Construction work on a green chemical and new material "middle test" base began in Maoming Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone on March 1.

The project is a result of industry-university-institute cooperation and will use resources from first-tier cities. It will accelerate the technological innovation and development of Maoming's chemical industry and mean that excellent scientific achievements, made both inside and outside Guangdong province, can be applied to products in Maoming.

Construction of the middle test base is being led by the Maoming Green Chemical Research Institute. It's being based on the several generic technology middle test bases and professional function middle test bases in the city.

A chemical research finding will go through several stages, including research and development, laboratory testing, middle testing, small scale production, and mass production. The purpose of a middle test base is to undertake the "middle test" stage, and develop new products and corresponding new production processes.

According to Ji Hongbing, vice president of Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology and dean of the Maoming Green Chemical Research Institute, it is necessary to establish a professional middle test base to conduct mature treatment and industrialization tests, in order to realize the application and industrialization of scientific and technological breakthroughs.

The Maoming middle test base will provide a generic technology and professional function middle test platform to meet the technological and service needs of chemical enterprises, Ji added. 

To date, 10 middle test innovative teams and 10 high-level talents have been introduced to the base, covering fields like 3D printing design and material, high performance water absorbent resin, as well as daily chemical material and environmentally-friendly agricultural synergistic agents.

The base is divided into two parts, respectively covering an area of 51 mu (3.4 hectares) and 15.89 mu.