Guided by the "dual carbon" goals, magnesium alloys—hailed as the "green engineering material of the 21st century"—are becoming a popular material in strategic emerging industries . Linchuan District, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province, has seized the development opportunity, driving high-quality development of the magnesium industry through technological innovation, rapidly painting a new "magnificent" industrial blueprint.
Entering the Linchuan Economic Development Zone, inside the Jiangxi Industrial Innovation Center of the National Engineering Research Center for Magnesium Alloy Materials, researchers are busily operating advanced equipment. The center was formally established through signing in May 2025, led by Academician Pan Fusheng, honorary director of the National Engineering Research Center for Magnesium Alloy Materials, bringing together numerous top industry experts . The center has established close cooperative relationships with multiple universities and institutes, including Chongqing University and the Jiangxi Academy of Sciences. It comprises seven departments, including casting forming, plastic processing, surface treatment, magnesium industry big data, and analysis testing, constructing a full-chain innovation ecosystem from "technology R&D—pilot validation—industry incubation."
"Currently, the center is dedicated to the R&D of six key projects, including the development of big data models specifically for the magnesium alloy industry, and the development of high-speed extrudable magnesium alloy compositions and extrusion processes," introduced Zou Weiqing, the center's director .
Not far from the center, inside the production workshop of Fuzhou Anmei New Materials Technology Co., Ltd., ten brand-new extrusion machines are neatly arranged, with workers busy installing and debugging. "New equipment and new workshops are about to be put into use, and we expect to achieve full mass production by the end of April," said Song Lihua, the company's general manager, full of confidence . This enterprise, with a total investment of 120 million yuan, primarily produces magnesium alloy products such as electric bicycle wheels, frames, motor housings, and control panels. Its orders for this year are already fully booked until the end of the year .
"Our orders for this year are already booked through year-end, and we are confident in building the largest wrought magnesium alloy production base in China by June," Song Lihua stated . In 2026, the company plans to produce 5 million magnesium alloy products annually; by 2027, production volume is set to increase by another 70% .
To support the development of the magnesium industry, Linchuan District has prepared 3,000 mu of land in its first phase to advance the construction of a magnesium industrial park, researched and introduced special policy packages, and established industrial guidance funds . Currently, Sichuan Lever Mate's project for producing 100,000 tons/year of high-strength magnesium alloy materials has landed in Linchuan, and the nationally recognized "little giant" specialized and sophisticated enterprise Fujian Shenye Casting has also invested 1 billion yuan to settle there . The regional magnesium alloy industry is moving from "accumulating momentum" to "achieving substantial growth."