On the morning of June 19th, the Fujian Military-civilian Dual-use Technology Project Achievement Matchmaking Conference was held at the Fuzhou Strait International Convention and Exhibition Center. Nearly 70 military representatives and more than 300 representatives from more than 150 military-civilian enterprises, universities and financial institutions in Fujian Province attended the meeting. At the meeting, 16 projects were signed on-site, with an investment scale of more than 2 billion yuan, and 10 companies signed cooperation agreements with China Merchants Bank, PICC, and the Fujian branch of Galaxy Securities.

The matchmaking meeting was co-sponsored by the National Defense Intellectual Property Office of the Equipment Development Department of the Military Commission and the Fujian Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Fujian Provincial Economic and Information Commission, the Fujian Provincial Military Region Office, the 6.18 Organizing Committee Office, and the Fujian Provincial Intellectual Property Office. Fujian Provincial Tendering and Procurement Group Contracted by 618 Industry Development Co., Ltd., it aims to promote the in-depth development of military-civilian integration in Fujian, build a platform for "military-to-civilian", "civilian-to-military participation" and dual-use technology transformation, organize the two-way docking of supply and demand of military-civilian technology, and promote the achievements of military-civilian integration projects Landing.

According to Wei Keliang, vice chairman of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and director of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Fujian is one of the well-known key revolutionary base provinces in the country. Based on its geographical advantages, Fujian strives to take the lead in military-civilian integration, set an example, plan integration, industrial integration, and mechanism. The integration has achieved positive results, and three characteristic industrial systems of weaponry and equipment and supporting equipment, logistics support equipment, and military training equipment have been initially formed, and are used in ship repair and construction, satellite applications, new materials, key components, information communications and ammunition, and military-to-civilian projects. Six key directions including industrialization have formed development advantages.

Wei Keliang, vice chairman of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and director of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, delivered a speech. Photo by Zhang Jieqiong.

"I hope that through this matchmaking meeting, we will jointly establish a long-term mechanism to promote more'private enterprises' participation in the military', accelerate the transformation of military-civilian dual-use technologies, and expand new space for military-civilian integration and development." Wei Keliang said.

It is understood that in the early stage of the matchmaking meeting, the meeting collected 150 product (technical) achievements from military-civilian integration enterprises in Fujian Province, including electronic information, machinery manufacturing, new energy, new materials, military training supporting materials and equipment, military food processing and transportation and storage. In fields such as, biomedicine, etc., it also collected nearly 80 military-civilian integration advanced technology achievements such as inertial navigation, satellite transmission, unmanned detection, and super insulation of military and civilian scientific research institutions, and collected nearly 4,000 declassified defense patents from military research institutes.

In addition, the matchmaking meeting also strengthened financial supporting services. The Fujian Provincial Development and Reform Commission, in conjunction with relevant banks, securities, insurance and other financial institutions, formulated a "one enterprise, one policy" comprehensive financial service plan based on the characteristics of military-civilian integrated enterprises to further expand investment and financing channels. (Zhang Jieqiong and Wang Juan)