CCTV News (News Network): As a major emerging industrial province, how can Anhui continue to amplify its advantages in scientific and technological innovation and accelerate the integrated development of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation in the new year? On January 21, "Authoritative Interview: Looking for Development and Launching a New Chapter" will take a look at the exclusive interview with Liang Yanshun, Secretary of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee.

In 2024, Anhui's economy rose quarter by quarter and continued to improve, with the province's GDP growing by 5.8%, the total economic output reached a new level of 5 trillion yuan, the added value of industrial above-scale industries growing by 9%, regional innovation capabilities firmly ranked first in the country, and the output of automobiles and new energy vehicles ranked second in the country. Liang Yanshun said that under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, Anhui insists on taking the lead in science and technology and taking the initiative in innovation, and has made new progress and new achievements in high-quality development.
The Central Economic Work Conference emphasized that it is necessary to use scientific and technological innovation to lead the development of new quality productivity and build a modern industrial system. This year, Anhui will continue to improve its original innovation source capacity, accelerate the construction of three leading scientific and technological innovation highlands, quantum information, fusion energy, and deep space exploration, and implement 100 major scientific and technological research projects to encourage and guide scientific and technological workers to let go of their hands and feet to innovate and create.

In the new year, Anhui will give full play to the superposition of multiple national development strategies, and continue to make efforts in building a source of scientific and technological innovation, a gathering place for emerging industries, a new highland for reform and opening up, and a comprehensive green transformation zone for economic and social development, and make new and greater progress in deeply integrating into the new development pattern, promoting high-quality development, and comprehensively building a beautiful Anhui.

