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The splendor of Hefei's sub-venue at the Spring Festival Gala is still fresh in our memories, and this innovative city has already embarked on a new development journey without stopping.
On February 24th, the first working day after the Year of the Horse Spring Festival, Hefei held a conference on technological innovation leading the development of new quality productive forces. With the distinct posture of the "first conference of the new spring", it anchored the direction of high-quality development and conveyed to the outside world a firm determination to move forward with "innovation" and pursue long-term development with "quality".
For three consecutive years, Hefei's "first conference of the new spring" has focused on the theme of new quality productive forces. In the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan", behind this persistence is Hefei's accurate grasp of development opportunities — as a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation accelerates, developing new quality productive forces has become an inevitable choice and long-term strategy for this city.
Leaders from enterprises such as NIO, Fuyao Glass, Heguang Photomask, Wayeal Technology and LCFC shared their true feelings and fruitful achievements in developing in Hefei. Li Bin, founder, chairman and CEO of NIO, said that Hefei's forward-looking strategic layout, stable policy environment and open and collaborative industrial ecology have allowed enterprises to focus on innovation and achieve continuous breakthroughs; Wang Baochao, general manager of Heguang Photomask, sighed at the strong momentum of "Hefei Speed" — the company only took 18 months from infrastructure construction to mass production and has grown into a benchmark enterprise in China's advanced photomask field. The vivid practice of "two-way dedication" between the government and enterprises highlights the broad space for Hefei to develop new quality productive forces.
Confidence comes from accumulation, and courage comes from strength. In the past year, Hefei's GDP exceeded 1.4 trillion yuan, ranking 18th in the country, and leading the trillion-yuan GDP cities in the country with a growth rate of 6.1%. Behind this achievement is Hefei's firm practice of always adhering to the in-depth integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation.
As a comprehensive national science center, Hefei has gathered a number of "national heavyweight equipment". The intensity of R&D investment in the whole society has reached 4.11%, ranking 3rd among provincial capitals, and the number of listed companies on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board ranks 2nd among provincial capitals. 63 new R&D institutions have built a "bridge" for achievement transformation, accumulating more than 2,000 incubated enterprises with a total revenue of over 40 billion yuan; the Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data has built an entire industrial chain innovation ecosystem, injecting a steady stream of motivation into innovative development.
The continuous improvement of industrial competitiveness is a vivid footnote to Hefei's development of new quality productive forces. In 2025, Hefei's added value of industrial enterprises above designated size led the over-one-trillion-yuan GDP cities in the country, the output of new energy vehicles ranked first among cities in the country, and industries such as new displays and photovoltaic energy storage ranked among the top in the country and even the world. At the same time, Hefei is accelerating the construction of a "tropical rainforest"-style innovation ecosystem, taking the lead in establishing the country's first inter-city scene cooperation mechanism, initiating the establishment of the National Science and Technology Market Alliance. The newly released "Chuangxiang Hefei" comprehensive innovation and entrepreneurship service platform integrates 21,000 data items, providing "one-stop" full-life-cycle services for market entities.
Standing at a new starting point, Hefei has clarified five key tasks for promoting the development of new quality productive forces: advancing the corporatization reform of Hefei Binhu Science City, tackling key major project construction, implementing the "Artificial Intelligence +" action, expanding the team of high-quality enterprises, and creating a first-class innovation ecosystem. Behind the clear deployment is a firm belief in building the city through solid work.
Ding Xiaohui, vice president of Lenovo Group and CEO of LCFC, said that the company will continue to increase R&D investment and serve as the main force in Hefei's cultivation of new quality productive forces; key areas such as Hefei Economic and Technological Development Zone have also clearly stated that they will focus on goals, work pragmatically and diligently, and promote the effective implementation of various deployments.
"Show the drive of 'how many times can one fight in life' and let the seeds sown in spring turn into the fruits of high-quality development!" The call issued by the conference is not only Hefei's expectation for itself, but also an announcement to the outside world. Today, the clarion call for forging ahead has resounded across Hefei. This city full of innovative vitality is taking solid work as its brush, striving for the lead in the track of new productive forces development, and steadily moving towards a bright future of high-quality development.
Source: Hefei Daily
