application of the new generation of green low-carbon road structural repair technology in practical engineering projects.

Figure | Observation of in-situ cold regeneration technology for high toughness original structural layers

The high-quality achievements promotion activity and technological innovation technology observation activity in the field of highway transportation have successfully concluded with high standards, high levels, and high quality, achieving a fruitful industry event and marking a solid step forward in helping scientific research achievements in the field of highway transportation generate real productivity and promote the deep integration of industry, academia, research, and application. The China Highway Society, South China University of Technology, and Huayun Tongda Technology Group Co., Ltd. will collaborate with more high-level universities, research institutions, and enterprises to continuously create high-quality achievement promotion activities as brand events, encouraging and guiding more innovative entities to strengthen the application of scientific and technological achievements and industrialization promotion, injecting new impetus and vitality into scientific and technological innovation and industrial upgrading in the field of highway transportation.