In November 2023, Changzhou City issued the "10 Articles on Synthetic Biology" to support the high-quality development of the synthetic biology industry, accelerate the improvement of R&D and innovation levels, and seize the future development growth pole. On December 6, at the site of the "Biomicrospheres and Related Core Reagents R&D and Industrialization Base" of the Boyi Biological Construction Project, Chen Jinhu, Secretary of the Changzhou Municipal Party Committee, learned in detail about the project construction progress, corporate innovation and R&D, and market prospects. He emphasized that in recent years, major technological breakthroughs have been made in the field of synthetic biology, and a new and broad track is being accelerated. All levels and departments must firmly grasp the key task of new industrialization, and with a sense of urgency that time is running out, give full play to Changzhou's advantages of strong industrial foundation, many young talents, and good entrepreneurial atmosphere, accelerate the expansion and strengthening of the synthetic biology industry, and show Changzhou's responsibility in the future industry cultivation and manufacturing strong province construction. It is necessary to maintain the intensity of project attraction and the intensity of tackling key problems, accelerate the improvement of the functional supporting facilities and industrial incubation capabilities of the synthetic biology industrial park, and support various parks to learn from each other and develop in a coordinated manner.

City and district leaders Hang Yong, Qiao Junjie, Yun Qicheng, Sun Yifeng, Xu Jun, and park leaders Sun Yang and Wang Xiaodong participated in the event.

1. Content of Boyi Biological Project

The total investment is RMB 300 million, the land area is 45 mu, and the planned construction of office, R&D and production buildings is 45,000 square meters. A total of 10 fully automated biological purification filler production lines are designed, and large-scale reactors, purification equipment, fermentation tanks and other production equipment and nucleic acid protein detectors, laser particle size analyzers, MD multifunctional microplate readers and other testing equipment are purchased. About 300 sets (sets), the maximum design capacity of a single batch is 10,000L, and the protein fermentation scale is expected to reach 5 tons. It will be put into use in the second half of 2024. After reaching full production, the production capacity of 50,000L biological macromolecule purification media will be added, and the annual additional output value income is expected to reach 450 million yuan.

2. Features of Boyi Biological Project

The company has always adhered to the development direction of "technology + product + market". At present, Boyi Biological Group has obtained 6 authorized invention patents, 62 utility model patents, and 65 registered trademarks. It provides a full set of protein purification solutions for scientific research and biological enterprises, continuously develops new experimental technology platforms, and expands the field of research and development. The company has won the honors of Jiangsu Province's Specialized, Special and New Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Jiangsu Potential Unicorn Enterprises in 2023, Jiangsu Self-created Zone Gazelle Enterprises in 2023, Jiangsu Province's Double Innovation Enterprises, Longcheng Talents, Jiangsu Province's Private Technology Enterprises, National High-tech Enterprises, Jiangsu Province's Science and Technology-based Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Jiangsu Province's Most Growth-oriented High-tech Enterprises, and Changzhou Wujin District Engineering Technology Research Center, and has participated in many municipal science and technology projects.

3. Progress of Boyi Biological Project

The main structure of the first phase has been capped and the main structure has been accepted. It is planned to start construction of municipal roads in early December 2023, and the first phase will start completion acceptance at the end of December; the completion acceptance will be completed in January 2024, and the equipment will start installation and commissioning after decoration, and will be put into production in the second half of the year.