The Symposium on the Development of the Shaanxi Provincial Magnesium–Lithium Alloy Engineering Research Center has concluded successfully.

　　On the morning of November 22, 2017, the “Seminar on the Development of the Shaanxi Provincial Magnesium–Lithium Alloy Engineering Research Center,” co-hosted by Xi’an Sifang Ultra-Light Materials Co., Ltd. and the Shaanxi Provincial Magnesium–Lithium Alloy Engineering Center, was held at the Xi’an Times Grand Hotel. Leaders from relevant departments—including the Shaanxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Department of Industry and Information Technology, the National Defense Industry Office, as well as the Xi’an Municipal Development and Reform Commission, the Department of Industry and Information Technology, the Science and Technology Bureau, the Innovation and Reform Office, the Xi’an Economic and Technological Development Zone, and the Xi’an Aviation Base—attended the event. Also present were leaders, experts, and professors from institutions such as the Fifth Academy, Eighth Academy, and Sixteenth Institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation; the Shanghai Institute of Micro‑Satellite Innovation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; AVIC’s Institute 618; NORINCO’s Institute 205; and Xi’an Jiaotong University, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology, and the Xi’an Aviation Institute. In addition, representatives from Xi’an Xinzhu, Shaanxi Financial Control, Guorong Securities, and other organizations participated. Leaders from the Air Force Xi’an Military Representative Office and the Shaanxi Provincial Industry–University–Research Consortium also attended the seminar.

　　At the meeting, Han Baifeng, Chairman of Xi’an Sifang Ultra‑Light Materials Co., Ltd., presented an overview of the company’s development and progress. Professor Chai Donglang, Director of the Shaanxi Provincial Magnesium–Lithium Alloy Engineering Research Center and a faculty member at the School of Materials Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, outlined the center’s five-year achievements and proposed the vision of establishing a national magnesium–lithium alloy engineering research center. Wang Rui, Manager of the company’s Technical Quality Department, reported on the current applications of magnesium–lithium alloys. Leaders from the High‑Tech Division of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Municipal Nonferrous Metals Industry Office, and the Aviation Base commended Sifang Company and the Magnesium–Lithium Alloy Center for their outstanding accomplishments since their inception, analyzed future market trends, and offered relevant recommendations. Representatives from institutions such as the Eighth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the Shanghai Institute of Microsatellite Innovation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Xi’an Institute of Applied Optics—organizations that have already adopted magnesium–lithium alloys—shared concrete examples demonstrating significant weight reduction and enhanced payload capacity achieved through these materials.

　　The participants unanimously agreed that, with the deepening implementation of the national strategy for military–civilian integration, materials—key to this integration and an area of urgent development—have entered an era of unprecedented growth, opening up remarkable opportunities for the application of magnesium–lithium alloys in the defense sector. Participants put forward numerous constructive suggestions regarding the four platforms of the Engineering Center—expanding the research platform, scaling up the production platform, establishing a processing platform, and strengthening the application platform—as well as on how magnesium–lithium alloys can be more effectively utilized in aerospace, aviation, defense, and civilian applications. These contributions have charted a clear course for the Center’s further development and for the broader adoption of magnesium–lithium alloys, thereby achieving the conference’s intended objectives.