Putuo fuels innovation through science and technology platforms

Shanghai's Putuo district is accelerating innovation with a network of science and technology platforms.

The district has developed 59 such platforms, including 10 national-level, 32 municipal-level, 15 district-level research platforms, and two functional platforms focused on robotics and industrial control safety.

By 2025, these platforms had served more than 18,000 enterprises, providing technical services for nearly 110,000 times and generating 151 new authorized patents.

The Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Polyolefin Synthetic Technology and Process Control not only successfully commissioned high-end polyolefin production using fully proprietary metallocene catalysts and the hopene solution process, but also achieved a world first with its slurry loop process for its ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene unit, pioneering the industrial-scale production of sub-5-micron next-generation lithium battery separators.

Science and technology platforms in Putuo not only focus on research but also actively promote the translation of laboratory results into industrial production. The Shanghai Research Institute of Chemical Industry's stable isotope engineering technology research center advanced the commercialization of carbon-13, oxygen-18, and heavy water products in 2025, achieving full-capacity production of carbon-13 at a low-temperature distillation base in Anhui province.

Putuo's such platforms are also looking beyond the district by strengthening collaborative innovation with cities along the Shanghai-Nanjing Industrial Innovation Belt.

The Shanghai Electrical Apparatus Research Institute's technical innovation service platform for small and medium-sized motors and systems has partnered closely with Nanjing CIGU Technology Corporation and other key enterprises along the Shanghai-Nanjing industrial chain to conduct joint R&D and co-develop talent.