On November 6, 2025, the Lingzhi Equipment Industry-University-Research Cooperation Summit with the theme of "International Collaboration among Government, Industry, Academia, Research and Application to Facilitate the Overseas Expansion of the Environmental Protection Industry" and the unveiling ceremony of the Postgraduate Workstation of Nanjing Normal University were successfully held and grandly launched at the Lingzhi Equipment Design and Research Center in Yixing Environmental Science and Technology Park.

More than 50 people, including representatives from universities such as Tianjin University, Fuzhou University, and Nanjing Normal University, as well as government and enterprise guests from Yunnan Fuyuan Industrial Park, the Talent Section of the Organization Department of Yixing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Science and Technology Bureau of Yixing City, the Science and Technology Association of Yixing City, and the Science and Technology Bureau of the Environmental Science and Technology Park, and representatives of leading enterprises in the environmental protection industry, gathered together. With "industry-research collaboration + international layout" as the anchor point, they jointly drew a blueprint for the high-quality development of the environmental protection industry.

Leader's Speech: Gathering Consensus from Multiple Parties to Discuss a New Chapter of Going Global

At the ceremony site, many leaders and experts took the stage to deliver speeches around the theme of the event, conveying their firm confidence in the coordinated development and international layout of the environmental protection industry from multiple dimensions such as policy support, scientific research transformation, regional cooperation, and industrial empowerment.

National People's Congress representative and Secretary of Baita Village, Yixing, Ouyang Hua: Taking the practical experience of the coordinated development of rural revitalization and ecological protection as the entry point, he emphasized that the environmental protection industry is not only a livelihood project but also a global undertaking. He said that the platform for government, industry, academia, research and application established by Lingzhi Equipment not only Bridges the "last mile" for the implementation of technology, but also builds a "bridge" for China's environmental protection technology to go global. He looks forward to the enterprise relying on the academician workstation to make green achievements benefit more countries and regions.

Vice Dean Yang Dong of the School of Environmental Science and Engineering at Tianjin University: Starting from the scientific research mission of universities, he pointed out that universities are the "source of vitality" for technological innovation. He mentioned that Tianjin University has always focused on tackling the "bottleneck" technologies in the environmental protection field. This strategic cooperation with Lingzhi Equipment will achieve a precise match between "laboratory achievements" and "industrial demands". Through joint research and development and talent co-cultivation, it will provide core technical support for the export of environmental protection equipment and enable "Made in China" to gain a firm foothold on the international stage.

Professor Yu Yan, the director of the Academic Affairs Office of Fuzhou University, shared his insights on "industry-education integration and international collaboration", emphasizing that talent is the core competitiveness for industries to go global. He stated that Fuzhou University will take the postgraduate workstation as a carrier to customize the cultivation of compound talents with both scientific research capabilities and international perspectives. At the same time, it will promote the joint application of the university and enterprises for international scientific research projects, assist Lingzhi Equipment in integrating into the global environmental protection industry innovation network, and achieve international linkage of technology, talent and market.

President He Huan of the School of Environment at Nanjing Normal University: The unveiling of the Jiangsu Province Graduate Workstation this time is an important milestone in the deepening of cooperation between the two sides. This not only provides a high-quality platform for our postgraduate students to transform theoretical knowledge into practical abilities, allowing them to get up close and personal with the cutting-edge technologies and actual engineering demands in the industry, but also marks that we will take the workstation as a link to carry out deeper collaborative innovation in areas such as technology research and development, talent co-cultivation, and achievement transformation. Inject new vitality into the environmental protection cause of Jiangsu Province and even the whole country. In the future, the School of Environment of Nanjing Normal University will fully support the construction and development of the workstation, select key teaching staff to deeply participate in the cooperation, and join hands with Lingzhi Equipment to jointly write a new chapter of the integration of industry, academia and research, contributing greater wisdom and strength to protecting the green mountains and clear waters and promoting high-quality development!

Luo Wenguang, deputy director of the Management Committee of Fuyuan Industrial Park in Yunnan Province: In light of the regional development needs, he affirmed the practical value of government-enterprise cooperation. He mentioned that the Fuyuan Industrial Park in Yunnan Province is making every effort to promote its green transformation. This time, the introduction of Academician Ling Xiyu and his team to settle in Fuyuan looks forward to jointly expanding the international market in the southwest region and its surrounding areas in the future.

Deputy Director Deng Linwei of the Science and Technology Bureau of Yixing City: From the policy level, support signals are conveyed, emphasizing that as a highland of environmental protection industry, Yixing will continue to optimize the innovation ecosystem. She stated that the Science and Technology Bureau will provide all-round support in terms of research funds, intellectual property protection, and international cooperation connection. It encourages Lingzhi Equipment to take the academician workstation as the core, integrate global innovation resources, and create a "Yixing model" for the environmental protection industry to go global, so that more high-quality environmental protection technologies and products can reach the countries jointly built along the "Belt and Road".

On-site observation: Hardcore technology builds confidence for going global

During the event, the guests were divided into groups to visit the Lingzhi Equipment and Bridge manufacturing Base and the Intellectual Property Museum, immersing themselves in the production processes and technological innovation logic of core products such as SDD low-carbon sewage treatment equipment. From the precise manufacturing in the intelligent workshop to the accumulation of achievements in the intellectual property museum, Lingzhi Equipment's industrial foundation of "technology is king" enabled the on-site guests to directly feel the global competitiveness of its environmental protection equipment.

Inside the workshop, a series of silver-gray SDD new quality low-carbon sewage treatment equipment were neatly lined up. The staff demonstrated on the spot the modular assembly of the equipment - only three workers were needed to complete the core module assembly in two hours, which was 80% more efficient than the installation of traditional equipment. The stainless steel hollow core plate technology adopted by this equipment is the result of our joint efforts with experts in the materials field. Compared with traditional steel plates, it reduces weight by 90%, cuts carbon emissions in the production process by 90%, and lowers transportation costs by 60%. The technical director of Lingzhi Equipment introduced on the spot that the intelligent control system equipped on this equipment can monitor water quality data in real time. The reuse rate of industrial wastewater has reached 82%, and it has achieved "no wastewater leaving the park and full reuse of reclaimed water" in the Fuyuan Industrial Park, Yunnan Province.

In front of the "Technology Achievement Wall", the guests stopped to view over 400 patent certificates and overseas project cases of the enterprise. When learning that Lingzhi Equipment's low-carbon water treatment equipment has been used in the water project in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and the sewage treatment project in the leather industry park in Bangladesh, the director of the Academic Affairs Office of Fuzhou University couldn't help but exclaim: "From material innovation to system integration, from local application to global layout, Lingzhi's practice truly interprets the connotation of 'intelligent manufacturing of environmental protection equipment'."

Academician sharing: Anchoring the direction of Global Expeditions

The competition in environmental protection equipment is essentially a competition of technology and talent - and the cooperation among industry, academia and research is precisely the best link between the two. At the main forum of the summit, Ling Jianjun, the founder of Lingzhi Equipment Group and a foreign academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering, shared the company's innovation journey under the title of "Environmental Protection Philosophy: From Local Practice to Global Expedition".

He mentioned that Lingzhi started by developing small-scale rural water treatment equipment in 2005 and has now grown into an industry leader with total assets exceeding 3 billion yuan. The core secret lies in "building the laboratory on the production line" : Our SDD low-carbon sewage treatment technology is the result of five years of joint research with a university team. It was rated as "internationally leading level" in 2024, which proves that the model of "enterprises setting questions, universities answering, and the market marking" is feasible.

Ling Jianjun presented the company's "industry-university-research blueprint" on the spot: In the next three years, the company will jointly build a "Low-carbon and Environmental Protection Equipment Joint Laboratory" with universities, open the pilot base and overseas project data, and conduct targeted research and development of "water treatment equipment suitable for extreme environments".

Signing and Plaque Presentation: Building a "Community of Shared Interests" among Industry, Academia and Research

At the end of the summit, Lingzhi Equipment successively signed the "Industry-University-Research Strategic Cooperation Agreement" with Tianjin University, Nanjing Normal University and Fuzhou University, and jointly unveiled the plaques for the "Environmental Protection Equipment Industry-University-Research Cooperation Base" and the "Postgraduate Practical Teaching Base". Representatives of the Fuyuan Industrial Park in Yunnan Province signed a "Cooperation Agreement on Attracting Talents from Academicians and Experts" with Academician Ling Xiyu.

He mentioned that Lingzhi started by developing small-scale rural water treatment equipment in 2005 and has now grown into an industry leader with total assets exceeding 3 billion yuan. The core secret lies in "building the laboratory on the production line" : Our SDD low-carbon sewage treatment technology is the result of five years of joint research with a university team. It was rated as "internationally leading level" in 2024, which proves that the model of "enterprises setting questions, universities answering, and the market marking" is feasible.

Ling Jianjun presented the company's "industry-university-research blueprint" on the spot: In the next three years, the company will jointly build a "Low-carbon and Environmental Protection Equipment Joint Laboratory" with universities, open the pilot base and overseas project data, and conduct targeted research and development of "water treatment equipment suitable for extreme environments".

Signing and Plaque Presentation: Building a "Community of Shared Interests" among Industry, Academia and Research