Representatives of Chinese companies, led by a representative of the China Starch Industry Association, attended the ProStarch 2025 conference, the Skolkovo Innovation Center, as well as the Biotech Museum and the capital's attractions.
April 8, 2025 the IX International Conference “ProStarch 2025: Deep Grain Processing Market Trends” was held in Moscow, organized by the Association of value-added grain processing companies "StarchUnion". The event gathered over 140 participants from 70 companies from Russia, China, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and other countries.
“Over the past 50-60 years, the deep grain processing industry in China has increased production volumes 20-fold. As a result of deep corn processing, corn and modified starches, glucose, biotechnology products, organic acids, and vitamins are now produced in the country. All of this is sold on the Chinese market. Globally, there are over two thousand types of products made from starch. In China, there are currently over a hundred. We have every prospect for development. Corn starch production technologies in the country are highly developed. Wet milling is mainly used; we also perform corn cleaning, steeping, and grinding,” said Li Jian, Director of Participant, Technology, and Information Support Service at the China Starch Industry Association (CSIA), about the market.
April 9 conference participants went to Skolkovo — the technopark was visited by representatives of Oushangyuan Process & Equipment Intelligent Co., Ltd, Agrifam Co., Ltd, Tianjin Huaye Engineering Design Co., Ltd, Bosida Starch Technology Co., Ltd, Shangdong Acme Biotechnology Co., Ltd, Jiangsu Grand Drying & Concentrating Equipment Co., Ltd.
In the Rustark LLC laboratory, Andrey Nevsky, Head of Research and Development, presented the results of research in the field of maltodextrin application and enzyme preparation improvement.
In the PLASTILIN laboratory, Ksenia Strygina, head of biotechnological projects, demonstrated how existing plant varieties are improved using modern bioinformatics and biotechnological approaches, including how genomic selection and genomic editing of agricultural crops are carried out.
The Chinese delegation was hosted by the directors of the Technology Development Center in Biology, Medicine, and Agriculture. Alexey Donskikh, director of the pharmacological department, explained that the greatest prospects for cooperation lie at the intersection of industries: “The food industry uses products of plant and animal origin, and what is considered waste for one industry is often a raw material for another.”
Roman Yuriev, director of the agro-industrial complex department, noted that each visit to the Skolkovo Innovation Center is not just an image event: “We try to make every minute that guests spend with us valuable and memorable, we use as many Skolkovo opportunities as possible, and we turn to experienced and active residents for experience exchange.”
April 10 the Chinese delegation visited the modern biotechnology center “Biotech” – a space combining an exhibition of modern biotechnology achievements and an area for events. It was created by the Federal Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences – the country's leading scientific center engaged in research in industrial biotechnologies. The guests also visited the main attractions of Moscow.
Oleg Radin expressed gratitude to the China Starch Industry Association and the employees of the Skolkovo Foundation for their openness to cooperation, interest in the Russian market of deep grain processing products, and opportunities for joint work to exchange experience and developments from both sides.
“Over the past 50-60 years, the deep grain processing industry in China has increased production volumes 20-fold. As a result of deep corn processing, corn and modified starches, glucose, biotechnology products, organic acids, and vitamins are now produced in the country. All of this is sold on the Chinese market. Globally, there are over two thousand types of products made from starch. In China, there are currently over a hundred. We have every prospect for development. Corn starch production technologies in the country are highly developed. Wet milling is mainly used; we also perform corn cleaning, steeping, and grinding,” said Li Jian, Director of Participant, Technology, and Information Support Service at the China Starch Industry Association (CSIA), about the market.
April 9 conference participants went to Skolkovo — the technopark was visited by representatives of Oushangyuan Process & Equipment Intelligent Co., Ltd, Agrifam Co., Ltd, Tianjin Huaye Engineering Design Co., Ltd, Bosida Starch Technology Co., Ltd, Shangdong Acme Biotechnology Co., Ltd, Jiangsu Grand Drying & Concentrating Equipment Co., Ltd.
In the Rustark LLC laboratory, Andrey Nevsky, Head of Research and Development, presented the results of research in the field of maltodextrin application and enzyme preparation improvement.
In the PLASTILIN laboratory, Ksenia Strygina, head of biotechnological projects, demonstrated how existing plant varieties are improved using modern bioinformatics and biotechnological approaches, including how genomic selection and genomic editing of agricultural crops are carried out.
The Chinese delegation was hosted by the directors of the Technology Development Center in Biology, Medicine, and Agriculture. Alexey Donskikh, director of the pharmacological department, explained that the greatest prospects for cooperation lie at the intersection of industries: “The food industry uses products of plant and animal origin, and what is considered waste for one industry is often a raw material for another.”
Roman Yuriev, director of the agro-industrial complex department, noted that each visit to the Skolkovo Innovation Center is not just an image event: “We try to make every minute that guests spend with us valuable and memorable, we use as many Skolkovo opportunities as possible, and we turn to experienced and active residents for experience exchange.”
April 10 the Chinese delegation visited the modern biotechnology center “Biotech” – a space combining an exhibition of modern biotechnology achievements and an area for events. It was created by the Federal Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences – the country's leading scientific center engaged in research in industrial biotechnologies. The guests also visited the main attractions of Moscow.
Oleg Radin expressed gratitude to the China Starch Industry Association and the employees of the Skolkovo Foundation for their openness to cooperation, interest in the Russian market of deep grain processing products, and opportunities for joint work to exchange experience and developments from both sides.