Hubei: "The 15th Five-Year Plan" will make more breakthroughs in promoting the integrated development of scientific and industrial innovation.

During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Hubei will accelerate the construction of a nationally influential science and technology innovation highland and a modern industrial system reflecting the advantages of Hubei, striving to achieve more breakthroughs. This was learned by reporters at the "Starting the '14th Five-Year Plan' Hubei Provincial Special News Conference" on April 24th. Science and technology innovation is the greatest advantage and golden signboard of Hubei. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan", the average annual growth rate of R&D investment in Hubei has remained above 10%, with the number of high-tech enterprises increasing to 35,000, and a number of major technological achievements such as the world's first Beidou high-precision chip being produced. At the same time, the advantages of science and education are accelerating the transformation into industrial advantages, with 5 key industries including optoelectronic information entering the trillion-level range, and by 2025, the proportion of the added value of high-tech manufacturing industry to the scale-above industrial added value will reach 17.4%.