On March 30, at its fifth “Three Gorges Talent Day,” Yichang announced seven core technology breakthroughs needed for industrial development, inviting global talent to collaborate on solving these technical challenges.

　　Yichang’s urgently needed core technologies focus on key bottlenecks in the development of its major industries, including: 1) “Furan Dicarboxylic Acid Production Technology via Fructose Route” for the green chemical industry; 2) “Molecular Structure Precise Design and Performance Directional Control Technology for Photoacid Generators (PAGs) for High-End Photoresists” for the new energy and new materials industry; 3) “Research on Mechanism of Compound AB Bacteria in Targeted Regulation of Gut Microbiota and Enhancement of Immune Function” for the biomedicine industry; 4) “Development and Industrialization of Water-Dispersible Embedded Powder of Vitamin K2” for the synthetic biology industry; 5) “High-Protein Corn Variety Breeding Technology” for the agricultural industry; 6) “Research on Internal Tooth Generating Grinding Technology and Equipment Development” for the equipment manufacturing industry; and 7) “Key Technologies for Automatic Annotation of Robot Training Data and Data Quality Assessment” for the big data and artificial intelligence industry. (Sanxia Daily: Reporter/Li Yang)