Tianjin Seawater Desalination and Comprehensive Utilization Research Institute

Tianjin Seawater Desalination and Comprehensive Utilization Research Institute

The Tianjin Seawater Desalination and Comprehensive Utilization Research Institute serves as a science education base.

The Tianjin Seawater Desalination and Comprehensive Utilization Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as the Desalination Institute), affiliated with the State Oceanic Administration, is a national-level specialized research institute dedicated to the study of seawater desalination, brackish water desalination, direct utilization of seawater technology, comprehensive utilization of seawater chemical resources, production of drinking purified water and industrial ultrapure water, as well as anti-corrosion technologies. It is also a national Class-A design unit and certified under the ISO-9001-1994 quality system.

As the only national-level research institute in China exclusively dedicated to the research of seawater desalination and comprehensive utilization of seawater resources, the Desalination Institute has received key support from the state during the Seventh to Ninth Five-Year Plans. Its research achievements have won numerous National Science and Technology Progress Awards and provincial/ministerial-level science and technology awards. The institute has established two experimental bases, 13 pilot production lines, and five demonstration sites; developed over 40 new products, technologies, processes, materials, and complete sets of equipment; and obtained dozens of patents. It has also published hundreds of research reports and papers. It is the most comprehensively equipped, technologically advanced, and highest-level research institution in China’s seawater resource utilization technology field, enjoying a high reputation both domestically and internationally.

To fully showcase the current development status and level of China’s seawater resource utilization technologies, raise awareness among the state, local governments, and the general public regarding these technologies, enhance marine consciousness, and popularize marine science knowledge, the institute invested over one hundred thousand yuan to establish an exhibition room for achievements in seawater resource utilization technologies.

The exhibition room for achievements in seawater resource utilization technologies at the Desalination Institute covers an area of approximately 100 square meters. It displays a large number of photos, materials, physical objects, models, certificates, and is equipped with audiovisual and projection facilities. The content is rich, comprehensive, and easy to understand.

The exhibition room is managed by a dedicated department and staffed with professional guides.

The leadership of the Desalination Institute places great emphasis on the construction of the exhibition room and its role in science education. The content and format of the exhibition have been carefully designed to accommodate the cognitive and comprehension abilities of non-specialists.

In addition to receiving visits from personnel of the state, government, and related business units, the exhibition room also actively engages nearby primary and secondary schools in science outreach activities, including visits, lectures, and guided tours. To date, it has hosted visits—

from figures such as Vice Chairpersons, Comrade Song Jian, Mayor Li Shenglin, Vice Mayor Liang Su, as well as leaders from relevant national and Tianjin municipal departments on more than ten occasions, and once welcomed teachers and students from Minhuli Primary School in Nankai District, achieving excellent results.

As the Desalination Institute continues to make progress in seawater resource utilization technologies and achieve ongoing research breakthroughs, the content of the exhibition room will be continuously enriched and improved.