On September 23, the 25th China International Industry Fair grandly opened at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). Centered on the theme “New Industrial Quality, Boundless Intelligent Manufacturing,” this year's event showcased global innovations in manufacturing. Donghua University presented over ten cutting-edge achievements spanning new materials, life sciences, and high-end equipment, comprehensively demonstrating the university's solid efforts and remarkable accomplishments in advancing new productive forces and precisely serving national strategic needs.
(Our university's exhibition project has been awarded the ‘25th China International Industry Fair (CIIF) Grand Prize’)
At the opening ceremony, the project ‘Manufacturing Technology and Continuous Filament Forming Equipment for Lunar Soil Fibers under Simulated Lunar Environment’ was awarded the ‘25th China International Industrial Fair (CIIF) Grand Award’. Meanwhile, the PEEK acoustic membrane developed by the Donghua University team addresses the gap in the domestic production of acoustic membranes for commercial aircraft engines. The membrane is produced by melt-spinning PEEK into fibers and forming it into a high-density acoustic membrane through a compact molding process. Having completed application validation, this innovation breaks through foreign technological barriers and received the ‘25th CIIF New Material Award’.
Professor Zhu Meifang, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Director of the National Key Laboratory of Advanced Fiber Materials, and Professor at Donghua University, was invited to deliver a keynote speech titled ‘The New Future of Extreme Processing for Flexible Materials.’That afternoon, Professor Chen Ge, Vice President of Donghua University, attended the International Cooperation Forum on Advanced Manufacturing Clusters and delivered a keynote report titled ‘Building a Collaborative Platform for the Textile Industry Cluster to Expand New Patterns of International Cooperation.’
(On the opening day, DHU's exhibition area drew numerous professional visitors to stop and observe, captivated by its distinctive cross-disciplinary innovation.)
Materials power energy, innovation drives sustainability.
Donghua University is powering its ‘interstellar dreams’ with groundbreaking innovations in materials and energy. The project, ‘Manufacturing Technology and Continuous Filament Forming Equipment for Lunar Soil Fibers under Simulated Lunar Environment,’ led by Professors Zhu Meifang and Cheng Yanhua from the College of Materials Science and Engineering, is turning the vision of in-situ lunar resource utilization into a tangible reality.
(The project, ‘Manufacturing Technology and Continuous Filament Forming Equipment for Lunar Soil Fibers under Simulated Lunar Environment’)
The system has successfully simulated the extreme high-vacuum environment of the Moon and overcome the technical bottleneck of spinning minute amounts of fiber from milligram-scale, precious lunar soil samples. It has resolved a series of core challenges, including the precise delivery of trace materials, high-temperature melting, and continuous stable fiber formation under these extreme conditions.Centered around the core principle of in-situ resource utilization, this technological solution eliminates dependence on Earth-sourced materials and forges a novel pathway for material preparation in lunar base construction, fully demonstrating both scientific ambition and engineering execution.
The value of this breakthrough technology extends far beyond a single equipment innovation, serving as a key to solving the challenges of deep space exploration. It addresses the fundamental transportation bottleneck for future lunar bases—eliminating the need for astronomically expensive transport of building materials from Earth. Astronauts can simply collect local soil and use this technology to produce various lunar regolith-based materials, ranging from structural components to functional devices.This achievement not only represents a solid and practical step toward the grand vision of establishing a human presence on the Moon but also tangibly showcases Donghua University's leading role in the field of deep space exploration materials. It underscores the university's commitment to aligning its research with national strategic goals and its robust capability to empower humanity's journey into the ‘stars and oceans’ through innovation.
Textiles meet fashion, technology empowers wearables
The China International Industrial Fair (CIIF) witnessed a striking fusion of cutting-edge technology and design aesthetics with the debut of intelligent traffic management robots in their exclusive uniforms. The ‘Official Uniform for Traffic Police Robots,’ a collaborative innovation between Professor Cui Yumei's team from the Donghua College of Fashion and Art and the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Traffic Police Department, became a focal point, drawing keen attention from industry experts, media, and visitors.This specialized attire achieves a scientific balance between functionality and aesthetic appeal. Crafted from high-performance functional fabrics, it offers reliable protection for the robots while enhancing their visual distinctiveness through professional design. The vibrant color scheme and tailored cut, optimized for traffic scenarios, ensure the robots appear more professional and conspicuous when directing traffic. This not only strengthens their traffic command effectiveness but also adds a distinct touch of technological sophistication to the urban landscape.
Currently, this specialized uniform for public security traffic management robots has been deployed for trial use in iconic urban areas such as Shanghai's Bund. Its innovative and practical design has garnered attention and coverage from central mainstream media outlets including People's Daily and Xinhua News Agency. It stands as a vivid example showcasing the implementation of China's ‘new quality productive forces’ in the field of public welfare, offering a ‘fashionable solution’ for the scenario-based application of intelligent equipment.
Intelligence integrates health, technology safeguards well-being
As intelligent technology embraces the mission of health protection, Donghua University is weaving a warm, protective ‘fabric of life’ at the intersection of these fields, using innovation as the needle and technology as the thread. This endeavor infuses scientific research with a profound sense of human-centric warmth. In the College of Textiles, Professor Wang Lu's team is deeply committed to developing ‘Textile-Based Implants for Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular Interventions.’ Through their innovative application of textile science and technology, they are weaving a robust and reliable safety net for hundreds of millions of patients with cardiovascular diseases.
(The covered stent isolates the aneurysm within the thoracoabdominal aorta while preserving blood supply.)
China has a staggering 330 million cardiovascular disease patients. For years, high-end cardiovascular interventional devices were monopolized by foreign brands. Not only were prices prohibitively high, deterring patients, but supply chain fluctuations also posed the risk of sudden shortages, jeopardizing patients' health and safety. Facing this challenge, Wang Lu's team proactively partnered with clinical hospitals and industry enterprises to form a cross-disciplinary task force. After over a decade of dedicated research, they successfully broke through a series of core technological barriers, achieving full-chain independent innovation from core raw material development to end-product manufacturing. The team's ultra-thin, high-density textile-based cardiovascular implants function like ‘smart protective gear’ tailored for fragile blood vessels, effectively isolating aneurysms while maintaining unobstructed blood flow. Today, these innovative products, combining safety and efficacy, have earned multiple authoritative domestic and international certifications. They are widely used in over 700 hospitals nationwide, benefiting countless patients, and have successfully entered international markets, exporting to 21 countries and regions including Europe, the Americas, and Japan. This project has not only completely broken foreign monopolies but also reduced product prices by two-thirds compared to imported counterparts, substantially easing the financial burden on patients. It vividly demonstrates Donghua University's commitment to serving public health through scientific research.
(State Key Laboratory of Advanced Fiber Materials Exhibition Area)
The State Key Laboratory of Advanced Fiber Materials showcased multiple cutting-edge exhibits packed with technological innovation at the China International Industry Fair (CIIF). Its breakthrough achievements, combining technological advancement with future application value, made it a focal point of the exhibition and earned it the CIIF New Materials Industry Exhibition Outstanding Organization Award. In the ‘sci-fi-level’ brain-computer interface field, the Donghua team's bionic ‘neural earthworm’ smart fiber material can navigate the human body, precisely capturing minute neural signals to enable brain diagnostics. This breakthrough was recently featured in Nature.Addressing the demand for intelligent materials, the team's ‘battery-free’ smart fiber breaks away from traditional reliance on batteries and chips. It utilizes a circuit formed by the fiber, the human body, and the earth to harvest electromagnetic energy from the environment, directly converting it into optoelectronic signals. This eliminates the need for batteries and chips, enabling intelligent functions such as touch-activated lighting, fabric displays, and wireless command transmission.
The CIIF also featured a spectrum of other Donghua-powered innovations, including ‘Preemptive Mold Prevention: A Safe, Long-Lasting, and Odorless 'Mold Vaccine' ’, ‘Composite Small-Diameter Artificial Vascular Grafts Based on Bio-Nanofibers’, ‘An Intelligent Visualized Firefighting System’, ‘A Precision Motion Control System for 3D Printers’, and ‘High-Speed Hall Current Sensors’. This diverse portfolio collectively demonstrated the university's robust capabilities and significant progress in pioneering fields such as new materials, artificial intelligence, high-end equipment, and life sciences.
No. | Name of the exhibition project |
1 | Preemptive Mold Prevention: A Safe, Long-Lasting, and Odorless 'Mold Vaccine' |
2 | Highly Safe Cellulose Nanofiber Lithium-ion Battery Separator |
3 | Composite Small-Diameter Artificial Vascular Grafts Based on Bio-Nanofibers |
4 | Bipedal Intelligent Robot with Integrated Robotic Arm |
5 | A Quadruped Robotic Arm System Integrating Large Models and Imitation Learning |
6 | Portable, lightweight, long-lasting, temperature-controlled cooling vest |
7 | Super-Durable, Cut-Resistant Composite Fabric—Making Safety and Durability Within Reach |
8 | An Intelligent Visualized Firefighting System |
9 | Official Uniform for Traffic Police Robots |
10 | Minimally Invasive Interventional Cardiovascular Textile-Based Implants |
11 | A Precision Motion Control System for 3D Printers |
12 | High-Speed Hall Current Sensor |
13 | Automatic Fiber-Forming Equipment for Lunar Base Applications Using Simulated Lunar Oceanic Basalt Fibers |
(List of Exhibits from Donghua University)
In recent years, Donghua University has focused on major national and industrial needs, striving to build a collaborative innovation system and actively promoting the development of university-enterprise research platforms and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. The university has continuously guided the shift in patents from ‘quantity’ to ‘quality,’ stimulating the vitality of achievement transformation, and fulfilling its mission to serve major national strategies and economic and social development through scientific and technological innovation. The scientific and technological achievements showcased by Donghua University at this year's Industrial Expo are a vivid demonstration of the university's commitment to the ‘Four Orientations’ and its advancement toward high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and strength.
