A delegation of 30 postdoctoral teams from universities and research institutions across China visited the Hefei National High-tech Industry Development Zone in Hebei, Anhui province, from April 18-19. They learned about the zone's business environment and met enterprises to discuss ways to develop the city's new energy vehicle industry.

A symposium on the new energy vehicle industry is held in the Hefei National High-tech Industry Development Zone in Hefei, Anhui province. [Photo/WeChat account: hefeigaoxinfabu]

The event, as an innovative initiative of the high-tech zone, aims to spark technological and innovative ideas, and make use of postdoctoral teams' advanced industries and technologies.

Developing a cluster of new energy vehicle industries is crucial for fostering new quality productive forces. The zone has leveraged its sci-tech innovation and talent resources to develop resource-efficient, high-tech, and high-value-added components, aftermarket, and the intelligent connected vehicle industry. 

In 2023, automobile-related enterprises above the designated size in the zone achieved an output value of 50.94 billion yuan ($7.03 billion), and 52 of the 86 enterprises included in the statistics exceeded 100 million yuan in revenue each.

Zhong'an Innovation Valley Phase II in the Hefei National High-tech Industry Development Zone. [Photo/WeChat account: hefeigaoxinfabu]

The Grand Union of Innovation in the Hefei National High-tech Industry Development Zone. [Photo/WeChat account: hefeigaoxinfabu]

The zone has established a comprehensive automotive industry chain. It will continue to promote collaborative innovation in fields such as automotive chips, artificial intelligence, and automotive components, accelerate core technological breakthroughs, and attract global partners and investors to establish a competitive new energy vehicle industry cluster in the province.