A "golden egg" worth hundreds of billions? Zhejiang is the first to enter the new track of magnetic industry

Zhang Liu, a reporter from Chao News Client, and Xiao Yutong, a correspondent from Hu Ke, said
that "Zero Magnetic Medical is the first egg hatched by the extremely weak magnetic large scientific device."
Recently, when the reporter met Fang Jiancheng, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, he had just participated in the unveiling ceremony of Hangzhou Zero Magnetic Medical Equipment Co., Ltd. This company carries a dream of the team of Academician Fang Jiancheng: it is the first industrialized achievement hatched by the extremely weak magnetic large scientific device, representing that the extremely weak magnetic large scientific device has initially penetrated the "laying eggs along the way" achievement transformation model, laying the foundation for cultivating a zero magnetic medical equipment industry worth hundreds of billions.
The industry evaluates that this is a "golden egg" worth hundreds of billions. Is this really the case?
In order to find this answer, in the past six months, the reporter went to Xianghu Academician Island twice to talk with Academician Fang Jiancheng, the chief scientist and chief designer of the extremely weak magnetic large scientific device, and discussed topics such as the transfer and transformation of scientific and technological achievements. At the same time, interviews were conducted with Xu Weihua, the deputy mayor in charge of Hangzhou, and Wang Lisheng, deputy director of the Management Committee of Hangzhou High-tech Zone, and other relevant persons.
From the breakthroughs and layouts made by Academician Fang Jiancheng's team and Hangzhou, a new magnetic industry track with large scientific facilities as the core driving force has gradually emerged.

Large-scale zero-magnetic space renderings (provided by the interviewee)
The first "golden egg"
is expected to bring a 100 billion-level industry
. In early July this year, Hangzhou welcomed a familiar guest: the main person in charge of the Party Committee of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
In the past two years, this person in charge has visited Hangzhou three times to jointly promote the construction of high-energy science and innovation platforms and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements with the city of Hangzhou. This trip to Hangzhou was on the eve of the hatching of the first "golden egg" of the extremely weak magnetic large scientific facility. At the venue, both sides mentioned "transformation" and "industry". The industrialization of extremely weak magnetic research results is the top priority.
What is extremely weak magnetism? "Everything has a magnetic field, and human organs also have a magnetic field." Academician Fang Jiancheng said that although the magnetic field of human organs is very weak, for example, the magnetic field of the heart is about one millionth of the earth's magnetic field, but in a space close to zero magnetic field, using sensors and other technologies, extremely weak magnetic signals can be detected, and these signals from the body can be used to diagnose diseases. This technology has the advantages of no damage and no radiation.
Based on technical breakthroughs such as zero magnetic space and zero magnetic sensors, the team of Academician Fang Jiancheng developed the first zero magnetic medical device - magnetic heart imaging equipment, and invested in preclinical research in many hospitals in Zhejiang, Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Chongqing and other places.
Hangzhou is the first city to invest in preclinical research. In the First People's Hospital of Hangzhou, there is an instrument that looks very much like a nuclear magnetic resonance machine. Press the button, a "patient" is slowly moved into the instrument, the position is adjusted, and the magnetic field map of the heart is displayed on the computer screen next to the instrument. According to the results of preclinical research in various hospitals in the past six months, the "magnetic heart imaging equipment" has a very high accuracy rate in diagnosing acute myocardial infarction. This means that the diagnosis of major diseases such as myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction, and tumors is expected to be innovated by the research and development and promotion of zero magnetic medical equipment.
Compared with the nuclear magnetic resonance machine that costs tens of millions of yuan, a magnetic heart imaging device only costs a few million yuan and has 100% independent intellectual property rights. At the same time, for difficult diseases such as myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction, and tumors, supporting detection systems and wearable monitoring devices will be developed in the future, which is expected to become a future industry worth hundreds of billions.
Imagination is not limited to the predictable industrial scale. In Xu Weihua's view, for Hangzhou and even Zhejiang, this "golden egg" is even more priceless, because it represents that the extremely weak magnetic large scientific facility has initially penetrated the "laying eggs along the way" achievement transformation model of "construction, research and development, and transformation".
Large scientific facilities are large research facilities built by the country to solve strategic, basic and forward-looking scientific and technological problems. Public data shows that China's existing large scientific facility "family" has 77 members, 34 of which have been built and operated, and 43 are under construction or planning, including China's Sky Eye, the Electron-Positron Collider, the artificial sun, etc., all of which are national heavy equipment aimed at disruptive innovation, and many of them have brought major breakthroughs in the field of basic research.
In developed countries, such "national heavy equipment" has played an important role in building a high-tech industrial system. For example, the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, which evolved from the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in the United States, closely links talents, scientific research projects and large scientific research equipment, and builds a laboratory and enterprise innovation-driven cycle. From Cisco, Logitech, HP to Google, it is known as "hatching half of Silicon Valley."
The extremely weak magnetic large scientific facility approved during the "14th Five-Year Plan" represents the iteration of the construction direction of China's large scientific facilities - from specializing in basic research to focusing more on cultivating future industries.
"We want to build a new type of large scientific facility, and accelerate the development of new quality productivity by cultivating future industries." According to the "plan" of the team of Academician Fang Jiancheng, the main project of the extremely weak magnetic large scientific facility will start at the end of this year, which will provide extreme weak magnetic environment and extreme measurement methods for deep space exploration, aerospace, life and health and other fields. These technologies will be incubated with industrialization projects with broad prospects in the "laying eggs along the way" achievement transformation model. Famous
cities join hands with famous schools
to connect the entire chain of "education, science and people"
Every month, Zheng Shiqiang takes a flight to and from Beijing and Hangzhou: Beijing is connected to Zheng Shiqiang's home; Hangzhou is connected to Zheng Shiqiang's "scientific and technological dream".
As the executive vice president of the Hangzhou Extremely Weak Magnetic Field National Major Scientific and Technological Infrastructure Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as the Extremely Weak Magnetic Research Institute), Zheng Shiqiang came to Zhejiang from Beijing in 2019. At that time, although the large scientific facility had not yet been approved and the main structure had not yet started construction, the team led by Academician Fang Jiancheng had already established the Institute of Extremely Weak Magnetism in Hangzhou, and adopted the approach of "building, developing and transforming" to promote the scientific research and industrialization of extremely weak magnetism.

Researchers are conducting research on extremely weak magnetic field measurements (provided by the interviewee).
Today, this scientific research team has grown from 0 to more than 1,000 people. The rapid growth of the scientific research team is due to the "two-way rush" between Hangzhou and even Zhejiang and Beihang University.
"We hope to work with Hangzhou to open up the entire chain of 'science-technology-industry'." In the eyes of Academician Fang Jiancheng, a witness and promoter, the cooperation between famous cities and famous universities is committed to promoting "education, technology, and talents" in an integrated manner. With the strong support of major scientific and technological tasks and major innovation platforms, the process of scientific and technological research, the organization of scientific research, and the links and models of education are organically integrated, and new quality productivity is developed in the transfer and transformation of scientific and technological achievements.
The three important time nodes record the attempts of famous cities to join hands with famous universities to connect the "education, technology, and talents" system.
2016 is the starting point of the fate of Hangzhou and Beihang University. This year, the Zhejiang Provincial Government and Beihang University signed a strategic cooperation agreement, clearly stating that they would cooperate to build the Beihang Hangzhou campus, carry out teaching, scientific research innovation and major technological research around the needs of Zhejiang's industrial development, cultivate innovative talents, and promote the transformation and transfer of high-tech achievements in Zhejiang.
By 2019, the cooperation between the famous city and the famous university was further deepened. The Hangzhou Municipal Government, the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education and Beihang University signed a cooperation framework agreement to jointly build the Sino-French Aviation University, working together to create a landmark project of Sino-French cooperation and a world-class university with Chinese characteristics in the field of civil aviation.
The more critical node is 2023. In May of this year, the feasibility study report of the extremely weak magnetic large scientific device was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission and officially landed in Hangzhou High-tech Zone (Binjiang). This is Beihang's first large scientific device, which will build the world's highest performance and largest zero magnetic space. It is also one of the large scientific devices with a large investment amount approved in China during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
One layout after another has brought batches of scientific research talents, who have changed from guests to hosts of this city, and have settled down to take root. "In the past few years, the entire large-scale device research institute team has 'moved' from Beijing to Hangzhou." Zheng Shiqiang said that not only did the original scientific research force move to Hangzhou, but relying on the Extremely Weak Magnetic Research Institute, the team also gradually built a talent team in Hangzhou and supplemented it with scientific research forces, helping the team to successfully develop large-scale zero-magnetic space scale prototypes, zero-magnetic medical equipment and other key technical equipment.

R&D personnel are conducting performance tests on scaled-down prototypes (provided by the interviewee)
For example, the team led by Zheng Shiqiang is responsible for the application of extremely weak magnetic measurement technology in medical imaging equipment for human functional information. "This is a key step for zero-magnetic medical treatment to enter industrialization." Zheng Shiqiang explained that the original innovation of large scientific facilities will drive technological changes and promote industrial development with new quality productivity, which can not only better meet the people's yearning for a better life, but also replenish a steady stream of talents to the scientific research team. At present, more and more outstanding doctoral graduates from Beihang University have joined the Extremely Weak Magnetic Research Institute and become the core backbone of the R&D team.
Build an ecosystem
and lay out a cross-research platform .
A bus parking and maintenance base in Puyan, Binjiang, will be transformed into an industrial innovation center; not far away, the Hangzhou South Bus Station, which was planned to be built, also plans to adjust the relevant plans...
"These were originally 'hard bones'. After vigorous coordination at the Hangzhou municipal level, all the blockages and difficulties have been solved." Standing in front of a map, Wang Lisheng, deputy director of the Management Committee of Hangzhou High-tech Zone, pointed to a block bordering Binjiang and Xiaoshan. It is expected that by the end of this year, the main body of the extremely weak magnetic large scientific facility will start construction on this flat land.
With large scientific facilities as the core source, an innovation ecosystem around large scientific facilities has already dug up the first shovel of soil.
In May of this year, the first cross-research platform has been started near the site of the extremely weak magnetic large scientific facility. This is the first large scientific facility cross-research platform project started in our province, and it also makes Hangzhou the fourth city in China to deploy cross-research platforms around large scientific facilities.
Relying on this cross-research platform, Hangzhou will develop "eyes and ears" for extremely weak magnetic research. "What we want to do is the most sensitive sensor in the world. It may be only the size of a fingernail. If it is low-cost while ensuring performance, we can lay out sensor arrays to perceive the magnetic field more accurately." Weng Haina, director of the Hangzhou Institute of Major Scientific and Technological Infrastructure for Extremely Weak Magnetic Fields, said that cross-research platforms like this will be an indispensable part of industrialization. After some pre-research results have passed the engineering stage, they need to be verified on the cross-research platform, and then enter the necessary links of industrialization such as pilot production.
"Around the extremely weak magnetic large scientific device, Hangzhou has laid out a total of five cross-research platforms." Xu Weihua introduced that these cross-research platforms correspond to five technical centers, including the Large Magnetic Shielding Technology Research Center, the Quantum Science Device Instrument Engineering Technology Center, the Chip-based Quantum Sensor and Application Engineering Center, and the Zero Magnetic Medical Science Equipment Center. Surrounding these centers and cross-research platforms, Hangzhou has laid out an industrial innovation center of 90,000 square meters to create a zero-magnetic science valley that gathers zero-magnetic medical and other industries, and truly open up the "science-technology-industry" full chain.
To make this chain work, Hangzhou High-tech Zone (Binjiang) has tailored a fund for the transformation of achievements-Hangzhou Zero Magnetic Equipment Achievement Transformation Fund, with an initial scale of 500 million yuan. "This fund will invest early, invest small, and invest hard, and promote Hangzhou to occupy the high ground of the zero-magnetic equipment industry as soon as possible." The relevant person in charge of Hangzhou High-tech Zone (Binjiang) introduced that by 2025, the scale of the science and technology achievement transformation fund in the core source area of ​​the extremely weak magnetic large scientific device will be more than 1 billion yuan, the investment in high-tech industries will be more than 2 billion yuan, and the proportion of R&D personnel to employees will be no less than 50%.
Resource elements are in place, and high-tech production lines have been put into place. On one side of the intersection of Chengye Road and Nanhuan Road, a 4,000-square-meter industrial plant has been transformed into a zero-magnetic medical equipment production line, and the annual production capacity of magnetic cardiotonic imaging equipment has reached 100 units. At present, Hangzhou has taken the zero-magnetic medical industry as an important direction for cultivating strategic emerging industries and future industries and developing new quality productivity, and has begun to plan cooperation with the industrial chain and innovation chain in surrounding areas.

Zero-magnetic medical equipment has been put into preclinical research. (Provided by the interviewee)
Located in the Hangzhou metropolitan area and having formed a certain foundation in the field of geographic information industry, Deqing has become an excellent choice.
Not long ago, in a conference room in Deqing Geographic Information Town, a seminar on opening up a new track for the magnetic industry was held, chaired by Fang Jiancheng, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Cao Jinbin, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Last year, the team of Academician Fang Jiancheng established a geomagnetic-related research institute in Deqing and entered the track of geomagnetic research. "Deqing has a geographic information town, and the prospects for magnetic industrialization are very broad." Academician Fang Jiancheng said that extremely weak magnetic fields are first large devices and then industrialized, and Deqing provides space for industrialization. Hangzhou and Deqing will build an industrialization layout of "headquarters + surrounding manufacturing bases", that is, Hangzhou is responsible for R&D and core device R&D and production, and Deqing is responsible for spare parts production, and together they will move towards a new track for the magnetic industry.
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Innovation, from the source to the industry
As a new type of large scientific device, the extremely weak magnetic large scientific device will open up the entire chain of "science-technology-industry". In order to promote the linkage between scientific and technological innovation and industrial iteration, the team of Academician Fang Jiancheng and Hangzhou High-tech Zone (Binjiang) have built a circle-type innovation ecosystem of "source innovation + technological innovation + industrial innovation" in Zero Magnetic Science Valley around the construction and operation of large scientific facilities.
Source innovation: 1 large scientific facility The
extremely weak magnetic large scientific facility is responsible for the original scientific discovery of "from 0 to 1". It is planned to start construction at the end of this year. A large zero magnetic space with the highest performance and the largest space in the world will be built in Hangzhou to carry out basic research in the fields of deep space exploration, aerospace, life and health.
Technological innovation: 5 cross-research platforms
The cross-research platform is responsible for the technological innovation of "from 1 to 10". The first cross-research platform started construction last year and will build an internationally leading chip-based quantum sensor process technology research platform, focusing on overcoming a series of key core issues involved in the design, packaging, integration and testing of chip-based quantum sensors, and strive to promote the development of quantum sensing technology in China in the future.
Industrial innovation: 2 industrial innovation centers
The industrial innovation center is responsible for the implementation of the industry "from 10 to 1000". The two industrial innovation centers of zero-magnetic medical equipment and quantum sensing will further promote the establishment and extension of future industrial chains such as zero-magnetic medicine and quantum information, and cultivate new growth points with explosive potential.