In late Dec., Jiangxi Provincial Administration for Science and Technology released a list of key labs. The Flash Green Development and Recycling Laboratory sponsored by JXUST was assessed to be one of the key labs of Jiangxi. Founded in May 2016, the lab, with Mr. Zhang Wenhai, an academician from Chinese Academy of Engineering, as its director, integrates researchers of mining engineering, metallurgy, chemistry and material science. In the past three years, the principal investigators of the lab won 3 First Prizes of Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award. 20-plus of the patents they applied were authorized.