On the morning of November 18, 2024, the Engineering Science and Technology Symposium of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the 2024 International Conference on Synthetic Biomanufacturing opened in Beijing. The conference is organized by the Department of Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), hosted by Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT) and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), co-organized by the People's Government of Changping District of Beijing, and supported by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Science and Technology (BMST), and the Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park Administration Committee (ZGSTPC). Nineteen academicians from the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as experts and scholars from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China Biotechnology Development Center, local governments, domestic and foreign universities, research institutes and enterprises, totaling more than 500 people attended the meeting.
Academician Li Zhongping, Vice President of the Academy of Engineering, Academician Dai Houliang, Chairman of PetroChina, Zhang Xinmin, Director of China Biotechnology Development Center, and Li Qiang, Deputy Director of Consumer Goods Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, delivered speeches at the opening ceremony of the conference. Academicians He Kebin, Ying Hanjie and Tan Tianwei of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and foreign academician Nielsen made reports. In the salon session after the conference report, six guests from government, enterprises and universities discussed and shared their views on the government-industry-academia-research cooperation in biomanufacturing.
Speech by Academician Li Zhongping
Speech by Academician Dai Houliang
Speech by Director Zhang Xinmin
Speech by Mr. Li Qiang, Deputy Director
Report of Academician He Kebin
Report of Academician Nielsen
Report of Academician Ying Hanjie
Academician Tan Tianwei's Report
Salon Sessions
There will be 5 sub-forums, 78 keynote speakers and 72 invited speakers will focus on “Synthetic Biomanufacturing Frontier Disruptive Technologies and Industry Trends”, “Synthetic Bio-enabling Technologies”, “Metabolic Engineering Promoting the development of bio-economy”, ‘Protein design and engineering’, ‘Green and low-carbon biomanufacturing’ and other areas to carry out discussions and exchanges, collision of sparks of thought.
The conference aims to build an international academic exchange platform for government, industry, academia and research to promote scientific and technological innovation in the field of biomanufacturing in China, and to contribute scientific and technological strength to the construction of a modernized industrial system and the promotion of high-quality development of the economy.