On October 25, Dr. Li Yaozhong, Head of the China Office of the World Academy of Agricultural Sciences, met with Mr. Ou Yangkai, President of Panda Bamboo New Materials Co., Ltd.

Dr. Li fully acknowledged the industrial achievements of Panda Bamboo New Materials as well as the phased progress of industry-university-research collaborative research carried out by the enterprise in partnership with the team led by Academician Wu Yiqiang from Central South University of Forestry and Technology. He stated that bamboo-based new materials serve as a vital carrier for realizing high-value utilization of agro-forestry resources and advancing the global carbon neutrality goals, bearing prominent industrial significance.

Mr. Ou Yangkai introduced that, relying on the Industry-University-Research Innovation Consortium Platform for Bio-based New Materials of Central South University of Forestry and Technology, the enterprise focuses on advancing the industrialization of technological achievements including bamboo-based hard-carbon anodes and degradable bamboo-based products.

The two sides held in-depth consultations on tapping into international markets and reached preliminary cooperation intentions. They propose to explore leveraging the global network of the World Academy of Agricultural Sciences to build an international industry-university-research collaboration platform, participate in the development of relevant international standards and deploy overseas demonstration projects, so as to facilitate the global reach of technologies and products of bamboo-based new materials.