On April 11th, the kickoff meeting and implementation plan demonstration meeting for the "Advanced Structures and Composite Materials" key special project of the "14th Five Year Plan" national key research and development plan, led by Sinosteel Luoyang Institute of Refractories Research Co., Ltd.., was held in Luoyang. The project responsible experts are Huang Zhengren, a researcher of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai Institute of Advanced Research, Zhu Weili, a professor level senior engineer of Beixin Building Materials Co., Ltd., specially invited consulting experts are Mao Xinping, an academician of Beijing University of Science and Technology, Gong Shengkai, an academician of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Dong Shaoming, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai Institute of Silicate, Fu Zhengyi, an academician of Wuhan University of Technology, Li Qilian, a researcher of the Chinese Academy of Aeronautics Manufacturing Technology, Huang Chaohui, a professor of China University of Geosciences (Beijing), and Zhang Hua, a professor level senior engineer of China United Heavy Duty Gas Turbine Technology Co., Ltd., Wang Gang, the general manager of Sinosteel Luonai, project and project leaders, and research backbones attended the meeting. The meeting was chaired by Wang Zhanmin, Deputy General Manager of Sinosteel Luonai Materials Technology Corporation., and Huang Zhengren, Leader of the Expert Group.

At the kickoff meeting, Wang Gang, on behalf of China Steel Luoyang Institute, welcomed and thanked the attending experts. He stated that this was the first time the institute had taken the lead in undertaking a national key research and development plan project, and hoped that the attending experts would provide valuable opinions and suggestions on the project implementation plan; At the same time, it also stated that it will carry out project implementation and standardized management in accordance with relevant national requirements, provide personnel, financial and other guarantees for project implementation, and ensure the smooth completion of various task objectives of the project.

Li Hongxia, the project leader, Chief Scientist of China Baowu, Chief Scientist of China Steel Luonai, and Honorary Dean of China Steel Luonai Institute, reported on the overall goals and assessment indicators, technical roadmap and task division, implementation plan and milestones, organizational management, and funding arrangements of the project. The project leaders gave detailed reports on their respective topics. After listening to the report of the project team, the attending experts conducted in-depth questioning and discussion, and believed that the project research content comprehensively covered the requirements of the task book, and the technical route, implementation plan, and indicator assessment methods were reasonable and feasible; It is recommended to adhere to demand-oriented and problem oriented approaches, strengthen collaboration and interaction between topics, and focus on summarizing and condensing highlight work.

The project of "Research on Key Thermal Insulation Ceramic Materials for Heavy Duty Gas Turbines", led by Sinosteel Luonai Institute, was approved in November 2023 and jointly undertaken by 10 units, including Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai Silicate Research Institute, Shanghai Electric Gas Turbine Co., Ltd., China United Heavy Duty Gas Turbine Technology Co., Ltd., Tianjin University, Central South University, Kunming University of Technology, New Materials Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Liaoning Materials Laboratory and East China University of Technology. The project aims to address the bottleneck problem that hinders the development of heavy-duty gas turbines in China. It is expected to break through the key preparation technology of high temperature bearing, high strain tolerance, and excellent thermal shock insulation ceramic materials, innovate reliability characterization and service evaluation methods, build an engineering pilot demonstration line, achieve the localization and independent controllability of key insulation ceramic materials for heavy-duty gas turbines in China, and help promote the innovative development of advanced gas turbines.