(correspondent: deng xinli) at an annual meeting recently held at the chengdu high-tech industrial park to commend excellent hi-tech companies and innovative start-ups / entrepreneurs, the southwest research & design institute of chemical industry was awarded the title of “outstanding hi-tech enterprise.”
in recent years the institute has continuously strengthened the construction of its scientific and technological innovation platform, enhanced its innovation ability, and expedited the development, application, and promotion of new technologies, completing more than 700 scientific research projects. in the period of 2014-2016, it undertook a total of 11 national-level projects; applied for 123 invention patents (in the year of 2016 alone, it filed 50 patent applications, 96% of which, or 48 applications, were for invention patents); 82 invention patents were granted; it developed 22 national standards, 8 industry standards, and received 4 provincial/ministerial awards; commercialization was realized for a host of independently-developed technologies such as pressure swing adsorption gas separation, synthesis of acetic acid via carbonylation of methanol, production of natural gas via coke oven gas methanation, etc., all of which have provided important technical support and guidance for the industry.
