Shenguan Holdings Group Established the Collagen Technology Research Institute and Signed a Contract with Huazhong University of Science and Technology to Establish a Joint R&D Center
29 May 2021
On May 29, Guangxi Shenguan Collagen Technology Research Institute of Shenguan Holdings Group was established. The Group held a grand unveiling ceremony at Shenguan Collagen Culture Expo Center in High-tech Zone, Wuzhou City, Guangxi. Zhong Changzi, the mayor of Wuzhou City, and Zhou Yaxian, the chairman of the board of directors of the Shenguan Holdings Group, have unveiled the Shenguan Collagen Technology Research Institute. In the event, Huazhong University of Science and Technology also formally signed a contract with Shenguan Holdings Group to jointly establish a synthetic biology technology research and development center. The establishment of Shenguan Collagen Technology Research Institute and the establishment of the Huazhong University - Shenguan Group Synthetic Biology Technology Joint R&D Center represent a new milestone for Shenguan Holdings Group to actively promote the development strategy of big health industry in its 14th Five-Year plan.
For more than 40 years since its establishment, Shenguan has been pursuing and innovating continuously, taking collagen sausage casings as the starting point to lead and promote the revolutionary progress of meat industry in China. Through 30 years of efforts, it has surpassed the century-old collagen sausage casing industry in Europe and the United States to become the world's production base of collagen sausage casings.
After entering the “13th Five-Year Plan”, relying on more than 40 years of research on collagen core technology, Shenguan Holdings Group has promoted the development strategy of the big health industry. Through continuous technological progress and application innovation, Shenguan Group has transformed from a participant in single collagen sausage casings industry into a participant in health industry of synthetic collagen foods, collagen skin care products, collagen medical devices and light medical cosmetology. Many of the synthetic collagen foods of the Group are innovative products, which lays the foundation for the Group to grasp first-mover advantages and demonstrates the core competitiveness of technological innovation of Shenguan Group.
As an emerging biological material, collagen has been included in the national strategic emerging industry catalogue, and widely used in synthetic food, medical materials, and medical aesthetics. The collagen industry of Shenguan Group is highly in line with the national development strategy and is facing unprecedented development opportunities.
As an emerging interdisciplinary subject, synthetic biology pushes the frontier scientific research to the main economic battlefield, realizes green, low-carbon and clean industrial production model, and provides major scientific and technological support for promoting the innovation and development of bio-industry and the green growth of economy. Synthetic biology is expected to set off the third biotechnology revolution, and continuously develop in the fields of agriculture, medicine, health and environment. At present, European countries, the United States and China pay more and more attention to synthetic biology and regard it as a strategic emerging scientific and technological field. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that “the life science field represented by synthetic biology, gene editing, brain science and regenerative medicine have nurtured new changes.” The US authorities also pointed out that “synthetic biology will be one of the key areas in which the US competes with China.”
There are many combination points between synthetic biology and collagen industry, such as the use of synthetic biology can improve the performance of proteins and materials, and further broaden the application fields of collagen.
For Shenguan Holdings Group, it will continue to cultivate deeply in the field of collagen in the future, maintain the Company’s leading position in the industry, and strive to build Shenguan Holdings Group into the largest collagen application base in the country. Starting from the establishment of Shenguan Collagen Technology Research Institute, Shenguan Holdings Group will give full play to the role of R&D platforms such as Huazhong University of Science and Technology, realize the combination of strong forces, base itself on the forefront of world science and technology, promote the transformation and application of research results, continue broadening the industrial application fields of the Group, and promote the development of Shenguan Group in the synthetic food industry. It is conceivable that with the continuous in-depth research of synthetic biology in the application of collagen, as an emerging raw material, collagen will play an increasingly important role in the national economy in the near future. As an explorer and pioneer of collagen in China, Shenguan Holdings Group will also usher in brand new development opportunities and broader development space!