Guiyang National High-tech Industrial Development Zone (Guiyang HIDZ) in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, has achieved remarkable progress since the 18th CPC National Congress.
As the first national high-tech zone in Guizhou province, Guiyang HIDZ has implemented big data and innovation-driven development strategies, and helped the province to overcome poverty with the development of high-tech industries
At present, Guiyang HIDZ has formed an intelligent manufacturing industry system dominated by big data electronic information and advanced equipment manufacturing industry, and features new energy automobile industry.
Guiyang HIDZ has cultivated 24 typical pilot demonstration projects related to intelligent manufacturing, two of which were selected as national-level intelligent manufacturing pilot demonstration projects.
Guiyang HIDZ has been approved as the first national demonstration base for new-type industry in the country, and was included among the top 100 national advanced manufacturing parks for three consecutive years.
What's more, its comprehensive ranking in the national high-tech zones jumped from 62nd in 2012 to 39th in 2021.
During the same period, its software business revenue increased by 16.65 percent annually, accounting for 39.29 percent of the city's total.
During the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-20), the total output value of industries above designated size in Guiyang HIDZ reached 68.84 billion yuan ($10.33 billion), 1.8 times higher than during the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-15).
From 2016 to 2020, the average annual growth rate of the added value of the enterprises above designated size of Guiyang HIDZ was more than 20 percent.
Guiyang HIDZ has become the leading area for the development of Guiyang's digital economy industry.
Additionally, the Guizhou Science City in the jurisdiction of Guiyang HIDZ has had two national key laboratories, seven national inspection and testing centers, more than 100 institutions, and over 1,000 scientific and technological talents.
Its inspection and testing industries account for more than 70 percent of the city's total.
The four-level R&D institution cultivation system it has built, which involves R&D institutions at the district, municipal, provincial and national levels, has gathered 108 provincial-level and above R&D institutions, and cultivated 122 high-level enterprise technology centers and 341 national high-tech enterprises.