On March 17, a groundbreaking ceremony for an ultra-short, ultra-intense laser experimental device was held in the town of Guangwu, Xingyang City. The project is the first major scientific and technological infrastructure planned for construction in Henan Province, and is another important event in the development of scientific and technological innovation in Henan Province, marking a solid step towards the docking of the national strategic scientific and technological power system and the construction of a national innovation highland.
It is understood that the ultra-short ultra-intense laser platform construction project has a leading international level, but also the first international ultra-intense laser application research and development platform with industrial core functions.
Ultra-short ultra-intense laser is considered to be the brightest light source known to mankind, capable of creating extreme physical conditions in the laboratory that were previously only found inside stars and at the edge of black holes. The development of ultrashort ultra-intense lasers will not only promote a series of basic disciplines and cutting-edge cross-disciplinary research, but will also facilitate new technological changes and the birth of new industries in related fields.
"The 'ultrashort ultra-intense laser' can be viewed as a tool, with which it is possible to explore unknown physical fields, but also to apply it in the fields of medical treatment, precision machining and other fields, to achieve new breakthrough scientific research results in various fields. " Henan Provincial Academy of Sciences researcher Shi Xiaohui told reporters.
He cited, in the medical field can use ultra-short ultra-intense laser to try the "proton knife" new program, may be able to explore a new targeted therapeutic approach.
The ultra-short ultra-intense laser platform is an important part of the agreement between the People's Government of Henan Province and Tsinghua University to deepen strategic cooperation.
The project is built in the mode of cooperation between Zhengzhou University and Tsinghua University, and the construction and management of the project is the main responsibility of Zhengzhou University. The total estimated cost of the project is 877 million RMB, which does not include the cost of land, municipal supporting infrastructure and other costs.
On January 6, 2022, at the Sixth Session of the Thirteenth People's Congress of Henan Province, Wang Kai, Governor of the People's Government of Henan Province, mentioned in the government work report that the construction of an experimental device for ultra-short ultra-intense lasers should be started, etc. On March 10, the People's Government of Henan Province issued the Notice on Clarification of the Responsibility Units for the Priority Work for the Year of 2022 Put Forth in the Government Work Report, mentioning that the construction of an experimental device for ultra-short ultra-intense lasers should be started. On March 14, the Development and Reform Commission of Henan Province issued "Ten Measures for Expanding Effective Investment in Henan Province", emphasizing the construction of projects in key areas, and promoting the construction of major scientific and technological infrastructure in the province, such as the ultra-short ultra-intense laser platform.
Major scientific and technological infrastructure, refers to the large-scale investment and engineering construction to complete, completed through long-term stable operation and sustained scientific and technological activities, to achieve important scientific and technological goals of large-scale facilities.
Some industry sources believe that the experimental device of ultra-short ultra-intense laser, as the first major scientific and technological infrastructure planned for construction in Henan Province, can also be seen as the first "reserve force" for the construction of the future of the country's major scientific and technological infrastructure in Henan Province.
Through the construction of major scientific and technological infrastructure, greatly enhance the ability of mankind to explore the mysteries of nature, a strong impetus to the basic frontier research and comprehensive cross-exploration, for China's high-tech research and development and breakthroughs in key core technologies to provide an important platform and key means. As a centralized manifestation of the level of national scientific research infrastructure and equipment manufacturing capabilities, the world's leading scientific and technological powers are competing for investment.
Major scientific and technological infrastructure has become the key to seize the high ground in future technological competition.
The national "14th Five-Year Plan" clearly proposes to "appropriately advance the layout of national major scientific and technological infrastructure, improve the level of *** enjoyment and efficiency of use", reflecting China's scientific and technological strides towards original innovation, but also reflects the intrinsic needs of high-quality development of the economy. The development of the intrinsic needs of the high quality of the economy.
Earlier, China's major scientific and technological infrastructure is mainly distributed in Beijing, since 2010, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hefei as a comprehensive national science center, began a large-scale layout of major scientific and technological infrastructure. As of April 2020, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has laid out and constructed 55 national major science and technology infrastructures.
The "14th Five-Year Plan" for Science and Technology Innovation and First-class Innovation Ecology Construction in Henan Province proposes that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the province will create one national laboratory (base or branch), build five new national key laboratories, and construct seven major science and technology infrastructures. major scientific and technological infrastructure.