Anhui province in East China vows to step up smart manufacturing and
innovation as the major stimulus of economic growth. Home to tech
startups iFLYTek, Hikvision, Kingsoft and Huami, the city has nurtured a
variety of cutting-edge industries that inject new momentum to its
integrated development. In 2019, enterprises in Anhui invested a total of 93.3 billion yuan
($13.96 billion) in research and innovation, a 9.4 perp increase
year-on-year. By pushing forward the development of artificial
intelligence, quantum computing, new material and other tech-oriented
sectors, Anhui's strategic emerging industries grew 14.9 perp in 2019
from a year earlier, and witnessed an even 8 perp increase from
January to June amid virus outbreak. Hefei took the sixth place among 169 national high-tech zones in
2019, following those in Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Wuhan and Suzhou.
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