OREANDA-NEWS. January 22, 2015. China gave 3 rewards in its 2014 National Science and Technology Reward Conference to TISCO on January 9th in Beijing. The research of “knowhow in manufacturing and developing of advanced ferrite stainless steel” and the research of “innovation and application of steel pipe for 600? ultra-super-critical thermal power unit” were separately awarded the second-class prize and first-class prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award. Another second prize was given to the research of “technology, equipment and application of continuously roller quenching of high-grade plates”. Accumulatively, 11 researches of TISCO have got this valuable award since 2003. The year of 2014 is the one in which TISCO is awarded most.
       
Through 10 years research under TISCO’s leadership, the project of “knowhow in manufacturing and developing of advanced ferrite stainless steel” generates significant innovations and internationally leading technologies in aspects of production flow, equipment, process, and product application of ferrite stainless steel. By independently inventing and integrating new production flows and dedicated equipments, the research project give solutions to the key technical challenges faced by the world on producing advanced ferrite stainless steel. A series of production process patents and proprietary technologies of producing ferrite stainless steel are formed in the project. Through this project, China’s stainless steel product variety and consumption structure are optimized, a big quantity of imported products is replaced by domestic products, and the competitiveness of our country’s stainless steel industry is strategically elevated. The other two researches participated by TISCO, i.e. “innovation and application of steel pipe for 600? ultra-super-critical thermal power unit” and “technology, equipment and application of continuously roller quenching of high-grade plates” also make meaningful achievements in separate fields, which has big significance for TISCO to apply the related process technologies and to develop new products.
       
In the year of 2014, totally 318 achievements, 8 scientists and 1 overseas organization were awarded the national science technology prizes. Specifically, 1 laureate get State Top Scientific and Technological Award; 46 projects get State Natural Science Award --- 1 for first class and 45 for second class; 70 inventions get State Technological Invention Award --- 3 for first class and 67 for second class; 202 projects get National Science and Technology Progress Award --- 3 for special class, 26 for first class and 173 for second class; 7 foreigner scientists and 1 overseas organization were granted China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award.