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china news service, wuhan, october 6th: hubei science and technology innovation continues to make efforts for tourists to experience the "sense of science fiction"

china news service reporter wu yili

since this year, driverless cars and aerial rail trains have become part of the "cultural and tourism packages" that foreign tourists can experience in hubei. behind these are the results of technological innovation. hubei provincial officials said that the province's automobile manufacturing, "optical core screen terminal network" and other industries are expected to exceed one trillion yuan this year.

black sesame intelligent technology co., ltd., headquartered in wuhan, recently became the “no. 1 self-driving chip stock in china.” the company has created chips that focus on autonomous driving and cross-domain integration to realize functions such as automatic car following, automatic parking, and smart cockpits. in the future, it can further support automatic driving functions in urban areas.

enter your password, get in the car and take your seat, and the steering wheel will turn on its own. the self-driving cars that shuttle through the streets and alleys of wuhan make tourists feel like "walking into a science fiction movie." a series of autonomous driving equipment will also be commercialized in the wuhan economic and technological development zone for cargo loading, distribution, environmental sanitation, and security. at present, wuhan has become the world's largest autonomous driving operation service area.

on may 15, a driverless car drove in the wuhan economic and technological development zone. (information photo) photo by wu taotao

as one of the birthplaces of the country's optoelectronic information industry, hubei's "optical core screen terminal network" industry is thriving. in the "china optics valley", more than 5,700 high-tech enterprises have gathered, and a large number of leading international and domestic innovations have emerged: in the field of optical communications, china information technology has broken world records six times in five years; in the field of lasers, huagong laser r&d china's first semiconductor laser cutting equipment with core components manufactured in china was launched; in the field of optoelectronic integration, the world's first 8-inch silicon photonic thin film lithium niobate optoelectronic integrated wafer developed by jiufengshan laboratory came off the production line, which is currently the world's largest silicon-based optoelectronic integrated wafer. integrate state-of-the-art technology.

zhuang dan, executive director and president of yofc optical fiber and cable co., ltd., said that more than 10 years ago, it was difficult for china to be self-sufficient in optical fiber and cable products. now the company has localized the entire chain from preforms to optical fibers and optical cables, and its orders are sold around the world.

in addition, hubei vigorously promotes collaborative innovation in the optics valley science and technology innovation corridor, accelerates the construction of regional innovation centers in xiangyang and yichang, and guides and promotes the "upgrading" of high-tech zones. data shows that in 2023, the number of high-tech enterprises in hubei province will exceed 25,000, and the number of technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises will exceed 35,000.

liu jun, general manager of hubei jiufengshan laboratory technology center, said that the laboratory has been put into operation for more than a year and has initially established a talent hub in the field of compound semiconductors, with scientific research and technical personnel accounting for more than 80%, and nearly 70 high-level overseas talents have been introduced.

huagong technology has developed from a school-run enterprise into a key optoelectronics enterprise in hubei. it is accelerating r&d and industrialization around silicon photonic chips and next-generation optical communication modules, driving more high-end talents to gather in wuhan. the relevant person in charge of huagong technology said that the company has successively launched the "falcon talent plan" and "phd 100 plan" to recruit hundreds of masters and ph.d.s. by cooperating with universities and scientific research institutes, the company promotes the effective connection between knowledge innovation and technological innovation, and the precise connection between the innovation chain and the industrial chain.

recently, hubei has issued a development roadmap for "integration of educational science and technology talents", which includes: building a world-class cluster of large scientific facilities to form a good situation in which "big scientific facilities support big science plans and big science plans attract high-level talents"; support cooperate between industry, academia and research institutes to build technological innovation institutions, and improve talent gathering paths for innovation platforms that pay equal attention to introduction and education.

according to xia song, deputy director of the hubei provincial department of science and technology, in recent years, hubei's scientific and technological innovation resources have continued to gather, with 23 centrally-affiliated scientific research institutions, 132 universities of various types, and nearly 2 million college students; relying on universities and scientific research institutes the 10 hubei laboratories established with enterprises have gathered nearly 3,000 talents of all types. (over)

source: china news network