The 2026 Xiong'an Cybersecurity Technology Application Competition recently launched with scene-building matchmaking sessions held in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, and Beijing. Representatives from leading domestic cybersecurity enterprises and research institutions gathered to explore new opportunities in cybersecurity industry development.
The sessions adopted a comprehensive format featuring policy presentations, competition announcements, expert speeches, and enterprise matchmaking. This approach systematically showcased cybersecurity application scenarios, industrial policies, and development opportunities in the Xiong'an New Area and across Hebei Province, effectively establishing a platform for precise supply-demand matching.
Xiong'an New Area has been pursuing synchronized planning and construction of its digital and physical cities, with deep integration between "Cloud Xiong'an" and the physical city. The extensive rollout and accelerated implementation of numerous digital application scenarios have positioned the area as a frontier for cybersecurity technology innovation and practical application.
As part of the Third Xiong'an Future City Scenarios Initiative themed "Scenarios Drive Innovation, New Quality Leads the Future," the cybersecurity technology application competition features three main tracks: Artificial Intelligence Security Technology, Internet of Things Security Technology, and Internet Security Technology. The competition openly solicits new cybersecurity technologies, products, and scenarios from domestic and international participants.
The competition aims to leverage scenario applications as a driving force and project attraction as a breakthrough point. It seeks to continuously enrich the industrial ecosystem, optimize industrial layout, attract more innovative resources to Xiong'an New Area and Hebei Province, facilitate the incubation and transformation of outstanding scientific achievements, accelerate the implementation of key projects, and build a cybersecurity industry pattern characterized by "technology-driven development, scenario-driven traction, and chain-based growth."
During the events, presentations were made by Xiong'an New Area, PowerChina, and the Digital Industrial Park of the Zhengding Area of the China (Hebei) Pilot Free Trade Zone, highlighting their respective layouts and advantages in the cybersecurity industry. Multiple enterprises expressed on-site interest in participating and outlined implementation plans covering areas such as smart city security operations, IoT security protection, and data security governance.
The Xiong'an Cybersecurity Technology Application Competition has been successfully held twice previously, attracting over 400 entries and facilitating the establishment of several leading and key enterprises in Xiong'an, with a radiating effect across Hebei. Winning projects from this edition will be prioritized for inclusion in Hebei Province's cybersecurity application scenario catalog, matched with Xiong'an's smart city construction scenarios, recommended for entry into themed buildings within the Xiong'an Future City Scenarios Initiative Science Park, and offered full-chain services including capital matchmaking and talent policy support.
This series of substantive policy measures provides a clear pathway for cybersecurity enterprises to establish roots in Xiong'an and Hebei. With the successful conclusion of the dual-city matchmaking sessions, the 2026 Xiong'an Cybersecurity Technology Application Competition is now fully underway. The next steps will involve conducting preliminary and final rounds alongside a series of industrial matchmaking and achievement exhibition activities, accelerating the formation of a new development pattern for the cybersecurity industry.
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