The Huainan High-Tech Industrial Development Zone (hereinafter referred to as “Huainan High-Tech Zone” or “the Zone”) was established in May 2010. It merged with the Shannan New District in December 2015 and was approved as a national-level high-tech zone in February 2018, becoming the sixth such zone in our province. The approved area is 5.64 square kilometers, while the actual administrative area covers 63.15 square kilometers.

In recent years, the economic vitality and development momentum of the Zone have significantly strengthened, and its progress toward high-quality development has been steady and robust. It has successively been designated as an Anhui Provincial Demonstration Base for New Industrialization, a Cluster Development Base for Strategic Emerging Industries, a Service Outsourcing Demonstration Zone, and a Technical Standards Innovation Base. In the first half of 2023, the Zone’s total operating revenue reached 13.768 billion yuan, representing a 42.7% increase compared to the same period last year. The Zone has achieved full coverage of both 5G and fiber-optic gigabit networks.Since its establishment, the quality of industrial development has continuously improved. The cultivation of specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative enterprises, high-tech enterprises, and science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises started from scratch; by the end of August 2023, their numbers had reached 15, 59, and 120, respectively.

Huainan High-Tech Zone has built a "131" industrial system centered on the next-generation electronic information industry and characterized by the big data industry; simultaneously, it promotes the digital transformation of the next-generation electronic information industry through the development of the big data sector.In recent years, significant progress has been made in attracting major projects centered on the next-generation electronic information industry, with initial signs of industrial agglomeration emerging. A number of major projects have been successfully secured and implemented. As of August 2023, 51 next-generation electronic information industry projects have been established, with a total estimated investment of 23 billion yuan. The zone has already formed a certain degree of industrial agglomeration in fields such as optical transmission, smart mining, new display technologies, automotive electronics, data storage, and information collection and application.