Recently, the Industrial Development Promotion Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) officially issued the Letter of Approval for the 2025 Annual Project Initiation under the National Science and Technology Major Project for R&D and Application of Key New Materials. The project titled "Assessment, Evaluation, and Engineering Application of Nickel-Based Corrosion-Resistant Alloy Composite Pipes for Offshore Oil and Gas Pipeline Transportation", which is part of the "National Science and Technology 2030 Major Project on New Materials" and jointly undertaken by Aerospace Materials Company (lead unit), CNOOC, Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd., and the Central Iron & Steel Research Institute, has successfully passed the project initiation review organized by MIIT.

The Science and Technology Innovation 2030 Major Projects are a series of strategic science and technology research initiatives launched by China to target 2030. They aim to seize the high ground in future technological competition, promote high-quality economic development, and provide core support for achieving high-level self-reliance in science and technology and building a technologically strong nation. These projects focus on frontier fields such as new materials, artificial intelligence, quantum information, advanced energy, biomedicine, and deep-sea/deep-space exploration. Through advance planning, China aims to achieve breakthroughs in key core technology areas, reduce reliance on foreign technologies, and secure a leading position in global technological competition. By strengthening basic research and original innovation, these projects inject endogenous momentum into developing new quality productive forces and strive to overcome a series of "bottleneck" technological challenges. They promote "from 0 to 1" original breakthroughs and facilitate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productive forces. By driving the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, the Science and Technology Innovation 2030 Major Projects foster independent intellectual property rights in frontier technological fields, cultivate emerging pillar industries with international competitiveness, and hold significant importance for safeguarding national economic and defense security.

Among these, the Major Project on New Materials follows the principle of "demand-oriented, application-targeted, and capability enhancement-centered." It deploys tasks across seven key areas: high-temperature alloys, special alloys for high-end equipment, high-performance fibers and composites, specialty polymer materials, electronic information materials, rare earth new materials, and materials genome engineering. It spans the entire process from research and development to application, covering material mechanisms, key preparation technologies, and product engineering applications, exploring the formation of a full-chain innovation system described as "raw materials become materials, materials become devices, and devices perform well."

To align with the strategic needs of national science and technology development, Aerospace Materials Company has taken on a significant responsibility as the lead unit for Project 4 under the National Science and Technology 2030 Major Project on New Materials. In collaboration with CNOOC, Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd., and the Central Iron & Steel Research Institute, a science and technology innovation team was formed. The team conducted in-depth discussions on the project's assessment indicators, successfully completed the preparation of the project proposal and task specification, passed the expert review organized by the MIIT Industrial Promotion Center, and was officially approved for the National Science and Technology Major Project on R&D and Application of Key New Materials under the Science and Technology Innovation 2030 initiative.

Deepwater oil and gas are focal points of global oil and gas resource development and serve as the primary replacement area for China's oil and gas reserves and production. Deepwater oil and gas pipelines and key components are essential material supports for deepwater oil and gas development. Currently, corrosion-resistant alloys and stainless-steel materials used for critical components such as deepwater oil and gas transmission pipelines, subsea manifolds, pumps, and valves in China have not yet achieved domestic production, forming a significant bottleneck in the deepwater oil and gas engineering equipment industry chain. Addressing the severe reliance on imports for advanced corrosion-resistant alloy materials and key components used in China's deepwater energy drilling, collection, and transportation systems, Project 4 of the Science and Technology Innovation 2030 Major Project on New Materials—"Assessment, Evaluation, and Engineering Application of Nickel-Based Corrosion-Resistant Alloy Composite Pipes for Offshore Oil and Gas Pipeline Transportation"—aims to resolve these bottleneck issues. It seeks to overcome the technological barrier of achieving high bond strength in corrosion-resistant alloy composites under the harsh corrosive conditions of the deep-sea environment, develop nickel-based corrosion-resistant alloy composite pipe products for offshore oil and gas pipeline transportation, and ultimately establish an integrated technical system encompassing the design, manufacturing, application, and evaluation of corrosion-resistant alloy-lined bimetallic composite pipes for offshore installation.

The Science and Technology Innovation 2030 Major Projects represent a major strategic deployment by China in response to the new landscape of global technological competition and domestic development needs. They serve not only as a core engine for breaking through key core technologies and driving industrial transformation and upgrading but also as a cornerstone for shaping future strategic advantages and ensuring national security. The successful application for the Science and Technology Innovation 2030 Major Project on New Materials fully demonstrates Aerospace Materials Company's technological expertise, brand influence, and strategic coordination capabilities. It further consolidates the company's core competitiveness in the composite pipe field, drives its innovation R&D system to new heights, accelerates intellectual property layout, and provides strategic support for cultivating high-end technical talent.