Leyun Wang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

Abstract: Materials are the cornerstone of the manufacturing industry, and there is a saying that "one generation of industries creates one generation of materials". In the past few decades, the dominant positions of Europe, the United States and Japan in the automotive, aviation, electronics, chemical, pharmaceutical and other industries have led to the continued development of the materials industry in these countries, giving birth to many materials giants in various sectors. In recent years, with the explosive grow由of electric vehicles and consumer electronics in China, the upstream materials industry has prospered. To ensure controllable industrial chains, governments at all levels pay much attention to the materials industry. Capitals are rapidly gathering in the materials industry. The materials industry in China finds a development opportunity that has been rare in decades.
However, the materials industry has intrinsic characteristics: real innovation is technically difficult and time consuming; a high investment in fixed assets is also required. This is a natural contradiction with capital's desire of fast return and the government's preference of safe bet. The prosperity of the Internet era may not be replicated on a large scale in the materials industry. Materials Genome, which accelerates the efficiency of material research and development, is expected to play an increasingly important role in the materials industry in the future. In this talk, we will lay out some common issues in the new materials industry, showcase some successful ventures in materials development, envision the future of Materials Genome in industry, and share some of our practices in the metallurgy.
Keywords: Materials Genome; Industrial Applications; Metallurgy