A signing ceremony for the Strategic Rare Metal Mineral Efficient Development National Technology Innovation Center's New Energy and Intelligent Equipment Testing Base project was held on July 24th at the Hunan Province Inspection and Testing Specialty Industrial Park. This key project, with a total investment of approximately 1 billion yuan, has officially been established in the Yuelu High-Tech Zone, adding a core platform to the region's industrial development.
Located at the P19-A81 plot within the Yuelu High-Tech Zone, the project covers an area of approximately 126.2 mu and will be constructed in two phases. It will focus on inspection and testing, equipment R&D and manufacturing, and testing certification for the entire new energy industry chain, mining intelligent equipment, and communication intelligent systems. The project plans to include 18 specialized laboratories, four major functional platforms, and one digital computing center.
Upon implementation, the base will effectively support the construction and development of the national technology innovation center for the efficient development of strategic rare metal minerals. It will shorten the R&D cycle for new energy and intelligent equipment products, establish a one-stop testing and certification service platform, create 450 new jobs, attract high-end talent for the technology industry, and empower regional industry-university-research application development.
The project's implementing entity, Changsha Mining Research Institute Co., Ltd., is a key subsidiary directly managed by the world's top 500 company China Minmetals Corporation. It is also a major force in technological innovation for China's metal and non-metal mineral resource development and utilization field, holding eight national-level scientific research platforms, including the National Metal Mining Engineering Technology Research Center and the State Key Laboratory of Metal Mine Safety Technology.
Pan Dong, Party Secretary and General Manager of Changsha Mining Research Institute Co., Ltd., stated that the company will fully leverage the technological, talent, and equipment advantages of this central enterprise's national-level innovation platform. It will advance the base construction with high standards and speed, deeply collaborate with enterprises in the zone's industrial chain, and engage in joint technical breakthroughs, standard co-construction, and the transformation and industrialization of achievements. This effort aims to help Hunan build a national highland for mining intelligent equipment testing and certification.
The project's establishment is the result of the zone's persistent and deep efforts in the fields of inspection and testing, intelligent connected vehicles, and new energy storage. As Hunan's only national-level specialty industrial cluster for inspection and testing, the zone is guided by national-level platforms, building a full-chain ecosystem from standard development, testing and certification to technical services, providing comprehensive industrial support and professional backing for resident enterprises. With the base in place, it will not only create an important innovation platform and ecological support for the zone's inspection and testing, intelligent connected vehicle, and new energy storage industries but also significantly support the zone's industrial cluster development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.
Moving forward, the Yuelu High-Tech Zone will focus on the entire process of project construction to ensure comprehensive resource guarantees, aiming for an early start, early construction, early operation, and early results. Simultaneously, it will concentrate on the core tracks of inspection and testing and intelligent equipment, precisely attracting and nurturing leading enterprises in the industrial chain. This will continuously strengthen the region's new productive forces, using major industrial projects to support the zone's high-quality industrial development.
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