Another national level competition has landed in Tianjin. The reporter learned from the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology yesterday that the launch event of the 2026 Biological Manufacturing Innovation Competition will be held in Tianjin on May 15th. This competition aims to; Innovation driven  Intelligent Manufacturing Vitality; As the theme, under the guidance of the Consumer Goods Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, jointly organized by the Small and Medium sized Enterprise Development Promotion Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau, and the Wuqing District Government, the aim is to promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation in the field of biomanufacturing, and to explore and cultivate a group of excellent projects, enterprises, and maker teams with industrialization potential.

Why did this national level competition choose to land in Tianjin? “ Tianjin is an important city for the layout of advanced manufacturing and biopharmaceutical industries in China. It has outstanding advantages in the coordinated development of the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region, a solid industrial foundation, abundant scientific research resources, and broad application scenarios. The selection of Tianjin as the launch event for this competition not only recognizes the foundation of Tianjin's bio manufacturing industry, but also further promotes the deep integration of national level event resources with local industrial ecology, and facilitates the efficient gathering of innovative projects, industrial capital, application scenarios, and professional services in Tianjin. ” The relevant person in charge of the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology stated.

The biggest innovation highlight of this competition is that; Industry question setting and innovation answer; The leading companies and chain owners in the field of biomanufacturing initiate real technical challenges from the perspective of actual production needs, and the participating teams tackle and solve these industry problems. In the evaluation process, the enterprises that set the questions directly participate in scoring and commenting from the perspective of industrialization feasibility, ensuring that the solution is not just about; Looks good; But rather; Truly usable;.

The competition sets up cutting-edge technology and application innovation tracks, covering eight key areas including new gene editing and cell factory construction, enzyme engineering technology, AI driven biological system design, green biomanufacturing technology, food and daily chemical functional raw materials, bio based materials and green agriculture, localization of key equipment and reagents, and life and health. The competition is divided into enterprise group and maker group. The enterprise group is open to enterprises registered in China with independent intellectual property rights, while the maker group is open to research groups from universities, research institutes, and start-up teams established within 3 years. It encourages original, forward-looking, and exploratory early-stage projects to participate. Winning projects and high-quality projects will receive full process empowerment services, including achievement transformation, investment and financing docking, enterprise cultivation, market promotion, international cooperation, and local policy support. High quality projects have the opportunity to connect with national level special support, pilot resources, government guided funds, venture capital institutions, industry leading enterprises, and local landing policies, promoting innovative achievements from laboratories to industrial applications.