With just half a month left in 2025, Anhui's economy has demonstrated resilience and steady progress amid pressure. In the first three quarters, the province's GDP reached 3.977 trillion yuan, marking a 5.4% year-on-year growth. The provincial statistics bureau highlighted that production supply grew rapidly, industrial structure continued to optimize, and livelihood safeguards strengthened, maintaining an upward trajectory.
The upcoming "16th Five-Year Plan" period is critical for Anhui to consolidate its foundation, accelerate development, and strive for excellence. The recent Central Economic Work Conference emphasized "prioritizing stability while pursuing progress, enhancing quality and efficiency" for next year's economic policies. Moving forward, Anhui aims to reinforce stability, boost momentum, and focus on quality and efficiency to achieve a strong start in the new five-year plan.
**Industrial Transformation: A Profound Restructuring** By the Pihe River, JAC Motors' 1,500-acre ZunJie super factory operates with over 1,800 intelligent robots, achieving full automation and digitization in stamping, welding, painting, and assembly. In May, JAC and Huawei jointly launched the ZunJie S800, a premium smart electric executive sedan priced at over 1 million yuan, filling a domestic market gap. To ensure high-quality delivery, JAC and Huawei integrated R&D, supply chain, manufacturing, and sales, forming a 5,000-strong team and collaborating with top universities to build a world-class smart factory.
Meanwhile, Chery Auto achieved a historic milestone in 2025, surpassing 5 million cumulative global exports and ranking 233rd on the Fortune Global 500—the fastest climber among automakers. These successes reflect Anhui's automotive industry boom, now home to seven major automakers (Chery, NIO, Volkswagen Anhui, BYD Hefei, JAC, Changan Hefei, and Hanma Tech) and over 3,000 upstream and downstream enterprises. In Q1-Q3 2025, Anhui's industrial added value grew 8.8% (4th nationally), with auto manufacturing surging 16.3%, contributing 17.9% to industrial growth. From January to October, Anhui produced 2.7555 million vehicles, including 1.4303 million NEVs, maintaining its top national position.
**Innovation: Turning "Key Variables" into "Maximum Growth"** Innovation remains Anhui's hallmark. In Hefei, the BEST compact fusion device advances toward clean energy; Wuhu’s aviation town buzzes with domestic aircraft production; and Bengbu’s sensor hub runs China’s first 8-inch MEMS wafer line. Anhui has strategically focused on quantum tech, fusion energy, AI, and low-altitude economy. In AI alone, Anhui’s scale exceeded 106.99 billion yuan in H1 2025, with 917 projects landed. iFlytek and Zhixiang Future ranked among Forbes China’s top 50 AI firms, while Hefei’s smart speech cluster was designated a national advanced manufacturing hub.
Vertical AI applications thrive—Chery’s Lion AI cockpit enhances voice response, and its "Kaiyang Lab" boosts autonomous driving simulation by 50%. In healthcare, Anhui University’s non-invasive prostate cancer diagnosis model outperformed traditional methods, and iFlytek’s "Digital TCM Masters" enable knowledge传承 via AI. The provincial health commission is building a platform integrating the Spark medical model for diagnostics and drug R&D.
**Foreign Trade: A Resilient "Rising Curve"** Despite global trade headwinds, Anhui’s imports/exports grew consistently—13.1% (Q1), 14.1% (Jan-Apr), 15.2% (H1), and 15.3% (Jan-Nov), surpassing 2024’s total. EVs, lithium batteries, and solar products ("new trio") drove exports, ranking 6th nationally. At Melbourne’s 2025 Energy Expo, Gotion High-Tech secured a 1.5GWh Australian order and launched 300MW solar + 1.2GWh storage projects, reinforcing its zero-carbon commitment. Anhui’s "new trio" exports surged 75.6% to 73.59 billion yuan (13.5% of total exports).
Trade diversification also strengthened: ASEAN became Anhui’s top partner (113.17 billion yuan, +40.3%), followed by the EU (111.47 billion yuan, +17.9%) and the U.S. (69.58 billion yuan, -12.5%). This multi-pronged approach enhanced resilience.
As 2026 approaches, Anhui remains poised for stability and progress, leveraging innovation and open markets to navigate future challenges.
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