Maenam High-Tech │ The Growth Story of "Future Agriculture"

 (reprinted from Shaanxi daily network)

On March 6, in hongshenghang Aviation Technology Industrial Park, airport new town, Xixian new area, the production line of Xi'an Meinan Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Maenam Hi-tech") was busy. With the roar of automatic temperature control mixing machine, bags of packaged products are offline through the conveyor belt, and the robot waves its "arm" to grab, stack and store them in storage. Soon, the products will fly to Saudi Arabia as a secret weapon in the desert kingdom's efforts to combat desertification. In just three or four years, this technology company, which originally had only more than ten square meters of offices and seven or eight employees, now not only has 2500 square meters of production plants, but also sells self-developed powder new material products to Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries, with annual sales of more than 100 million yuan. "With the help of Qin Chuangyuan, we have cultivated a 'future agriculture' seed into a towering tree," said Lu Wei, chairman of Maenam Hi-tech. In the future, agriculture will take modern science and technology as the core driving force, and achieve efficient utilization of resources, environmental friendliness and sustainable development through the deep integration of information technology, biotechnology and intelligent equipment. The "seed" of Maenam Hi-tech is a new powder material independently developed by Maenam Hi-tech. However, until the summer of 2022, Zhang Guojing, Deputy Minister of qinchuangyuan Work Department of airport new town, entered the office with only more than ten square meters, the new material was still in the pilot stage, and there was still a long way to go before marketization. "This new material is extracted from plants and non-metallic minerals. It is green and low-carbon in itself. There is no discharge of wastewater, waste gas and waste residue in production. Moreover, the cost of raw materials is only 50% to 60% of that of traditional petroleum based materials, and stable waterproof effect can be achieved at - 50 ℃ to 250 ℃." Lu Wei detailed the potential of this "seed" to Zhang Guojing, who also introduced to Lu Wei the latest policy of qinchuang's original new driving platform. A two-way rush to transform scientific and technological achievements has begun. Under the coordination of Zhang Guojing, airport new town has provided 2500 square meters of integrated plant for Meinan Gaoke in hongshenghang aviation science and Technology Industrial Park, and customized the whole process of science and technology innovation services and policy support for it. In July 2023, Meinan hi tech officially entered the airport new town. In October of that year, the production line was put into operation, with revenue exceeding 6 million yuan in just two months. Sales in 2024 have reached 130 million yuan. With the support of the production line, the "seed" of Maenam Hi-tech took root rapidly. The company has obtained 87 invention patents, 17 utility model patents and 1 overseas patent cooperation authorization. Based on the waterproof characteristics of new powder materials, the scientific research team of Maenam Hi-tech has developed waterproof sand and water retaining agent, and applied them to desert control. Wang Yazhe, head of overseas business department of Maenam Hi-tech, showed a sand table simulating desert scenes on the spot. Under the sand table, the dry and wet sand is layered; At the top, the plants are alive. "The bottom layer of dry sand is waterproof sand, and the wet sand above plays a role in water retaining agent. The method of use is very simple. First dig up a certain depth of sand, lay waterproof sand on the bottom layer, then sprinkle water retaining agent, and finally cover the original sand in the desert, so you can plant plants." Wang Yazhe further explained. "Sand has poor water retaining capacity. In case of rain, water will seep downward, and waterproof sand will form an aquifuge. On the aquifuge, we use water retaining agent to mix with sand to form a" micro reservoir ". In case of rain or irrigation, we can store water for plants to grow and absorb." foreign products of the same type can generally absorb only about 100 times their own weight of water, and we the water retaining agent can absorb up to 1800 times its own weight, Mr. Rowe said, "More importantly, the production and use cost of new materials for desert control is lower than that of similar products, which greatly reduces the cost of sand improvement and control." at present, Maenam Hi-tech waterproof sand and water retaining agent have been applied on a large scale in the fields of desertification transformation and control and saline alkali land improvement in Northwest China, including 200000 mu of "Three North" shelter forest projects, covering Jiuquan, Gansu, Yinchuan, Ningxia, Yulin, Shaanxi and other places. Moreover, Maenam Hi-tech has signed cooperation agreements with Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates to participate in local desertification control. As qinchuangyuan airport industry cluster area and open cooperation demonstration area, airport new town is deeply integrated into the construction of qinchuang original new drive platform, adheres to the guidance of scientific and technological innovation, focuses on the characteristics of airport industry, accelerates the collection and circulation of innovative scientific and technological elements, and helps high-quality scientific and technological innovation enterprises such as Maenam Hi-tech "go to sea". In February this year, the kick off meeting of the first batch of science and technology enterprises in Xixian new area was held in airport new town. Maenam Hi-tech, Zhongke Xiguang, proton automobile, agricultural chain science and technology, qincao ecology and other 18 science and technology enterprises jointly signed a joint construction agreement on the "technology going to sea" innovation Consortium (future agriculture) of science and technology enterprises in Xixian new area, so as to unite strongly in core areas such as smart agriculture, ecological restoration, new energy equipment, Internet of things and new materials. With technology as a link, they will organize groups to expand emerging markets such as the Middle East and Central Asia and accelerate the release of the potential of "future agriculture". At present, the construction of 30 mu phase II plant and 3000 square meters transition plant of Maenam Hi-tech is being stepped up. After completion, the company's production capacity will reach 120000 tons, and the annual output value will exceed 2.5 billion yuan. "We will build a full chain service system from the aspects of technical support, intellectual property protection, cross-border financial services, overseas resource docking, brand promotion and legal risk control to escort enterprises' technology to the sea," said Guo Peng, member of the Party committee and deputy director of the Management Committee of airport new town.