Emerging industries, especially strategic emerging industries, represent the direction of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, and are the new pillars and new tracks leading future development.
After years of deep cultivation, based on its own advantages, Anhui has explored "science and technology + industry" and "leading + supporting" and other methods that are in line with the logic of industrial development and have been proven to be effective in practice, and have promoted a number of emerging industries such as new energy vehicles, advanced photovoltaic and new energy storage, new generation information technology, and high-end equipment manufacturing to form clusters and clusters.
At present, Anhui must firmly grasp the major opportunity of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, continue to move towards the "new", achieve far-reaching results with "quality", run out of "acceleration" and achieve new improvements in the development and expansion of emerging industries, and provide surging momentum for high-quality development.
In the guidance of scientific and technological innovation, we will highlight the main position of enterprise innovation, improve the collaborative research method of "enterprise questions, capable answers, and market scoring", and implement key industry-university-research cooperation projects. In terms of achievement transformation and application and product promotion, we will improve and upgrade the "three firsts" policy guidance and demonstration application system of the first set of major technical equipment, the first batch of new materials, and the first version of software, so that more cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements can be used for the first time and iteratively upgraded. In terms of future industrial development, we will adhere to the forward-looking layout, strengthen the supply of new fields and new tracks, establish an investment growth mechanism, and guide the healthy and orderly development of related industries.
"Double moves and double leads" also need to continue to work hard and work for a long time. Combine the "double recruitment and double introduction" with the cultivation of emerging industrial clusters more closely, comprehensively use system thinking, platform thinking, professional thinking, ecological thinking, etc., deepen model innovation, improve the fund investment partner system, and extensively carry out industrial chain investment, scene investment, and technology investment, so as to empower the high-quality development of the industry with the attraction of large projects and good projects. (Feng Jing)
New materials: innovation leads to improve quality and efficiency
Recently, in the storage workshop of Anhui Yishitong Material Technology Co., Ltd., located in Huaiyuan Economic Development Zone, Bengbu City, forklifts shuttled back and forth, transporting the core raw material for manufacturing coating materials - boehmite. "As a coating material for lithium battery separators, boehmite can effectively improve the safety performance of the battery, just like putting on a layer of light and breathable armor for the 'heart' of the lithium battery." Shao Sen, secretary of the board of directors of the company, said.
The company's main products include new energy lithium battery coating materials, electronic communication functional filling materials, and low-smoke halogen-free flame retardant materials. "In the field of lithium battery coating materials, we have achieved a leading position at home and abroad, among which the shipment and market share of boehmite for lithium batteries have ranked first in the world for three consecutive years, and we are the core supplier of boehmite products of CATL." Shao Sen said that at present, the company cooperates with the University of Science and Technology of China, focusing on close integration with the market in the process from R&D to mass production, and produces products that meet the needs of the market.
The new material industry is one of the six emerging industries that Bengbu focuses on developing. The city has organized special work classes, promoted top-level scheduling, and initially formed an industrial system dominated by silicon-based and bio-based new materials, and coordinated development of metal-based new materials, new chemical materials, lithium battery new materials, new material equipment, etc., gathering more than 360 enterprises above the designated size, with an output value of 60 billion yuan in 2023, accounting for more than 40% of the city's industrial output value above the designated size.
Bengbu has strengthened innovation and empowerment, continued to promote the integrated development of "science and technology + industry", and has been approved as a national innovation center for new glass material manufacturing industry, a demonstration base for new industrialized industries of silicon-based bio-based new materials, and 46 new material innovation platforms at or above the provincial level. Take the lead in promoting the application of copper indium gallium selenide thin film solar cells photovoltaic building integration. Focusing on display materials, automotive glass, new energy materials, biochemical materials and other fields, we carried out precise investment promotion, started the construction of Wuyao automotive glass, pilot silver paste and other projects, and completed and put into production Corning pharmaceutical glass tubes, Kaisheng 30 micron ultra-thin flexible glass and other projects.
In the industrialization production line of copper indium gallium selenide thin film solar cells of Kaisheng Photovoltaic Materials Co., Ltd. in Bengbu High-tech Zone, solar cell modules are produced after coating, sputtering, heating, packaging and other processes.
"The copper indium gallium selenide thin-film solar cell modules we produce are widely used in many fields such as photovoltaic building integration, rooftop distribution, household power generation, and smart agriculture." The relevant person in charge of the company said that the company adheres to the drive of scientific and technological innovation, focuses on the development of the new glass material industry, leads the way with green buildings, greatly reduces building energy consumption and carbon emissions, and helps accelerate the formation of an energy supply system based on clean energy such as solar energy. (Reporter Tang Chao)
New energy vehicles: strive to race on a new track
On October 12th, the "Xingtu Star Era|iCAR × CATL Delivery Ceremony" was held in Ningde, Fujian Province. With the delivery of the new energy models Xingtu Xingyuan and iCAR series models, Chery has become the first car brand purchased by CATL, an internationally renowned battery manufacturer, in its official name.
This is a further cooperation between Chery Group and CATL to jointly develop the new energy vehicle market at home and abroad by leveraging the superior resources of both parties. As early as December 2022, the two sides signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement, agreeing to carry out joint exploration in the fields of passenger car battery supply and technical cooperation, buses, logistics vehicles, heavy trucks, electric ships and other fields of public transportation, new energy "three electrics" integration and battery swap business.
As the chief car company in Wuhu, Chery is accelerating the development of new energy vehicles such as pure electric, hybrid and extended range while consolidating and expanding the advantages of fuel vehicles. In September this year, Chery sold 58,941 new energy vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 183.4%, creating a record high and entering the "top four in the industry", the top three were BYD, SAIC and Geely Automobile.
In recent years, Wuhu City has actively supported car companies to race on the new energy track and cultivate new advantages for development. The "Wuhu New Energy Vehicle and Intelligent Connected Vehicle Industry 2024 Promotion Plan" was issued, focusing on Chery's comprehensive transformation from fuel vehicles to new energy and intelligent networked vehicles, sorting out the new list of supporting enterprises outside the city, and organizing various carriers to carry out targeted project attraction work.
With the advent of the era of new energy vehicles, the domestic automobile map has accelerated its reshuffle. "If you want to overtake on the track of new energy vehicles, you must especially optimize the development environment." The relevant person in charge of the Wuhu Development and Reform Commission said.
In order to promote the acceleration of new energy vehicle products to intelligence, Wuhu actively expands a number of application scenarios: the Economic Development Zone has set up a smart transportation platform to create an intelligent connection system of "vehicle-road-cloud integration". Jiujiang District launched unmanned sanitation vehicles to realize intelligent sanitation operations, and launched JD Logistics' "contactless distribution". Nanling County unmanned logistics vehicles are the first to realize normalized distribution in the province and the first to achieve commercial operation in the country. Yijiang District has built a cloud control platform for intelligent networked vehicles to realize the safety monitoring of intelligent networked vehicle products.
Focusing on optimizing the use environment of new energy vehicles, Wuhu City has built a total of 6,365 public charging piles, with a two-kilometer charging service circle covering the main urban area and full coverage of rural charging piles in towns and towns. A total of four batches of public test roads for intelligent networked vehicles have been announced, with a total two-way mileage of 652.4 kilometers, providing road scenarios for enterprises to develop, test, and iterate driverless products.
In order to support the promotion and application of new energy vehicles, in the first half of this year, Wuhu City issued a total of 69.1 million yuan of automobile consumption vouchers, driving consumption of 1.69 billion yuan. (Reporter Ruan Mengyue)
Photoresist: a new leap in tackling breakthroughs
The automation equipment is running at high speed, and the workers in work clothes monitor the operation of the equipment in real time...... Recently, in Fuhe Modern Industrial Park, Yingzhou District, Fuyang City, Fuyang Xinyihua New Material Technology Co., Ltd. was a busy scene.
The company is a national specialized and new "little giant" enterprise engaged in the research and development, production, sales and service of photoresists (display photoresists, IC photoresists) and OLED materials, covering key materials in the upstream of strategic emerging industries such as new displays and integrated circuits, and is committed to the ecological construction of the industrial chain in the semiconductor field.
"Since entering the park in 2013, with the help of government departments and their own efforts, the company has achieved large-scale mass production of color/black display photoresist, with an annual shipment of thousands of tons, and its shipment performance ranks among the forefront of global photoresist companies, filling the gap in China." Lu Jinbo, the company's chief operating officer, said.
In the interview, the reporter learned that in the manufacturing process of display panels, color/black photoresist is not only a simple material, but its own quality is like the DNA in the living organism, which determines the final performance of the display panel.
"Before we achieved localization, these photoresists were all imported." Lu Jinbo said that now, the company can carry out the layout of high-end photoresist series products according to the development needs of the photoresist industry, and can provide leading color display and graphic transfer technology (graphic technology) solutions. In addition, a number of new special photoresists for display and IC fields have achieved technological breakthroughs and mass production.
"Although the company has made certain achievements in the field of photoresist, there are still difficulties and pain points in the development of industrialization, and next, we will increase R&D efforts and independent innovation to continuously promote the development of high-end photoresist industry." Lu Jinbo said.
Fuyang Xinyihua New Material Technology Co., Ltd. is just a microcosm of the development of Fuyang's resist industry. In recent years, Fuyang has adhered to the principle of "integration of industry and city, strong manufacturing city", focusing on the development of eight advanced manufacturing industries, including new energy and energy conservation and environmental protection, green food, new energy vehicles and high-end equipment manufacturing, new materials, electronic information and photoelectric display, promoting the high-end, intelligent and green development of the manufacturing industry, continuously improving the level of new industrialization, and accelerating the construction of a strong regional manufacturing city.
"Next, we will further optimize the business environment, increase the intensity of 'double recruitment and double introduction', continuously improve the development level of emerging industries such as photoresist, and promote high-quality economic development." The relevant person in charge of Fuyang City said. (Reporter Zhang Caili)
New display: faucet traction gathering kinetic energy
In the golden autumn season, the autumn is high and refreshing. At the intersection of Weiwu Road and Xianghe Road in Hefei Xinzhan High-tech Zone, the construction of Hefei Guoxian's 8.6th generation AMOLED production line project with a total investment of 55 billion yuan is in full swing. This is the largest new manufacturing project in Anhui Province this year.
At the other end of Weiwu Road, there is the production base of Hefei Visionox Technology Co., Ltd., one of the investors of Hefei Guoxian. "At the end of last year, we successfully lit up the G6 all-flexible AMOLED production line with a total investment of 44 billion yuan." Cheng Yutian, the relevant person in charge of Hefei Visionox, told reporters.
On the wall of the office of the Economic Development Bureau of Hefei New Station High-tech Zone, the reporter saw a panorama of a new display industry, covering the upstream, middle and downstream of the industry, and listing in detail more than 100 key enterprises including equipment, materials, panels, backlight modules, terminal foundries and other links. "The vast majority of the above enterprises have settled in the new station area and started construction." The relevant person in charge of the bureau told reporters.
Since BOE settled in Hefei in 2008, Hefei has become famous in the field of new display industry, becoming one of the first three new display device industry clusters in China, and also one of the earliest and largest areas of flat panel display industry clusters in mainland China.
In the past ten years, Hefei Xinzhan High-tech Zone, as the core carrier of Hefei's new display industry cluster, has gathered 48 enterprises above the scale with BOE and other panel leaders as the traction, and built 3 TFT-LCD, 1 AMOLED mass production line, 1 printing OLED test line, and 1 silicon-based OLED small-size panel line, realizing the whole industrial chain layout of "from sand to the whole machine", and the industrial scale, innovation ability, and localization supporting level are the first phalanx in China. The new display industry has become one of the advantageous industries driving Hefei's economic growth.
This year, the new display industry has embarked on the road of "warming", and Hefei Xinzhan High-tech Zone has made every effort to gather kinetic energy to improve quality and efficiency, and promote the breakthrough development of the new display industry. Visionox was selected as the leading unit of the OLED industry chain, undertaking 18 localization tasks in key links of the industrial chain, and the localization rate of screen materials reached 73%, far exceeding the industry average. In the first half of the year, the growth rate of the new display industry in the new station high-tech zone reached 33%.
At present, Xinzhan High-tech Zone is speeding up the timely implementation of a number of major projects with large investment and strong driving force, such as Visionox V5, Xinmei New Materials, Screening Eagle PACK project, super-large silicon wafers, crystalline phase III, perovskite, etc., to form a large-scale construction area.
"We seize the opportunity of industrial development, take the initiative to provide front-line services, do a good job in guaranteeing factors, promote project construction, continuously promote the optimization of enterprise product structure, and accelerate the creation of a more mature and complete industrial ecosystem." The relevant person in charge of the Economic Development Bureau of Hefei Xinzhan High-tech Zone said. (Reporter Feng Jing, correspondent Xu Xiaowei)