Anhui Accelerates Layout of Future Industries, Forging New Growth Drivers
As the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation evolves at an accelerated pace, new fields and tracks for the development of future industries continue to emerge. This reporter learned that Anhui Province is accelerating the layout of future industries such as quantum technology, hydrogen energy and nuclear fusion energy, with the total industrial chain scale of the first batch of provincial-level future industry pilot zones exceeding 93 billion yuan. Looking ahead, the province will further implement the project for cultivating and expanding future industries, actively explore diversified technological routes and typical application scenarios to promote the high-quality development of future industries.
It is understood that since last year, Anhui has started compiling the 14th Five-Year Plan for the development of future industries, focusing on deploying ten major future industries including quantum technology and bio-manufacturing. A sound policy guidance system has been gradually established, with the overall plan as the guide and various sub-industry plans as the support. Specific action plans for the development of industries such as quantum technology and humanoid robots have been issued and implemented, while action plans for brain-computer interfaces and cutting-edge materials are under research and compilation, forming a "1+N" policy framework to guide industrial development.
Relying on strategic scientific and technological forces such as national laboratories and Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Anhui has carried out in-depth innovation in key generic technologies and cutting-edge leading technologies. Up to now, more than 200 achievements have been transformed through high-level R&D institutions of the science center, laying a solid technological foundation for the development of future industries.
Preliminary achievements have been made in the preparation of future industry pilot zones in Anhui. The province is accelerating the construction of the first batch of 10 provincial-level future industry pilot zones, including Hefei Quantum Technology Pilot Zone and Bengbu Intelligent Sensor Pilot Zone, with the first batch of incentive funds of 50 million yuan already allocated. At present, these pilot zones have gathered more than 150 core enterprises in the industrial chain, with over 130 key projects under construction or in reserve, involving a total investment of more than 100 billion yuan.
This year’s government work report proposes to establish a growth and risk-sharing mechanism for investment in future industries, and cultivate and develop future industries such as future energy, quantum technology, embodied intelligence, brain-computer interfaces and 6G, which further points out the direction for the development of future industries.
Looking forward, Anhui will focus on accelerating the transformation of cutting-edge technological achievements and expanding the development and opening-up of application scenarios to promote the development of future industries. Specifically, it will establish and improve a consulting mechanism of "scientists + entrepreneurs + investors" to enhance the strategic prediction capacity of cutting-edge technologies, coordinate strategic scientific and technological forces, carry out innovative R&D and industrial incubation around global technological frontiers, and accelerate the transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements.
In addition, Anhui will build scenario service carriers such as future scenario laboratories and test zones to help with the pilot verification and application promotion of new technologies and products. At the same time, it will pilot the construction of the first batch of future industry science and technology parks, successively deploy a new batch of provincial-level future industry pilot zones, and take the lead in promoting the accelerated development of future industries in the province through pilot practices.
Comprehensive efforts will be made to cultivate, introduce and utilize talents in future industries. The province will continue to improve the investment growth mechanism and risk-sharing mechanism, vigorously develop sci-tech finance, actively connect with the Yangtze River Delta Regional Fund of the National Venture Capital Guidance Fund, and fully support the development of seed-stage and start-up hard-tech enterprises. It will also actively explore scientific and effective supervision methods to prevent relevant risks, ensuring that future industries are "effectively activated and well regulated".
With the accelerated layout and solid promotion of future industries, Anhui is striving to seize the opportunities of the new technological revolution and industrial transformation, forge new core competitiveness, and inject strong momentum into high-quality economic development, setting a vivid example for the cultivation and development of future industries in the region.
