Poster News correspondents Zeng Ying, Ma Yuwen and Li Chanjuan report
The picture shows Xu Yingjian. (Source: Photo provided by me)
In the spring of March, on the shore of the beautiful Daming Lake, accompanied by the spring breeze and the tender willows swaying in the wind, listening to the gurgling water and the melodious guqin playing, the reporter met the dusty China Association for Science and Technology "Haizhi Plan Distinguished Expert", Guizhou Jinzhijian High-tech Materials Co., Ltd. Chairman Xu Yingjian and the team. "I've been to Jinan many times, and every time I pass by in a hurry, this is the first time I have time to take a look at the style of Quancheng, and it really lives up to its reputation!"
Return to Shandong to find opportunities for cooperation
Speaking of the origin of Xu Yingjian and Shandong, we must start with the national inspection activities of returned overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese intellectuals in July last year. At that time, Xu Yingjian followed the delegation to Jinan, Yantai and Weihai to investigate, and Yantai Wanrun, Qilu Pharmaceutical, Lunan Pharmaceutical, Wanhua Chemical Group and other enterprises left a deep impression on him engaged in scientific research in the field of chemistry. "Our company's products involve synthetic pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, natural extracts, environmental protection and other industries, and there is a lot of room for cooperation with many companies in Shandong. Xu Yingjian met with many group leaders late, and even reached an agreement for in-depth negotiations. This time, Xu Yingjian "flew" from Guizhou to Shandong with sincerity, visited Wanhua Group, Jinan Pharmaceutical Valley Industrial Park, etc., and looked for opportunities for in-depth cooperation based on preliminary test data.
"I was pleasantly surprised by Shandong. Talking about why she came to Shandong again, Xu Yingjian mentioned three reasons: "Shandong is a major industrial province, the only province in China with all 41 industrial categories, and has also emerged the most 'single champions' in the country. "Not only that, but the market in Shandong is also very large, and I also agree with the urban culture and humanistic style here." Xu Yingjian talked about a trivial matter, when the national situation delegation visited Wanhua last year, there were always staff members "staring" at the members of the delegation holding the railing, not only to prevent falling, but also to minimize the probability of electrostatic deflagration. "This kind of rigorous attitude in the details is a corporate culture that I appreciate and respect very much, and it can also be seen that Shandong people are a person and a businessman. ”
During this inspection of Shandong enterprises, Xu Yingjian did not choose the sightseeing line of the enterprise, but walked directly into the production workshop. "The products of these Shandong enterprises we inspected are generally very high, and the quality is also very high, and they can even squeeze out a lot of international products of the same type. Xu Yingjian, who has long been engaged in the research and development and industrial application of high-efficiency chiral catalysts, coordination functional materials and solid catalysts, has been warmly welcomed by Shandong enterprises. Golden Key has cooperated with a number of Fortune 500 companies and top 50 well-known pharmaceutical companies in China to help solve the "neck" problem of impurity separation and purification in many industrial fields. "The cooperation between Jinzhijian and Wanhua, Qilu Pharmaceutical, Lunan Pharmaceutical, Yantai Wanrun and other Shandong enterprises will also help Shandong enterprises improve their quality and growth. When it comes to the prospect of cooperation and contributing to the new quality of productivity, Xu Yingjian is full of confidence.
Inherit the family style and embark on the road of serving the country with science and technology
Xu Yingjian's success is inseparable from many years of foreign study and scientific research experience. In 2002, after completing her master's degree in finance and investment management at the University of Aberdeen, Xu Yingjian entered the University of Warwick to pursue a Ph.D. degree. In 2005, he conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Oxford, UK, focusing on chiral catalytic materials and application technology, and met many experts and management elites in the high-end new materials and pharmaceutical industry due to many large-scale R&D projects. In 2008, Xu Yingjian came to work for PhosphonicS, the world's top clean and energy-saving high-tech company, and after years of struggle, he became the company's technical project manager and technical director to the Asia-Pacific business director.
"My grandfather studied at the University of Michigan in 1937 and interned at Chrysler Motor Company after graduation, and belonged to a very early group of Chinese with overseas study and work experience. There were 28 Chinese classmates in the class that year, and only my grandfather returned to the war-torn motherland without hesitation to participate in national construction. Listening to his grandfather's story since childhood, the concept of "learning to serve the country" was imperceptibly rooted in Xu Yingjian's heart. Although she is in an executive position in the UK and enjoys a generous salary, with the accumulation of knowledge, technology and other resources, Xu Yingjian feels that it is time to serve the motherland.
"Around 2015, China's industrial chain developed in the direction of high technology and high added value, but it lacked the technology that can efficiently and cleanly remove harmful impurities, improve the environment and enhance people's health, and at the same time radiate functional targeted materials in many fields such as chemicals, mining, and electronics. Xu Yingjian hopes that through hard work, we will create our own functional coordination technology and products to achieve science and technology to serve the country. In the autumn of 2016, after careful consideration, he returned to his hometown Guizhou with the technology, experience and resources accumulated after 15 years of studying and working abroad, and founded Golden Key.
"We do not blindly expand the scale, do not invest heavily in assets, focus on core technologies and products, and devote time and energy to truly valuable matters, so that the company can quickly grow into a small but sophisticated international enterprise. Xu Yingjian has a clear positioning for his company, through several years of development, the company's core technology and products have been radiated to large-scale fine chemicals, large-scale petrochemicals, new drug research and development, smelting, precious metals, soil repair and new green materials and other industries, and was selected by the China Association for Science and Technology as the first batch of "Science and Technology China" international innovation cooperation bases.
Xu Yingjian at work (photo provided by me)
Build a platform to promote exchanges between China and foreign countries
Xu Yingjian not only focuses on technology research and development, but also is committed to building an expert exchange platform, bringing together high-quality resources accumulated at home and abroad for many years, including not only international top experts and professors in related fields, but also academicians at home and abroad, many of whom are cross-field experts and scholars.
"Nowadays, the development of a single discipline is very constrained, and cross-disciplines can drive progress more quickly. Xu Yingjian said that now that technology is developing rapidly, it is necessary to integrate them with the support of interdisciplinary experts. "For example, AI and big data are developing rapidly, but they do not directly support industrial production and translate them into GDP. If the former is introduced into chemistry and other related research, it can use its super intelligence and computing power to save a lot of time for manual test comparison. At this time, it is especially important to get acquainted with experts in the fields of computer science and chemistry. Xu Yingjian said.
"The key components of a product or a technology research and development to a critical moment, it is not enough to rely on consulting international literature, if you can contact the corresponding experts, you can save a lot of time and money for enterprises, of course, in the process of cooperation, our technology and products also have a very critical help and contribution to these experts. Xu Yingjian said frankly that with the growth of experience, his vision and position have also been continuously improved, "The measure of success is not only how much value has been obtained, but more importantly, it depends on what you have driven, which is my original intention to establish an expert platform, and it is also my original intention to serve the country with science and technology." ”
On the shore of Ming Lake, although this time he finally had time to stop and watch the scenery, Xu Yingjian could only glance at it hurriedly. Three hours later, he stepped on the plane to Guizhou, rushed back to the company for the next step of scientific research, and also went to the mountains and seas of science and technology industry to serve the country.