Guangzhou aims to form trillion-yuan industrial chains in semiconductors and integrated circuits,ultra-high-definition video and new types of displays,software and information technology innovation,etc.

Today,the General Office of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government issued a notice on the issuance of the Guangzhou Digital Economy High-Quality Development Plan.According to the notice,the goal is to reach a new level in scale and quality of the digital economy by 2025,with the added value of the core industries of the digital economy accounting for 15% of the regional gross product.

The plan also proposes to strengthen the artificial intelligence and big data industry.It promotes the research and development of core industries of artificial intelligence such as intelligent chips,intelligent sensors,intelligent software,intelligent equipment and robots,and intelligent terminals.

Excerpts from the "Notice of the General Office of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government on Issuing the Guangzhou Digital Economy High-Quality Development Plan":

The core industries of the digital economy continue to grow.The city has 6,100 high-tech enterprises related to the digital economy,and 4,627 core enterprises of the digital economy with a large scale.The city has successfully built a famous software city in China,with software business revenue reaching 647 billion yuan (according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology),a year-on-year increase of 10.3%,with a growth rate ranking among the top in major cities across the country.The construction effect of the "Display Capital" is obvious,with the under-construction capacity of display panels being the first in the country.Key industries such as ultra-high-definition video,intelligent vehicles,and integrated circuits have achieved leapfrog development.

Development Goals

By 2025,the scale and quality of Guangzhou's digital economy will reach a new level,with the added value of the core industries of the digital economy accounting for 15% of the regional gross product.A coordinated spatial layout,a ubiquitous interconnected digital foundation,a converged and innovative digital industry,a robust and refined governance capability,and a jointly built and shared digital ecosystem will be formed,preliminarily establishing Guangzhou as a world-leading city in digital economy leadership and a global benchmark city for the integration of digital and industrial development.The vitality of the digital industry is fully stimulated.New breakthroughs have been achieved in digital technologies such as artificial intelligence,big data,cloud computing,and blockchain.A trillion-level industrial chain group has been formed in semiconductors and integrated circuits,ultra-high-definition video and new types of displays,software and information innovation,etc.New business forms and models such as cross-border e-commerce,live economy,sharing economy,and platform economy are developing healthily and vigorously.

Enhance digital technology innovation capabilities

Strengthen the breakthrough of key core technologies.Focus on core areas of the digital economy such as new-generation information technology,semiconductors and integrated circuits,intelligent manufacturing,artificial intelligence,big data,and ultra-high-definition video technology.Launch a "leaderboard challenge" initiative,deeply implement key field research and development plans,strengthen the linkage between ministries,provinces,and cities,and plan and build forward-looking,strategic,and application-supporting major scientific and technological infrastructure.Strengthen the research and development of key core technologies,systematically solve "bottleneck" issues such as core software,basic components,key basic materials,advanced basic processes,and industrial basic technologies.Strive to form a batch of leading technological achievements,and focus on creating a source of original innovation in digital technology.

Strengthen collaborative innovation.Promote the construction of national laboratory bases,national industrial innovation centers,national technology innovation centers,high-level scientific research institutions,and technology-leading enterprises in the field of digital technology innovation.Organize collaborative research and development activities aimed at major scientific and technological issues to form an open and innovative ecosystem with global competitiveness.Accelerate the construction of high-level innovation and research institutions such as the Provincial Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy Laboratory,the Provincial Greater Bay Area Integrated Circuit and System Application Research Institute,and the Guangzhou Third-Generation Semiconductor Innovation Center.Support original research and development activities and support industrial technology innovation.Strengthen the main position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation,support the development of enterprises with core technologies such as the National Printing and Flexible Display Innovation Center (Juhua Display).Support "specialized,refined,and innovative" small and medium-sized enterprises to carry out digital technology transformation,and build smart factories and workshops.Play the leading and supporting role of science and technology-oriented backbone enterprises,rely on digital technologies such as blockchain to improve the capabilities of small and medium-sized enterprises in the upstream and downstream of the supply chain,and promote collaborative innovation between small and medium-sized enterprises and large enterprises.

Consolidate the advantages of the digital core industry

Upgrade the software and information innovation industry.Support the research and development of the first edition of software products such as basic software,industrial software,emerging technology software,information security software,and information technology application innovation software.Promote the construction of public service platforms such as information technology application innovation adaptation test centers and industry adaptation centers.Accelerate the application and promotion of digital technology innovation products and solutions in key industries and fields.Upgrade the quality of China's famous software cities,strive to create China's famous software parks,and cultivate and build Guangzhou's famous software parks and Guangzhou's software characteristic parks.Cultivate and expand the ultra-high-definition video and new display industries.Accelerate the construction of major projects such as TCL Huaxing t9,Guangzhou Shiyouan,and Guangzhou Skyworth.Strengthen the entire industry chain of ultra-high-definition video and new display from front-end recording equipment to terminal display manufacturing and industry applications,and continue to build the "World Capital of Display" to create a globally competitive ultra-high-definition video industry cluster.Support the construction of special zones for electronic chemicals,accelerate the aggregation of upstream equipment and materials in Guangzhou,support the layout of AR/VR and other ultra-high-definition mobile terminals and automotive display fields to expand mobile travel applications,support the creation of ultra-high-definition broadcasting vehicles and other "Guangzhou solutions" to promote the development of digital content and industry applications,and support the emerging industry chains of silicon-based displays and color electronic paper to seize market opportunities and accelerate aggregation in the three major development zones of Huangpu,Zengcheng,and Nansha.

Strengthen and optimize the semiconductor and integrated circuit industries.Focus on creating a core support area for the "third pole" of national integrated circuit industry development,actively cultivate a "design-manufacturing-packaging-application" full industry chain with strong competitiveness,and continuously optimize the "one core,two poles,and multiple points" industrial pattern of our city.Support Huangpu District to build a comprehensive semiconductor and integrated circuit industry cluster around the advantageous links of integrated circuit manufacturing; Zengcheng District focuses on smart sensors and chip manufacturing fields to make breakthroughs,and Nansha District focuses on building a full industry chain base for wide bandgap semiconductor design,manufacturing,and packaging testing; Haizhu,Tianhe,and other related districts develop integrated circuit R&D design and headquarters economy in line with their own industrial foundations and regional characteristics,and build a collaborative development ecosystem for semiconductors and integrated circuits.

Vigorously develop the smart hardware and device industry.Focus on the smart equipment and robot industry chain,promote the development of high-end CNC machines,intelligent vehicle equipment,intelligent unmanned aerial vehicles,wearable smart devices,financial electronic devices,industrial robots,and service consumer robots,and explore smart factory,digital workshop,medical,and elderly care scenarios.With the Huangpu Smart Equipment National New Industrialization Industry Demonstration Base as the leader,layout high-end equipment industry bases in Huangpu,Baiyun,Nansha,and Huadu districts,and focus on enhancing industrial aggregation capabilities.

Focus on key areas,typical application scenarios,and user needs,carry out systematic promotion from robot product development,technological innovation,scenario application to model promotion,continuously strengthen the supply capacity of parts,robot bodies,system integrators,and other links,promote the construction of smart manufacturing demonstration factories and excellent scenarios,create a batch of typical robot application scenarios,and help the digital transformation and intelligent transformation of the manufacturing industry.By 2025,cultivate 4-5 national-level smart manufacturing demonstration factories and a batch of excellent scenarios.

Enhance the industrial level of emerging fields

Strengthen the artificial intelligence and big data industry.Promote the development of artificial intelligence core industries such as smart chips,smart sensors,smart software,smart equipment and robots,and smart terminals.Accelerate the construction of various evaluation and testing public service platforms,and develop and promote evaluation methods and tools for the industry application,products,technology,and services of artificial intelligence.Leverage the industrial advantages in computer vision,speech recognition,and other fields,cultivate a group of leading enterprises and unicorn enterprises with core competitiveness,encourage in-depth integration of artificial intelligence with production application scenarios such as medical care,transportation,and commerce,and support the implementation of artificial intelligence innovation application demonstration projects in fields such as smart manufacturing,smart security,smart home,and smart medical care.Promote the integrated application and promotion of smart hardware products,develop smart wearables,smart vehicles,smart service robots,virtual reality devices,and other smart products.Support enterprises in conducting data management capability maturity assessment work to improve enterprise data management levels.Support Haizhu District to accelerate the construction of national new industrialization industry demonstration bases and provincial artificial intelligence and big data industrial parks with artificial intelligence and big data as the main direction,further promote the "Pazhou Algorithm Valley" brand,hold the Guangzhou·Pazhou Algorithm Competition,accelerate the construction of Guangzhou's artificial intelligence large model ecological aggregation and innovation application highland,and take the lead in the city to build an artificial intelligence large model application demonstration area.