After long-term basic research, applied research and industrialization achievements, it has a number of technical patents and independent intellectual property rights; The whole set of technology conforms to the three principles of circular economy and has passed the inspection of experts of the appraisal Committee.
Fujian Institute of Materials has obtained a series of patented technologies and catalyst technical secrets with completely independent intellectual property rights since 1982. Since 2005, the Institute has joined hands with Jiangsu Danhua Group Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Jinmei Chemical New Technology Co., Ltd. to officially launch the industrialization project of "CO gas phase catalytic synthesis of oxalate and catalytic hydrogenation of oxalate to ethylene glycol". This research and development has been strongly supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Fujian Province. After more than three years' efforts, the design and construction of the industrial demonstration device of "10,000 tons of coal to ethylene glycol" were successfully completed, and the whole process was successfully started and operated stably 1000 hours or more.
The press conference of China Academy of Sciences "The World's First Industrialization Demonstration of Making Ethylene Glycol from Ten Thousand Tons of Coal" was held in the Great Hall of the People. Lu Yongxiang, Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) and President of China Academy of Sciences, attended the meeting. Leaders of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Land and Resources, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, China Petrochemical Association and other relevant departments, leaders of Fujian Provincial People's Government, Jiangsu Provincial People's Government and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and Academician He Mingyuan, head of the technical achievements appraisal expert group, attended the meeting.
Experts from the appraisal committee agree that this achievement indicates that China has achieved a set of technological routes and industrial applications leading the world, and it is the first technology with completely independent intellectual property rights in the world. The popularization and application of this technology will effectively alleviate the contradiction between supply and demand of ethylene glycol products in China, have an important positive impact on the national energy and chemical industry, and have important scientific significance, outstanding technological innovation and remarkable social and economic benefits.