Recently, the Jiangsu Provincial Development and Reform Commission announced the project list for the 2024 Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Research Centers, with the "Jiangsu Provincial High-end Marine Fluid Equipment Engineering Research Center," led by Zhang Desheng of the Fluid Center, successfully approved.

Marine engineering equipment is a crucial component of the modern marine industrial system and serves as a vital support for the development, utilization, protection, and management of marine resources. In recent years, the marine engineering equipment industry in Jiangsu Province has developed rapidly, forming a comprehensive upstream and downstream industrial system. The Jiangsu Provincial High-end Marine Fluid Equipment Engineering Research Center will focus on emerging sectors such as deep-sea resource extraction, ship propulsion, offshore wind power, and seawater desalination, engaging in deep industry-university-research collaboration and synergistic innovation with key marine equipment enterprises. The center aims to conduct interdisciplinary research at the intersection of fluid machinery and marine engineering, enhance research and development capabilities for marine fluid engineering equipment, and promote the development of the high-end marine fluid equipment industry in Jiangsu Province and throughout the country.

The Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Research Center is a significant innovation platform managed and guided by the Provincial Development and Reform Commission. It is an essential component of the regional independent innovation system in the province. This platform focuses on strategic emerging industries, innovative industries, and advantageous industries, aiming to strengthen the aggregation of innovative resources, promote the organic integration of industry, academia, and research, address "bottleneck" technological challenges in economic and social development, and facilitate the continuous transformation of scientific and technological achievements and the upgrading of industries. It provides effective support for building a system of deep integration between industry, academia, and research.