The city of Nanjing has made unremitting efforts since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to promote technological innovation in its bid to build an economic powerhouse.
Ten years ago, Nanjing's Jiangbei New Area were dotted with farmland, wasteland and scattered village dwellings, in stark contrast to the modern service industry cluster in Hexi on the southern bank of the Yangtze River.
Today, Jiangbei New Town has become a new urban center for Nanjing's integrated development relying on the Yangtze River.
Jiangbei New Area, established seven years ago, occupies 5.85% of Nanjing's area, but creates 15.66% of Nanjing's GDP, making it one of the areas with the highest concentration of innovation in Nanjing.
In 2015, Nanjing Jiangbei New Area, the only state-level new district in the province, was approved for establishment. In 2019, the Nanjing area of Jiangsu Pilot Free Trade Zone was launched here.
Over the years, by adhering to the innovation-driven, industry-based development strategy, Jiangbei New Area has become a new growth pole in Nanjing with a growth rate much higher than the city's overall development.
Since its establishment in Jiangbei New District in 2018, Jiangsu Hongcheng Research Institute of Big Data Technology and Application has grown from a start-up team of five people to a national high-tech enterprise with a scale of 100 people.
Huang Yihua, Chairman of Jiangsu Hongcheng Research Institute of Big Data Technology and Application, Professor of PASA Big Data Laboratory of Nanjing University
Our artificial intelligence modeling has won more than ten awards in international competitions, and has opened up applications in government affairs, intelligent manufacturing and other fields, and the industrial scale has achieved rapid development.
Li Jia, Deputy Director of Science and Technology Innovation Bureau of Jiangbei New Area, Nanjing
We have deployed innovation chains around the industrial chain, built major innovation platforms, and built a technology service system in accordance with the requirements put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping to further promote the close integration of science and technology and economy, as is evidenced by the number of high-end talents, landmark industries and hard-core innovations that have emerged in the new area.
In the past ten years, Nanjing has continued to promote major scientific and technological innovation platforms by launching Zijinshan Laboratory and Kylin Science and Technology City, and produced a number of key technological breakthroughs from 0 to 1.
Over the past ten years, Nanjing has joined hands with many cities in Jiangsu and Anhui to get deeply integrated into the national strategy of integration of the Yangtze River Delta, continuously expanded the breadth and depth of international exchanges, and created new advantages for open development.
Braun, Commercial Manager of Siemens CNC (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.
Our new factory in Nanjing with a recent capital increase is Siemens' largest R&D and manufacturing center outside of Germany in the field of motion control. Over the years, Siemens has been deeply integrated into Nanjing's high-end manufacturing industry, and has joined hands with local industrial enterprises to create a better future.
In the past ten years, Nanjing has registered a regional GDP of over 1.6 trillion yuan, reported a ten-fold increase in the number of high-tech enterprises and the emergence of an industrial cluster with a value of 500 billion yuan and 4 emerging industry clusters with a value of 100 billion yuan.
