Hubei: Innovation creates momentum
In late March, the wind was warm and the sun was warm outside Hubei Jiufengshan Laboratory, and the grass was green. The scientific researchers in the laboratory were holding their breath and speeding up on the road of technological innovation.
As one of the top ten laboratories in Hubei Province, Hubei Jiufengshan Laboratory was established in 2021. It has built the most advanced and largest scientific research and pilot test platform in the global compound semiconductor industry, and is an important carrier for the transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements in Hubei. . Ding Qichao, director of the laboratory, said that the laboratory has hundreds of projects running at the same time, including joint research and development projects and key core technology projects that the laboratory must overcome based on its development vision.
In recent years, Hubei has insisted on pursuing growth through technological innovation, improving quality and efficiency through dynamic changes, promoting the deep integration of the innovation chain, industrial chain, and supply chain, striving to cultivate new driving forces to create new advantages, and accelerating the establishment of an important strategic pivot for the rise of the central region.
Lead industrial innovation with technological innovation. In 2023, Hubei will have 163 national-level innovation platforms, 477 new R&D institutions, 84 national-level technology business incubators, 25,000 high-tech enterprises, 35,000 technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, and the number of scientific and technological achievements will be transformed within the province. The rate increased to 65.2%.
With the laser flashing, a silicon carbide wafer was cut in just 10 minutes, with edge chipping within 5 microns, reaching the internationally advanced level. “The nationally produced semiconductor wafer laser cutting machine is the latest achievement of our cooperation with Jiufengshan Laboratory to promote collaborative innovation and realize the localization of high-end equipment.” Ma Xinqiang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Huagong Technology Industry Co., Ltd., said that the new product is currently available in Jiufengshan Laboratory completed the pilot test and shipped it to the first customer, which is expected to become a new growth point for the company in the future.
“We actively build an innovation alliance with close cooperation between upstream and downstream, identify key links in the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, and realize the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productivity.” Ma Xinqiang said that the company has now formed a “research and development-use-improvement- The “mature” product development path has accelerated the process of product localization substitution.
Lu Jun, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Hubei Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology, said that Hubei will focus on the five major advantageous industries and nine emerging characteristic industries, promote the upgrading of the industrial system through the upgrading of the supply chain system, and do a good job in improving the established supply chain platform. Efficient operation, the establishment of new industrial supply chain platforms such as optoelectronics and Beidou, promote breakthroughs in advantageous industries, increase the volume of emerging industries, forward-looking layout of future industries, and tap the potential of producer service industries, and accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing as the backbone. (Economic Daily reporters Dong Qingsen Liu Jie)
Hunan: Industry is upgrading
How long does it take to produce a new excavator? The answer given by Zoomlion Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. is: 6 minutes.
Walking into the smart factory of Zhonglian Intelligent Industry City in Xiangjiang New District, Hunan, operator Liu Shangfu is operating the remote control panel and “commanding” the automatic handling robot to complete the installation action. “After the upgrade of intelligent manufacturing, robots have become the main force, and safety and production efficiency have been greatly improved.” Mao Qing, assistant general manager of Zoomlion Earthmoving Machinery Company, said that in Zoomlion Intelligent Industrial City, the factory has built 60 highly flexible intelligent production lines After that, it will be possible to produce an aerial work machine every 7.5 minutes, a truck crane every 17 minutes, and a boom pump truck every 27 minutes.
Manufacturing is Hunan’s industrial business card. In recent years, Hunan has made great efforts to build a modern industrial system rich in Hunan’s characteristics and advantages, and has made significant progress in building an important national advanced manufacturing highland. Traditional industries such as modern petrochemicals and green mining have accelerated their transformation and quality improvement. The energy consumption per unit of industrial added value in the province has dropped by 9.2%. Advantageous industries have accelerated significantly. The total assets, operating income, and profits of the Changsha construction machinery industry cluster have ranked first in the country for 14 consecutive years. 1. Zhuzhou’s rail transit equipment industry cluster ranks first in the world, and its electric locomotives’ global market share ranks first in the world; emerging industries are accelerating their growth, and the new display “glass-screen-end” entire industrial chain has basically taken shape, and the electronic information manufacturing industry has With nearly 400 billion yuan in revenue, Changsha’s independent safety computing system industry cluster has built a sustainably competitive “Pengteng” ecosystem, with new energy vehicle production exceeding 800,000 units.
From January to February this year, the added value of the province’s large-scale industries increased by 7% year-on-year. The equipment manufacturing industry made an outstanding contribution, and the equipment manufacturing industry above designated size increased by 9.5%.
Lei Shaoye, Party Secretary and Director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, said that Hunan has cultivated 3 trillion-yuan industries, 16 100-billion-yuan industries, and cultivated 4 national advanced manufacturing clusters and 8 A national-level characteristic cluster of small and medium-sized enterprises, the “Industrial Hunan Army” has become an important force in the rise of the central region. From a new starting point, we will base ourselves on Hunan’s industrial foundation and advantages, focus on improving the quality and efficiency of manufacturing, develop new productive forces according to local conditions, and accelerate the construction of a “4×4” modern industrial system supported by advanced manufacturing. (Economic Daily reporter Xie Yao)
Shanxi: A new step in reform
After 5 years of trial operation, the Shanxi electricity spot market was officially put into operation on December 22, 2023, becoming the first domestic electricity to be officially put into operation. “Because of this, my son couldn’t figure it out and found it strange.” Spot market . This is a new achievement achieved by Shanxi in the power market reform and will inject new vitality into its comprehensive promotion of the transformation and development of the energy industry. As a major energy province, Shanxi shoulders the major missions of building a pilot zone for comprehensive transformation and reform, carrying out comprehensive reform pilots for energy revolution, and creating a new highland for the opening up of inland areas. In recent years, Shanxi has continued to comprehensively deepen reform, expand opening up to the outside world, and continuously improve the quality and level of reform and opening up.
In terms of deepening reforms, Shanxi strives to build a reform policy system, constantly improves the reform implementation mechanism, solidly promotes the pilot tasks and key areas of reform assigned by the state, deepens and implements small-cut reforms, and the intensity, depth, and breadth of reforms have been significantly enhanced. . The pilot comprehensive reform of the energy revolution continues to deepen and industrial transformationThe model promotion mechanism has been continuously improved, the business environment reform has been further promoted, the reform of state-owned assets and state-owned enterprises has entered a new stage, and the fiscal, taxation and financial reform has been carried out steadily… These reform results have provided strong momentum for Shanxi’s transformation and development.
In terms of opening up to the outside world, Shanxi will speed up the construction of new highlands for opening up to the outside world in inland areas as an important starting point for expanding high-level opening up to the outside world, and has introduced the “1+N” policy system for opening up to the outside world to comprehensively improve the level of opening up to the outside world. In 2023, Shanxi’s import and export volume reached 169.372 billion yuan, of which the import and export volume with countries and regions co-building the “Belt and Road” reached 71.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.7%; it attracted a record high of foreign investment, but actually used it. Not blurry. With foreign investment of US$1.284 billion, “Is this why you want your mother to die?” she asked. yuan, a year-on-year increase of 55.41%, and the growth rate ranked first among the six provinces in central China. In the first two months of this year, Shanxi’s import and export volume reached 30.21 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26.8%, ranking third in the country in terms of growth rate.
Promote reform and development through opening up. Shanxi is currently in an important and critical period of transformation and development. Faced with the opportunities and challenges of promoting the rise of the central region in the new era, Shanxi proposes to coordinate the promotion of deep reforms and high-level opening up, and continue to create a more competitive inland region in a new era of opening up to the outside world. On the high ground, we will continue to enhance the vitality of development momentum and follow the path of high-quality development. (Economic Daily reporters Li Hongguang and Liang Jing)
Jiangxi: People’s livelihood is warm
Ensuring that people in old areas share the fruits of reform and development and live a happy life is the bottom-line task of promoting common prosperity for all people. Jiangxi Province insists on ensuring and improving people’s livelihood during development, so that the results of modernization can benefit all people more and more equitably.
Not long ago, the Jiangxi Provincial Government issued the 2024 People’s Livelihood Practical Arrangement Plan, which includes 10 items including continuing to improve the basic living security standards for people in need such as subsistence allowance recipients, making the people’s livelihood real and palpable.
Ye Jianchun, the governor of Jiangxi Province, said that last year, all 10 practical matters concerning people’s livelihood determined by Jiangxi Province were fulfilled. This year, Jiangxi Province further optimizes and adjusts the way it handles people’s livelihood matters, concentrates its efforts on doing 10 practical things that benefit people’s livelihood and warm people’s hearts in line with national policy guidance and Jiangxi’s development reality, and continue to improve people’s living standards.
On March 10, at the Employment Home of Shenqian Village, Zhoufang Town, Guixi City, villager Zheng Hualiang completed the social security procedures with the help of the staff and reached an employment intention with Asiana Semiconductor Materials (Guixi) Co., Ltd. , achieving employment at home.
Employment is the most basic livelihood and affects thousands of households. Jiangxi is focusing on finding employment for key groups such as college graduates, migrant workers, and people in need in urban areas. Yin Jianming, director of the Policy and Regulation Division of the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security, introduced that Jiangxi has introduced “16 policies” to optimize and adjust employment stabilization policies and create a “5+2 employment home.” So far, Jiangxi has built more than 10,000 employment homes. Home, providing workers with more accurate, efficient and convenient employment public services.
Launch a three-year action plan for the high-quality development of the social security industry, realize that medical treatment in other places within the province is exempted from registration, and enjoy the same medical insurance treatment as in insured areas, and the level of pension insurance benefits for urban and rural residents ranks first in the central region… In 2023, Jiangxi cities and towns, The per capita disposable income of rural residents increased by 4.2% and 7.1% respectively.
Liu Anzhong, who lives in Sailu Town, Balihu New District, Jiujiang City, feels the benefits brought by the investment in people’s livelihood. Sailu Town is a resettlement housing community. It has a kindergarten, a business center and a community home care service center, forming a convenient living circle within a quarter of an hour. Liu Anzhong said: “You can enjoy high-quality housing, education, and medical care with just a few steps.”
According to Huang Ping, director of the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Finance, this year, Jiangxi’s provincial-level new project expenditures were 22.22 billion yuan, mainly used to increase efforts to protect and improve people’s livelihood. (Economic Daily reporter Lai Yongfeng)
Anhui: low carbon in action
Anhui is rich in natural resources and has strong traditional industries. Now that green development has become a trend, accelerating the realization of green and low-carbon transformation is a new development background that Anhui urgently needs to add.
Outside the blast furnace plant of Tongling Fuxin Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Cao Yihui, deputy general manager of the company, said: “Currently, these blast furnaces have completed the upgrade and transformation, and the annual production capacity has stabilized at about 1.5 million tons.”
Cao Yihui said: “In 2018, the company began to upgrade and transform. After the transformation, the stability of smelting hot metal was enhanced, the quality of steel was improved, and energy consumption dropped significantly. The comprehensive energy consumption per ton of steel dropped from 420 kilograms of standard coal in the past to 380 kilograms of standard coal. .”
Data shows that since 2016, Anhui province has eliminated more than 11 million tons of backward steel production capacity, more than 13 million tons of coal production capacity, more than 3.8 million tons of cement production capacity, and more than 1 million kilowatts of electricity production capacity.
On July 26, 2023, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 11th Anhui Provincial Party Committee proposed that green is the distinctive background color for creating a strong province, and clearly created an ecologically strong province with beautiful mountains and rivers.
In 2023, in terms of ecological environment, the average concentration of PM2.5 in Anhui will decrease by 0.3%, the number of days with good air quality will increase by 1.1%, and the proportion of sections with good water quality in the national examination will increase by 3.1%; in terms of energy, Anhui will add 1,213 new installed renewable energy power generation capacity Kilowatt; In terms of industry, Anhui promotes industrial structural adjustment and vigorously cultivates emerging industries. The “one enterprise, one policy” energy-saving diagnosis of key enterprises has been selected as a national “double carbon” typical case. Going green has become an important part of Anhui’s economic development.
In this year’s “Government Work Report” of Anhui Province, it was proposed to comprehensively promote green and low-carbon development. In terms of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, we will implement the carbon peaking action in an orderly manner, support Bozhou and Hefei High-tech Zones in launching national carbon peaking pilots, and support Huainan and other places to carry out national pollution reduction and carbon reduction collaborative innovation pilots; in terms of energy, we will strengthen energy supply guarantees. Basic capabilities: newly added supporting power installed capacity of 2.22 million kilowatts and renewable energy power generation installed capacity of more than 5 million kilowatts.Promote comprehensive energy reform and innovation pilots to expand coverage and improve efficiency; in terms of industry, “one enterprise, one policy” implements energy conservation and carbon reduction upgrades of key enterprises, and builds a number of zero-carbon industrial parks; in terms of lifestyle, widely carry out the “Beautiful Anhui I Am Action” “Professor” activity to create a trend in the province of everyone reducing carbon emissions, saving energy, and protecting clear water and blue sky. (Economic Daily reporters Liang Rui and Li Siyin)
Henan: strong support from science and technology
In February this year, four provincial laboratories including Henan Lantian and five provincial industrial technology research institutes including Zhongyuan Artificial Intelligence were unveiled in Zhengzhou, marking a new step in the construction of high-energy innovation platforms in Henan.
The new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation has brought favorable opportunities for the transformation of development momentum. Promoting the construction of high-energy innovation platforms has become the key for Henan to accelerate the cultivation of new momentum and new advantages and achieve a qualitative breakthrough in the conversion of old and new momentum. As the construction of high-energy innovation platforms continues to deepen, Henan is further promoting the collaborative integration of upstream, midstream, and downstream scientific and technological innovation around key industrial chains, and effectively promotes the integrated construction of laboratories, pilot bases, and industrial research institutes.
Zhang Rui, director of the Henan Provincial Department of Science and Technology, said that the Henan Provincial Laboratory proactively responds to major national strategic needs and serves local scientific and technological innovation, adheres to a problem orientation, focuses on industrial needs, continues to condense first-class topics, and continues to make breakthroughs in major scientific research results. For example, Longmen Laboratory focuses on the “stuck neck” problem of chip manufacturing and focuses on key core technologies such as high-purity electronic-grade polysilicon manufacturing processes; Longzihu New Energy Laboratory and Luoyang Dongke New Materials signed a 300,000-ton carbonate project development cooperation The agreement will drive Henan’s ethylene downstream products into the new energy field…
Data shows that in the past three years, Henan has newly built 20 provincial laboratories, 6 provincial industrial technology research institutes, 41 provincial industrial research institutes, 50 provincial pilot bases, and 28 provincial innovation consortiums, which are ultra-short and super strong. The laser and national supercomputing Internet core node projects have started construction. Behind the extraordinary construction efforts, it reflects Henan Province’s strong internal demand for accelerating the formation of new productive forces and promoting high-quality economic development. It provides a powerful force for Henan to continue to build a first-class innovation ecology, strive to build a national innovation highland, and promote high-quality economic and social development. Technology support.
The number of high-tech enterprises and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises in Henan has doubled from 6,310 and 11,826 in 2020 to 12,000 and 26,000 in 2023. The province’s technology contract turnover increased from 38.45 billion yuan in 2020 to 136.76 billion yuan in 2023, with average annual growth rates of 58.36%, 68.39%, and 33.4% respectively. (Economic Daily reporters Xia Xianqing and Yang Zipei)