On October 1, 75 years ago, the first five-star red flag was raised in Tiananmen Square, ushering in a new life for the Chinese nation, which had experienced hardships and struggles in modern times.
A rooster sings that the world is white, and Ling Yunjian paints Jianghuai.
From a place full of vicissitudes and sorrows that has been exhausted and wasted to a hot land of development that has attracted much attention from the side where the total economic volume has jumped to the top of the country; From a traditional agricultural province that has long been labeled as "backward" to an impressive emerging industrial province and a manufacturing province; From the illiterate number of young and middle-aged people exceeding 10 million to the prosperity of science and education, innovation has become a shining business card; From poverty and weakness, disasters and difficulties to the realization of the dream of all-round well-off and strive for common prosperity......
Over the past 75 years, under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China, the vast number of cadres and masses in Anhui have united as one, worked hard and forged ahead, and written a magnificent chapter that has never been seen before.
Especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has visited Anhui twice, delivered important speeches and made important instructions, giving Anhui the strategic positioning of "three places and one district", placing great hopes on Anhui to "strengthen reform and innovation, strive to break out of a new road", "strengthen the 'two insistences', and realize the 'two greater'", and encourage Anhui to "strive to be the pioneer of reform in the middle stream" and "accelerate the creation of a new highland of reform and opening up", which provides a general program, general compliance and general guidance for Anhui's reform and development.
Why can the Chinese Communist Party? Why does Marxism work? Why is socialism with Chinese characteristics good?
The vicissitudes of life that have taken place in the 140,000 square kilometers of Jianghuai land have given an eloquent answer from one province.
Bengbu section of the Huai River. Photo by Meng Jing
Scientific and technological innovation creates a golden signboard
420,200 gauss, equivalent to more than 800,000 times the earth's magnetic field. On September 22, on the "Science Island" in the western suburbs of Hefei, the water-cooled magnet independently developed by the High Magnetic Field Science Center of the Hefei Institute of Physical Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences set a new world record and pushed the strong magnetic field water-cooled magnet technology to a new peak.
Behind the world-class achievements is the support of large courtyards and large installations. The University of Science and Technology of China and the Hefei Institute of Physical Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences are two major towns, 13 pre-research large scientific devices have been built under construction, such as steady-state strong magnetic field and fully superconducting tokamak, and high-energy innovation platforms such as the National Laboratory and the Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center...... Anhui has become an important layout of the country's strategic scientific and technological forces.
Innovation has become the golden sign of Anhui.
This gold-lettered signboard is the result of decades of work.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Anhui's scientific and technological foundation was extremely weak. In 1956, the People's Republic of China convened the National Science and Technology Conference for the first time and formulated the Long-term Plan for the Development of Science and Technology from 1956 to 1967. Anhui has implemented the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and successively established a number of professional scientific research institutions urgently needed for economic and social development.
An even more far-reaching change is the relocation of the University of Science and Technology of China and the Hefei Institute of Physical Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In the winter of 1969, HKUST, which had just been established for 11 years, moved out of Beijing according to the unified arrangement of the central government. Anhui is trying its best to create conditions for the University of Science and Technology to settle down. Two details can be seen: Hefei originally did not have central heating in winter, but installed the city's first heating line for HKUST; In the case of insufficient electricity, Hefei has listed HKUST as a priority power supply unit over the government.
Since then, the Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, the Institute of Plasma Physics, the Institute of Intelligent Machinery, the Institute of Solid State Physics and other institutions under the Chinese Academy of Sciences have also been established in Hefei, gradually laying the foundation for the strength of Anhui as a major province of science and education.
Aerial photography of the Institute of Quantum Information and Quantum Technology Innovation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Hefei High-tech Zone. (File picture) by Wang Shibao
After the reform and opening up, Anhui implemented the reform of the scientific and technological system, and the pattern of science and technology directly serving economic and social development began to take shape. In 1996, the Anhui Provincial Party Committee and the Anhui Provincial Government put forward the strategy of "rejuvenating Anhui through science and education." In November 2013, Anhui was approved for the second time in the country to carry out the pilot project of national innovative province construction.
With persistent efforts, the characteristics of Anhui's scientific and technological innovation have gradually become prominent, and the advantages of scientific and educational resources have been further brought into play.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the mainland has accelerated the promotion of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance, and has made historic achievements and changes in the cause of science and technology. Anhui has made great progress in serving the construction of national strategic scientific and technological forces, strengthening key core technology research, and accelerating the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.
Relying on the layout of national strategic scientific and technological forces, Anhui has made every effort to build three leading highlands for scientific and technological innovation: quantum information, fusion energy, and deep space exploration. Anhui is in a leading position in the world in the field of quantum communication and the first phalanx in the world in the field of quantum computing. The top-level universities, large institutes and large facilities have given Anhui sufficient confidence to build a comprehensive national science center in Hefei, and have made original and leading contributions to China and the world in many frontier fields of scientific exploration.
Only when the key core technologies are independent and controllable can we firmly grasp the initiative of innovation and development.
In recent years, Anhui has implemented more than 200 scientific and technological research projects, and a number of key core technologies such as computational lithography EDA software, superalloy blades, and stacked screen displays have broken foreign monopolies, and products such as liquefied natural gas helium extraction equipment and Jiushao kernel software have filled the domestic gap. Explore the establishment of a leading enterprise to take the lead, the upstream and downstream enterprises of the industrial chain, and universities and institutes to participate in the collaborative research model of the large corps, and the independent and controllable ability of the industrial chain and supply chain has been continuously enhanced.
In order to bear the "fruit of industry", the "flower of science and technology" must be unblocked.
Anhui continues to strengthen the main position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation, establish a ladder cultivation system of "technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, high-tech enterprises, and unicorn enterprises", and build a platform for in-depth integration of production, education, research and application. We will build a science and technology innovation ecology linked by HKUST Silicon Valley, China University of Science and Technology Business School, and Antelope Industrial Internet, and promote the "HKUST model" of "empowerment + transfer + agreed income" of job scientific and technological achievements, so as to promote the better transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productivity.
The total amount of financial investment in science and technology in the province ranks fourth in the country, and the intensity of R&D investment in the whole society ranks seventh in the country. There are nearly 20,000 state-level high-tech enterprises, an increase of more than 4,200 last year; There are more than 27,000 small and medium-sized technology-based enterprises, an increase of more than 9,600 last year......
Today's Anhui has a regional innovation capability that ranks among the top in the country, and the "key variables" of scientific and technological innovation are becoming the "largest increment" of high-quality development.
We will build an influential source of scientific and technological innovation to achieve new improvements, and be a pioneer in the construction of high-level innovative provinces.
Anhui will unswervingly play the first move in innovation, and the cause of scientific and technological innovation will surely reach new heights and gather stronger momentum for high-quality development.
Industrial development to achieve catch-up and leapfrogging
Create a world intelligently and create a better world. In September, the 2024 World Manufacturing Conference will be held in Hefei as scheduled. This is the seventh consecutive year that Anhui has hosted the World Manufacturing Conference. Heads of the world's top 500 enterprises, domestic and foreign business associations and well-known investment institutions and other important guests from the business community gathered in Hefei. In the splendid exhibition hall, the new technologies and achievements of China's and even the world's manufacturing industry are dizzying.
Take the meeting as the medium, gather wisdom, and attract investment. According to the data, the 2024 World Manufacturing Conference has promoted more than 700 cooperation projects, with a total investment of about 370 billion yuan. Through this "window" of the World Manufacturing Conference, the global business community has seen the strength and broad cooperation opportunities of Anhui's manufacturing industry.
From 2013 to 2023, Anhui's industrial added value above designated size will grow at an average annual rate of 8.7%, ranking third in the country; The industrial revenue above designated size increased from 3.3 trillion yuan to 5.1 trillion yuan, jumping from the 12th place in the country to the 7th place, ranking first in the central and western regions.
From the blue wisps of the road and the callouse feet to build the Magang known as "a flower in the south of the Yangtze River", to Tongling Nonferrous Metals to build the first copper mine and the first copper smelter in New China; From the vigorous rise of the home appliance industry in the early days of reform and opening up, to the breakthrough of the automobile industry in the 90s of the last century; From emerging industries such as new energy vehicles and intelligent connected vehicles, advanced photovoltaics and new energy storage, new displays, integrated circuits, and artificial intelligence, to future industries such as quantum communication...... Anhui started from poverty and whiteness, and has been forging ahead for decades, realizing the historic transformation from a traditional agricultural province to a new industrial province and a manufacturing province.
There can be no modernization without industrialization. As the largest modernization in human history, Chinese modernization has special arduousness and complexity, which is most directly reflected in the process of industrialization. Due to the differences in their own endowments and industrial strategies, the industrialization process of different regions presents their own significant characteristics.
Anhui's industrial development process, unlike the "eldest son of the Republic" Northeast region, had a solid foundation in the early days of the founding of New China; It is also not like inland provinces such as Sichuan and Shaanxi, which have benefited a lot from the construction of "156 projects" and "three lines" in the era of planned economy; Unlike the eastern coastal region, which has to be open to the outside world, it has developed by leaps and bounds through an export-oriented strategy in the process of becoming the world's factory.
During the period of socialist construction, the rise of Tongling Nonferrous Metals and Masteel's "copper wall and iron wall", and the development of Lianghuai coal mine were all based on the industrial layout of natural resource endowment. After the reform and opening up, the rise of Anhui home appliance brands such as Meiling, Yangzi and Royalstar has conformed to the tide of the development of the consumer goods market. Chery and JAC have become representatives of domestic independent brand automobiles, which reflects Anhui's spirit of initiative and hard work in industrial development.
Especially in recent years, Anhui's manufacturing industry has caught up with and surpassed each other, becoming an increasingly prominent and important plate on the "Made in China" map, which is derived from cultivating and expanding emerging industries with a strong enterprising spirit, and developing new quality productivity according to local conditions through "science and technology + industry" and "leading + supporting". From 2013 to 2023, the output value of strategic emerging industries in the province will grow by more than 15% annually, and the proportion of industries above designated size will increase from 20.7% to 42.9%.
In 2023, the revenue of the entire automotive industry chain and equipment manufacturing industry in the province will exceed 1 trillion yuan; The revenue of advanced photovoltaic and new energy storage industries ranked third in the country; The revenue of the new display industry ranks second in the country, and the production capacity of display panels accounts for about 17% of the country and 10% of the world; Among the "new three" products, 1/5 of the country's photovoltaic modules, 1/7 of lithium batteries, and 1/8 of new energy vehicles are "made in Anhui".
The industry of the future is the leading force of new quality productivity. Anhui focuses on "7+N" new fields and new tracks such as general intelligence, quantum technology, aerospace information, and low-carbon energy, and looks forward to the layout of future industries. By 2027, about 10 provincial-level future industry pilot zones will be built; By 2030, a total of about 30 provincial-level future industry pilot zones will be built.
Traditional industries are the indispensable "cornerstone" for cultivating new quality productivity. While emerging industries and future industries are expanding their territory, Anhui's traditional industries are also being reborn. In recent years, Anhui has implemented the technological transformation and upgrading project and digital transformation project of the manufacturing industry, and has cultivated 3 national "double-cross" industrial Internet platforms, 22 national characteristic platforms, and 5 "lighthouse factories".
We will build a gathering place for emerging industries with important influence to achieve new improvements, and be a pioneer in the development of new quality productivity according to local conditions.
Anhui lays out the industrial chain around the development of new quality productive forces, and is a modern industry supported by advanced manufacturing