ICT Cluster Development Strategy for High-Tech Industry Park in Mongolia - Technopolis: Best Practices for Science and Technology Cities - page 471

2.3 Current Situation of High-Tech Industries

We will briefly explain about the current development, implying the basic pre-
mises of these high-tech industry parks.

2.3.1 Nanotechnology and Biotechnology

''Government action plan'' indicates objectives to pursue the policy to make sci-
ence and technology a top-priority sector; to provide the state support in intro-
ducing and acclimatizing new technology, and to set up not less than two research
institutes of biotechnology, nanotechnology, and veterinarian service equipped
with world medium standards.
In Mongolia, there are three main state universities, including National Uni-
versity of Mongolia (NUM), Mongolian University of Science and Technology
(MUST). The Mongolian State University of Agriculture prepares the human
resource in the field of high-tech technologies.
NUM is the university with the highest level of research outputs in the country.
The university has 22 research centers and three field stations. The Laboratory of
Nanotechnology was established in 2008 at the university and focuses on educa-
tion, measurements, materials, and technologies are attracting worldwide attention
for nanoscience and nanotechnology Researchers of Nanotechnology Group at the
NUM studied on high-efficiency organic solar cells by optimal energy levels and
offsets of organic materials for the semiconductor. The present research team is
implementing more than 20 projects in the frame of the National Program on
Nanotechnology R&D funding during 2008-2015. 4
The Pilot plant is established in Boroo Gold Valley in Selenge Province,
150 km north of Ulaanbataar. Productivity, trade, and market research is done by
the US company 'UBIC' on the Drug anti-Cardiovascular disease and Cancer that
will be produced with over 100 molecular technologies for diagnosing, neutro-
cetic, cosmetics, and drug manufacture. Mongolia has become a Member of
International Association of Science Parks (IASP).
Main production will be focused on bio-tech drug production anti-cancer and
cardiovascular disease, bio-tech blood plasma production, bio-tech egg production,
bio-tech milk production. Not only this plant, but also private companies such as
''Mon Chemical'' LLC, ''Monos'' LLC operate in the bio-chemical field.

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The National University of Mongolia, http://www.num.edu.mn/.