The momentum of youth is stirring up in Yuhang, and a new outlet for artificial intelligence is brewing
As one of the most economically developed districts and counties in Zhejiang Province, Yuhang District is striving to achieve the goal of "returning to 300 billion yuan" in GDP within three years and maintain high-quality economic development. The area is gathering a large number of young talents with active thinking and passion, with an average age of only 32 years old, injecting the vitality of the city with "new quality youth". Yuhang District focuses on the development of a new generation of information technology, artificial intelligence and other emerging industries, and has attracted well-known enterprises such as Alibaba and Baidu to set up artificial intelligence R&D centers in the local area. Artificial intelligence is ushering in a new development outlet, especially breakthroughs in computing power and algorithms will promote the arrival of the artificial intelligence 2.0 era. Yuhang District is seizing this opportunity to vigorously develop the artificial intelligence industry, which is expected to become a new highland for the development of Chinese artificial intelligence and a new highland for Internet + artificial intelligence with global influence.
The current situation of economic development in Yuhang District
In recent years, the economy of Yuhang District has maintained a good trend of rapid growth. In 2021, Yuhang District achieved a GDP of more than 280 billion yuan, an increase of 8.6%, ranking first among cities and counties in Zhejiang Province in terms of economic aggregate. In the national county economic ranking, Yuhang District ranks among the best. This is mainly due to the vigorous development of emerging industries and the cultivation of new momentum for economic development in Yuhang District.
Yuhang District is vigorously promoting industrial transformation and upgrading, focusing on the development of a new generation of information technology, artificial intelligence, biomedicine and other strategic emerging industries. At present, Yuhang District has initially formed a new generation of information technology industry clusters represented by the Internet, Internet of Things, big data and artificial intelligence. A number of well-known domestic and foreign enterprises such as Alibaba, Baidu, and SenseTime have set up artificial intelligence R&D centers in Yuhang, forming an artificial intelligence industry agglomeration effect. Yuhang District has also vigorously developed emerging industries such as biomedicine and new materials, injecting new impetus into high-quality economic development.
In the industrial transformation and upgrading, Yuhang District also vigorously develops the modern service industry. The proportion of modern service industries such as finance, trade and logistics, and cultural tourism in the economy of Yuhang District has been increasing, contributing to the high-quality development of the economy. Yuhang District is striving to achieve the goal of "returning to 300 billion yuan" in GDP within three years, and maintain a good momentum of high-quality economic development.
The structure of the young population has injected new momentum
In addition to industrial transformation and upgrading, the young population structure of Yuhang District has also injected new momentum into economic development. In recent years, Yuhang District is gathering a large number of young talents with active thinking and passion. Taking the Future Science and Technology City as an example, the average age of employees is only 32 years old, reflecting the vitality of the city of "new quality youth". The gathering of a large number of young talents has brought a steady stream of fresh blood and innovation power to the economic development of Yuhang District.
Young people tend to be active and innovative, with a strong sense of curiosity and acceptance of new things. They have the courage to try new technologies and new models, which have promoted the rapid development of emerging industries in Yuhang District. For example, most of the founders and core team members of a number of artificial intelligence companies such as Alibaba Artificial Intelligence Lab and SenseTime are from the post-90s generation. Their continuous innovation and breakthroughs in the field of artificial intelligence have promoted the take-off of the artificial intelligence industry in Yuhang District.
Young people's pursuit of quality of life has also given birth to emerging consumer markets such as cultural creativity, fashion and leisure, and injected new vitality into the economic development of Yuhang District. As more young talents gather in Yuhang District, it will surely bring a steady stream of new momentum for the sustainable development of the regional economy.
Seize the new outlet of artificial intelligence to create a new highland
Artificial intelligence is ushering in a new development outlet, especially breakthroughs in computing power and algorithms will promote the arrival of the artificial intelligence 2.0 era. Yuhang District is seizing this major opportunity to vigorously develop the artificial intelligence industry, which is expected to become a new highland for the development of Chinese artificial intelligence.
In recent years, breakthroughs have been made in artificial intelligence technology, especially the rapid development of computing power and algorithms, which will promote artificial intelligence into the 2.0 era. In terms of computing power, with the rise of new infrastructure such as cloud computing and edge computing, the computing power of artificial intelligence systems will be greatly improved. In terms of algorithms, the continuous innovation of algorithm models such as deep learning and reinforcement learning has greatly improved the intelligence level of artificial intelligence systems. Driven by computing power and algorithms, artificial intelligence is expected to make major breakthroughs in speech recognition, image recognition, natural language processing and other fields, realizing the dream of general artificial intelligence.
As an important highland for the development of artificial intelligence, Yuhang District is seizing this historic opportunity to build an artificial intelligence industrial cluster. At present, a number of well-known domestic and foreign enterprises such as Alibaba, Baidu, and SenseTime have set up artificial intelligence R&D centers in Yuhang District, forming a preliminary artificial intelligence industry agglomeration effect. Yuhang District will further improve the artificial intelligence industry chain, attract more artificial intelligence enterprises to settle down, and create a new highland of Internet + artificial intelligence with global influence.
Yuhang District will also vigorously cultivate artificial intelligence talents and provide intellectual support for industrial development. On the one hand, Yuhang District will strengthen cooperation with Zhejiang University and other universities to cultivate more artificial intelligence professionals; On the other hand, Yuhang District will also carry out various forms of artificial intelligence training to improve the skill level of existing practitioners and provide talent guarantee for the sustainable development of the artificial intelligence industry.
With the arrival of a new round of artificial intelligence development, Yuhang District is seizing a major opportunity to give full play to the advantages of young population dividends and industrial agglomeration, and vigorously develop the artificial intelligence industry, which is expected to become a new highland for the development of artificial intelligence in China and even the world.