CCTV:

Earlier, Mr. Wang mentioned that Henan will accelerate the construction of a manufacturing powerhouse in the province. Could you please introduce what advantages Henan has in the manufacturing industry and which areas will be the focus of future efforts? Thank you.

Wang Kai:

Thank you to the journalist friend for the questions and to China Media Group for its continuous support for Henan. I will answer your questions. Henan has well-fledged industries with a well-established system. Of the 41 major industrial categories, Henan has 40, and of the 207 subcategories, Henan has 197. Henan's industries serve as the starting point, supporting point, and conjunction point for many industrial cycles. We aim to accelerate the building of a strong manufacturing industrycharacterized by high levels, streamlined structure, strong innovation, deep integration, and good resilience. Our focus can be summarized by the numbers "five," "six," and "seven."

"Five" refers to focusing on the five foundations: basic components, basic electronic components, basic materials, basic processes, and basic software. We will strengthen collaboration between industry, academia, research, and practical application, concentrating on breakthroughs in key core and bottleneck technologies and rebuilding industrial foundations. In 2023 alone, we achieved breakthroughs in 50 "five foundation" technologies, including the production technology of silicon carbide new materials, breaking foreign monopolies. By 2025, we expect to achieve breakthroughs in another 100 items, promoting more Henan products to enter the mid-to-high-end market.

"Six" refers to making breakthroughs in the areas of new infrastructure, technologies, new materials, new equipment, new products, and new business models. This is a strategic choice to seize opportunities and promote the high-end, intelligent, and green transformation of industries. Luoyang CITIC Heavy Industry , through its intelligent transformation, has achieved a 25% increase in production efficiency and a 10% reduction in energy consumption. It has been selected as one of the country's first batch of "digital leading" enterprises. Henan is accelerating the full coverage of digital transformation and R&D activities in industrial enterprises above the designated scale. By 2025, the coverage rate of intelligent application scenarios is expected to reach 100%.

"Seven" refers to leveraging seven trillion-yuan-level industrial clusters as the foundation and building the "7+28+N" modern industrial system. The "7" represents seven trillion-yuan-level industrial clusters, including new materials, new energy vehicles, electronic information, advanced equipment, modern medicine, modern food, and modern textile industries. The "28" represents 28 100-billion-yuan-level key industrial chains, including superhard materials. The "N" represents specialized and emerging sub-sectors such as nanomaterials and synthetic biology. The "7+28+N" industrial clusters have been at the forefront of promoting new industrialization in Henan. It is estimated that by 2025, the industrial scale will exceed 7 trillion yuan. 

Additionally, we have taken a project-oriented scheme in which we should sign a batch of projects, get a batch of projects off the ground, and put a batch of projects into operation each quarter. Under that scheme, we have implemented 17,400 projects in 12 quarters, over 60% of which were industrial ones. With an optimized and adjusted investment structure, traditional industries are accelerating their transformation, emerging industries are being nurtured faster, and future industries are rapidly developing. As a result, the overall quality of the economy has significantly improved. 

Thank you.