On September 4, the reporter learned from Hubei Provincial Development and Reform Commission that the 2022 accreditation list of engineering research centers of Hubei Province was officially released, including 45 engineering research centers such as IC packaging and integration common technology at Wuhan University.

Among the newly recognized engineering research centers of Hubei Province, 28 are in Wuhan, 4 in Xiangyang, 3 in Jingzhou, 2 in Yichang, Shiyan and Xianning respectively, and 1 in Jingmen, Huangshi, Xiaogan and Suizhou respectively. Hubei Provincial Development and Reform Commission issued a notice requiring that the newly recognized engineering research centers should focus on the province's strategic scientific and technological tasks, the implementation of major projects and the development needs of key industries, strengthening the research and development of key core technologies and the engineering demonstration application of scientific and technological achievements.

Lead units of the engineering research centers should conscientiously fulfill the main responsibility of platform building, give full play to their leading role, further improve the basic research and development conditions of the centers, strengthen the construction of full-time research and development personnel and the guarantee of scientific research talents, increase the investment in scientific and technological research and development, promote the transformation and engineering application of scientific and technological innovation achievements, and provide guarantee for enhancing the core competitiveness and high-quality development of the province’s industries. Co-building units should strengthen cooperation with lead units and increase investment in technology research and development, talent training, engineering experiments and pilot verification, so as to improve the level of applied research and technical research of the engineering research centers.