The 2024 China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) Science and Technology Awards Conference was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov 12.

Professor Wang Rui's team, Professor Liu Li's team and Professor Zhang Xiuqin's team of the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology each won awards for their outstanding research results. BIFT deputy head Zhan Binghong was invited to attend the awards ceremony, and representatives of the winning teams and relevant departments also attended.

The 2024 China National Textile and Apparel Council Science and Technology Awards Conference was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov 12.

Participants of the conference pose for a group photo.

Representatives of the award winners from Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology have their photo taken at the conference.

The CNTAC Science and Technology Award is a national industry science and technology award approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology. It aims to reward groups and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the national textile industry's scientific and technological progress activities.

Professor Wang Rui's team won the first prize in the Science and Technology Progress Award for their outstanding research results in "Engineering Technology Research and the Industrialization of Polyester Composite Fiber Melt Direct Spinning".

This achievement is innovative in the textile field. The team has made The project has made breakthroughs in the key technologies of engineering and industrialization of direct melt spinning of polyester composite fibers, achieved continuous polymerization melt spinning of polyester parallel composite fibers, and established a mechanism for regulating the structure and performance of parallel polyester composite fibers. Basically, the team has constructed a polyester thermal and thermal oxygen stabilizer system, independently developed nano-deposition catalysts and titanium-silicon composite catalysts, and made breakthroughs in the key technologies of continuous polymerization composite direct spinning of high-heat and thermal oxygen stability high-viscosity polyester polymerization. 

Professor Liu Li's team won the first prize in the Science and Technology Progress Award for "Key Technologies and Applications for the Development of High-Performance Clothing for Winter Sports Training and Competition".

Liu’s team found that pressure difference resistance caused by sports posture and the friction resistance on the surface of clothing are the main and secondary sources of air resistance for winter sports racing suits.

Liu’s team has innovatively proposed a cross-scale synergistic drag reduction technology for the structural lines of clothing and fabric surface microstructures, achieving maximum drag reduction rates of speed skating suits and short track speed skating suits of 11 percent and 10 percent respectively.

Based on this, the team has developed a "human body-clothing-environment" full-element competition suit virtual simulation training system.

Based on the judgment data of international aerial skills referees, the system can construct a model of the relationship between visual influencing factors and performance evaluation of aerial skills competition suits, solving the design and evaluation problems of skill-type clothing.

In addition, Professor Liu's team won the 14th China Textile Engineering Society Science and Technology Innovation Award.

Professor Liu Li (fifth from right) poses for a photo at the conference with other award winners.

Professor Zhang Xiuqin's team won second prize in the Technological Invention Award for "Key Technologies and Applications for the Preparation of Functional Polylactic Acid Fibers".

The project established the spinning technology of polylactic acid fibers with uniform yarn length and excellent mechanical properties through theoretical and technological innovation, achieving breakthroughs in the large-scale preparation technology of heat-resistant, three-dimensional curled, flame-retardant and anti-melting droplet polylactic acid fibers.

The research team studied the functional mechanism and structural regulation technology of polylactic acid, and developed the core technology for the preparation of parallel composite, flame-retardant, antibacterial and other functional polylactic acid fibers and products.

The flame-retardant polylactic acid fabrics prepared that way can still reach a limiting oxygen index of 33% after washing 30 times, without dripping, and the antibacterial rate of the fabric is ≥99%.

The research and development of polylactic acid fibers and textile products can further promote the green development of the modern textile industry, help the low-carbon transformation of textile products, and promote the sustainable development of the country.

Professor Zhang Xiuqin (third from left) poses for a photo at the conference with other award winners.

In recent years, BIFT has promoted innovation and the application of relevant research findings. The awards won by many BIFT teachers fully demonstrate the academic level and scientific research strengths of the institute in the field of textile technology.

These achievements not only embody the sweat and hard work of BIFT staff members, but also reflect the remarkable achievements made by the institute in deepening scientific research, combining industry, academia, research and application, and education and teaching reform.

In the future, the institute will continue to strengthen the construction of the faculty team and the research and exploration in the field of textile technology, cultivate more outstanding textile technology talents, promote the innovation and development of the textile industry, and make greater contributions to improving the level of textile technology in the country and promote the upgrading of its textile industry.