Jiuwu Hi-Tech: 2025 Year in Review

On this final day of 2025, as we look back on a year filled with accomplishments, the resolute strides of national development and the pulse of national rejuvenation in our era are vividly clear. This year witnessed the grand commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. The Fujian, China’s first electromagnetic aircraft carrier, officially entered service, and the domestic animated film Ne Zha 2 surpassed 16 billion yuan in global box office revenue, demonstrating both national strength and cultural vitality.

As a leading enterprise in the ceramic membrane sector of China's membrane industry, Jiuwu Hi-Tech has evolved from a "Dual Engines" to a "Three Pillars" model in 2025. With its strong progress in new materials, integrated solutions, and production services, Jiuwu Hi-Tech drives development through innovation, leads change through technology, and fulfills its mission with responsibility. Here, let's review our journey and achievements in 2025.

Driven by material research and development innovation, solidifying Jiuwu's core strength

Jiuwu Hi-Tech is driving high-quality development across multiple fields through "high-intensity innovation." It has built a complete "materials-process-equipment" solution chain, leveraging its national-level R&D platform and abundant patent achievements to steadily advance towards becoming a globally leading membrane separation technology service provider and new material supplier.

To date, the company has 8 national and provincial-level enterprise R&D platforms, including the National High-Performance Membrane Materials Innovation Center. In 2025, Jiuwu Hi-Tech applied for a total of 31 patents, including 22 invention patents and 9 utility model patents; and was granted 13 patents, including 5 invention patents and 8 utility model patents.

Ceramic Membranes

Based on our conventional ceramic membrane products, we have developed a 25 m² high-packing-density columnar ceramic membrane as well as a silicon carbide (SiC) ceramic membrane. A single high-packing-density ceramic membrane provides a filtration area equivalent to that of 115 conventional membranes, with an operational flux ranging from 150 to 250 L/(m²·h). The SiC ceramic membrane has completed production line setup and process validation, capable of withstanding temperatures from -20 °C to 1000 °C, pH levels from 0 to 14, and even hydrofluoric acid environments. Project data feedback has been positive, and batch sales have been achieved.

Focusing on the development of high-value specialty products and the standardization of quality enhancement, the acid-resistant membrane project has been successfully commercialized. Both non-woven tubular membranes and sintered tubular membranes have secured multiple orders, leading to the establishment of several demonstration projects. Moving forward, R&D efforts will continue to center on specialty organic membranes with acid and alkali resistance.

Adsorbents

Significant achievements have been made in the adsorbent sector: the spherical aluminum-based lithium adsorbent developed for high lithium concentration salt lake brines has increased adsorption capacity by over 20%; The titanium-based adsorbent has been tested in Xizang Salt Lake Project for more than two months, with stable adsorption capacity and selectivity, 50% higher than the adsorption capacity of commercial competitors, while saving more than 20% in acid consumption.

Jiuwu Hi-Tech is one of the few domestic companies that has mastered the entire process of lithium extraction from salt lakes using the "adsorption + membrane" method. In July 2025, its lithium adsorbent material synthesis technology and salt lake lithium extraction process integration technology were included in China's "Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited and Restricted from Export" by the Ministry of Commerce, breaking the foreign "Stranglehold" monopoly of ceramic membrane technology and achieving "counter-stranglehold" of salt lake lithium extraction technology.

Solid-State Electrolyte

LLZO and LATP oxide solid electrolyte products have been recognized by many downstream enterprises, and their powder performance has reached the mainstream level in the industry. Jiuwu has successfully supplied multiple batches to leading domestic battery cell enterprises, marking an important step for the company from R&D to industrialization in the field of solid-state electrolytes.

Flourishing Accross Applications, Enabling Green Industry Development

In the new materials sector, Jiuwu Hi-Tech breaks down trust  international market barriers through customized solutions and agile response mechanisms. Its global layout closely follows the "dual carbon" policy and the pain points of water resources crisis, forming synergistic advantages of technology, service, and brand in new energy services, industrial fluid separation, water treatment and resource utilization, and industrial waste acid resource utilization. In the future, it is expected to continue to increase the penetration rate in emerging markets and lead the global export of Chinese membrane technology.

New Engergy Service

Orders for lithium adsorbents from Minmetals Salt Lake and Salt Lake Industry were delivered and successfully commissioned on the first attempt, verifyiing both production capacity and product quality. Additionally, we won the bid for the membrane integration section of the State Development & Investment Corporation Xinjiang Lithium Industry Salt Lake Lithium Extraction Expansion Project, completed the guidance operation contract and successfully handed it over, and its business model was recognized by customers.

Industrial Fluid Separation

Deeply rooted in traditional sectors and focusing on core areas such as pharmaceutical fermentation and chlor-alkali chemicals, the company has won bids for several large-scale domestic and international projects, including amino acid membrane separation systems in Kazakhstan and acid-alkali resource utilization operation and maintenance services. Significant progress has also been made in expanding new applications in fields such as milk and sugar.

Water Treatment and Resource Utilization

We have a strong focus on the industrial park wastewater and zero-discharge market. We have secured numerous orders and established demonstration projects in chemical and dyeing industrial parks in Shandong, Henan, Xinjiang, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. We have also applied ceramic membranes and water purification technology to military water supply vehicles to support national defense.

Industrial Waste Acid Resource Utilization

We have developed multiple process packages for complex, high-concentration, and difficult-to-treat acid systems, which have been applied to projects such as waste acid purification and concentration in the titanium dioxide industry. We have signed acid water washing and reuse orders in Hubei and Sichuan, and have multiple projects in reserve in the fields of acid binding agents.

Accelerate the Expansion of Overseas Marktes

In 2025, Jiuwu Hi-Tech accelerated its international business layout. The chairman led a team to the UAE to conduct market research, engaging in in-depth exchanges with local government agencies and enterprises in areas such as seawater desalination. A delegation from DuPont Water Treatment visited Jiuwu, and the two sides held in-depth discussions on membrane technology research and development, market expansion, and other issues, signing a Memorandum of Understanding, marking a new stage of cooperation.