On April 25th, the 3D Printing Collaborative Innovation Seminar and Exchange Meeting hosted by the National "Thousand Talents Program" Experts Association was held in Shenzhen Longgang Tian'an Cyber City, which attracted more than 200 experts from home and abroad, including more than 30 experts of the National "Thousand Talents Program" to attend. "Thousand Talents Program" experts, including nearly 200 experts at home and abroad to participate. The participating experts discussed the development direction and innovative ideas of 3D printing around the themes of 3D printing technology frontier and industrial development.

　　At the seminar, Dr. Zong Guisheng, Chairman and CEO of SANDI Printing Technology Co., Ltd. and Director of 3D Printing Professional Committee of China Powder Metallurgy Industry Technology Innovation Strategy Alliance, delivered a keynote speech titled "Dynamics and Challenges of the Development of 3D Printing Industry". Dr. Zong Guisheng pointed out that the 3D printing industry is developing rapidly, and the global market size is expected to grow from the current $4 billion to more than $20 billion in 2020. The customization and personalization demand, the rapid growth of the market, the promotion of the national policy level and the application of 3D printing in many fields such as aerospace, automotive, medical, professional design, civil and so on become the driving force of the industry development.

　　Dr. Zong Guisheng believes that for the current development of the 3D printing industry is faced with technology, products, R & D, applications, standards, policies and other challenges, industry enterprises should change their thinking, from the previous respective, fragmented R & D, sales of lone combat, slow natural growth of the development model, and gradually transformed into a platform for the operation of the overall planning, R & D, the establishment of R & D, collaborative operations, mergers and acquisitions growth, and ultimately, through the integration of resources to achieve Win-win cooperation.

　　For example, SANDI PRINTING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, founded by Dr. Zong Guisheng, is growing through product line expansion, sales channel expansion, service enhancement, and accelerating its development through acquisitions and mergers. At present, it has formed a 3D printing operation system fully supported by software, system, application, sales and service, covering industrial-grade, commercial-grade and civil-grade 3D printers, 3D printing materials and 3D printing service platforms, focusing on aerospace, automotive, medical, industrial, education, consumer goods and other fields of application. In the future, the company will be through the capital market financing, mergers and acquisitions of upstream and downstream enterprises, to open up the whole industry chain of 3D printing.

　　In order to meet the strategic development needs of China's 3D printing industry, the "Thousand Talents Program" Experts Association set up the 3D Printing Collaborative Innovation Group in 2014, aiming at enabling the "Thousand Talents Program" experts in the field of 3D printing to form a team, and promoting exchanges and cooperation between Thousand Talents, and between Thousand Talents and local governments, enterprises and other research teams. The purpose of the 3D Printing Collaborative Innovation Group is to enable experts in the field of 3D printing to form a team, promote exchanges and cooperation among the 1,000 people, and between the 1,000 people and the local government, enterprises and other research teams, to accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the local industrial structure and promote the development of innovation strategies. The group has gathered more than 70 experts in the field of 3D printing, and is divided into four main research directions: bioprinting, advanced additive manufacturing technology and high-end manufacturing equipment, design and manufacturing of aero-engine parts, and laser processing equipment.

　　In addition, Shenzhen promulgated the "Robot, Wearable Devices and Intelligent Equipment Industry Development Plan" in 2014, which incorporates 3D printing equipment into the intelligent manufacturing equipment upgrading project and vigorously promotes the development of 3D industry. Among them, Longgang District will 3D industry into the scope of the region's strategic emerging industries, to promote 26 innovative industrial parks to actively build and develop 3D industry, the region has initially formed a more complete 3D industry chain cluster. (Text/Jiayu Everything Printing)