Shenyang University of Chemical Technology

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Shenyang University of Chemical Technology is located in the **-level economic and technological development zone – Shenyang Economic and Technological Development Zone. It is a multi-disciplinary university that focuses on engineering, with chemistry as its specialty; it combines disciplines such as engineering, science, management, economics, literature, law, education, and medicine. In 2016, it was selected for the Project to Enhance the Fundamental Capabilities of Universities in the Central and Western Regions. The university is among the **first institutions to be granted the right to confer bachelor’s degrees; it was approved by the State Council’s Academic Degrees Committee at the beginning of the \"Eighth Five-Year Plan\" period to award master’s degrees. It is also part of the Ministry of Education’s program for cultivating outstanding engineers, as well as a university designated for the development of distinctive academic programs. It is involved in the **national \"College Students’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program,\" serves as the leading institution of the Liaoning Fine Chemicals Collaborative Innovation Center, functions as a training base for undergraduate students in petrochemical technologies in Liaoning Province, is home to the Liaoning Engineering Education Center, acts as a continuing education center for professional and technical personnel in Liaoning Province, and serves as a base for scientific and technological innovation as well as the dissemination of new technologies in the province ； The school is a joint establishment of the people’s government of Liaoning Province and Sinochem Group; the action plan to use education for the revitalization of Liaoning’s old industrial base relies on universities ； The school has been awarded the title of Outstanding Organizing Unit for the National “Challenge Cup” among colleges and universities, Advanced Unit for College Students’ Social Practice at the national level, Advanced Unit for Industry-University-Research Cooperation in Liaoning Province, Outstanding Unit for Employment Services in Liaoning Province’s colleges and universities, and Model School for Entrepreneurship Education among college students in Liaoning Province. In 2016, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology applied for and was approved to establish 1 **-level engineering laboratory, 2 provincial-level engineering and key laboratories, and 1 municipal research institute. They are respectively: “Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Boron-Magnesium Resource Development and Fine Chemical Technology”, “Liaoning Province Engineering Laboratory for the Treatment and Recycling of Heavy Metals from Industrial Emissions”, “Key Laboratory of Green Functional Molecule Design and Development in Liaoning Province”, and the Industrial Technology Research Institute of Shenyang University of Chemical Technology. Leading experts in these fields include Professor Zhang Yimin, a Distinguished Professor of the Ministry of Education’s \"Changjiang Scholars\" program; Professors Zhang Lixin and Liu Lizhi, distinguished experts under the Ministry of Organization’s \"Thousand Talents Program\"; as well as Jia Yongfeng, a recipient of the Outstanding Young Scholar Fund! Professor Zhang Yimin is a Distinguished Professor of the Ministry of Education’s \"Changjiang Scholars\" Program, a member of the Discipline Evaluation Committee for Mechanical Engineering under the State Council’s Academic Degrees Committee, a leader of an innovation team under the Innovation Team Development Program, a National Outstanding Science and Technology Worker, and a member of the International Steering Committee of the Asia-Pacific Vibration Conference ； Mainly engaged in research on equipment reliability and related areas; the research achievements are at the international leading level, making significant contributions to improving the safety of equipment manufacturing in China ； Won 1 Second Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress, and 5 First Prizes for scientific and technological achievements at the ministerial and provincial levels. Professor Zhang Lixin, a specially appointed expert under the Ministry of Organization’s “Thousand Talents Program,” led the development of three original active ingredients: difenoconazole, fluoxastrobin, and fluxapyroxad. All of these have been officially registered, and more than 10 products have been created using them in various formulations and mixtures ； Among them, difenoconazole, as a methoxyacrylate-based fungicide, is one of the pesticides with the highest sales volume among innovative pesticides in China at present ； The original drug variety for which this invention was developed generates annual sales of nearly 100 million yuan, with profits exceeding 30 million yuan ； Won 1 Second Prize for Technical Invention, 4 First Prizes and 1 Second Prize for scientific and technological achievements at the ministerial and provincial levels, as well as 3 Excellent Patent Awards from the Intellectual Property Office. Professor Jia Yongfeng is a recipient of the Outstanding Young Scientist Fund, has been included in the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ “Program to Bring in Outstanding Foreign Talents” (Hundred Talents Program), is part of the Hundred-Thousand-Ten Thousand Talents Project, and has been appointed as a key researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences ； Research has been conducted on the basic theories and applied technologies related to the treatment of heavy-metal wastewater, dust, and waste residues, as well as pollution control processes; these efforts have reached an internationally advanced level, breaking the technological monopoly held by developed countries, and offering broad market prospects in China ； The main achievements have resulted in 4 granted patents and the First Prize in Natural Sciences of Liaoning Province. Professor Liu Lizhi, a specially appointed expert under the Ministry of Organization’s “Thousand Talents Program”, a senior expert at Sinopec Group, chairperson of the Polymer Materials Committee at the International Diffraction Data Center (USA), lead research scientist at Dow Chemical Company in the USA, and a senior research expert ； Mainly engaged in research on the relationships among the structure, properties, and processing conditions of polymer materials, as well as in the development of new materials and products. Has obtained 7 international patents, published 2 monographs, and authored 60 high-quality academic papers.