"National high-quality development puts forward demands for major equipment and high-end equipment for major projects, and the importance of new materials has become increasingly prominent. With the development of information technology, energy technology, and transportation technology, China has entered a breakthrough in the core technology of high-end materials. Critical period." Recently, Gan Yong, director of the National New Materials Industry Development Expert Advisory Committee, former vice president and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and chairman of the Advanced Materials Society of the Chinese Association for Science and Technology, said in an interview with a reporter from China Metallurgical News.

"The research and development and engineering application of new materials rely on the comprehensive application of new principles, new methods, new technologies, new processes, and new equipment. Disruptive technologies can give rise to new materials and accelerate industrial changes." Gan Yong said, in recent years, Major countries in the world have carried out in-depth predictions and analyses on the specific areas of the new material revolution and the first breakthrough technologies. The disruptive technologies that may cause huge changes in the industry in the future include quantum technology, gene editing, additive manufacturing technology, and renewable energy technology. , Nanotechnology, etc. Gan Yong pointed out that in the next 10 to 20 years, the rapid development of these disruptive technologies will have a revolutionary impact on my country’s information, energy, medical and other fields. At the same time, it will give birth to quantum materials, a new generation of biomedical materials, and new energy sources. Materials, high-temperature superconducting materials, two-dimensional materials such as graphene, 3D printing materials, high-entropy alloys, new display materials and other new materials are in huge demand.

Next, Gan Yong introduced in detail the status quo of my country's new material technology and industrial development, as well as medium and long-term development priorities and implementation paths, from two aspects: the key materials that the country's major strategic needs depend on and the key materials that the country's key needs.