Greeting the first light of morning, we stride toward a brand-new day. Good morning, Hefei! May every effort receive a gentle echo. Let us now turn our attention to a recent announcement.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently published the results for the 2026 (fifth batch) recognition of specialized and characteristic industrial clusters of small and medium-sized enterprises, along with the review results for the 2023 (second batch) clusters. The new energy vehicle safety system components industrial cluster in Feixi County was successfully included in the recognition list, while the environmental testing equipment industrial cluster in Shushan District and the fluid control equipment industrial cluster in Changfeng County passed their reviews.
A national-level specialized and characteristic industrial cluster for small and medium-sized enterprises serves as a significant "national brand" credential that measures a region's level of industrial agglomeration and the innovation strength of its SMEs. The newly recognized new energy vehicle safety system components cluster in Feixi County represents a key breakthrough for the county in deeply cultivating a niche segment of the new energy vehicle track and promoting SMEs to "gather into a chain and build momentum."
Feixi County has pursued both attracting major investments and nurturing excellence. It has successively brought in a group of leading enterprises including Junsheng Safety, Fuyao Glass, and China Merchants Vehicle Research. Among them, the Junsheng Safety project achieved a triple leap of "construction, production, and regulatory registration all in the same year." Three subsidiaries of the Fuyao Group have settled in Feixi, filling a gap in Anhui Province's high-end automotive safety glass sector. The China Merchants Vehicle Research testing base is accelerating its construction and will become Anhui's first national-level comprehensive new energy vehicle testing base. As of October 2026, the cluster hosts 3 national-level innovation platforms and 41 provincial-level innovation platforms, and has cultivated 14 national-level specialized and sophisticated "little giant" enterprises and 44 provincial-level specialized and sophisticated enterprises. Meanwhile, the cluster has built a full-chain digital service system, with over 4,000 industrial robots in operation and 2 national-level green factories and 1 national-level green low-carbon demonstration park already established. Next, Feixi County will continue to focus on this industrial track, strengthening, supplementing, and extending the chain to accelerate the building of a high ground for the new energy vehicle safety system components industry. Image source: Feixi Release
The Shushan District environmental testing equipment industrial cluster that passed its review uses "China Environmental Valley" as its core carrier and is one of the specialized industrial clusters with the densest innovation resources and the most complete industrial chain in China's atmospheric environmental monitoring field. As the operating platform of "China Environmental Valley," Anhui Shufeng Environmental Technology Development Co., Ltd. adheres to taking SMEs as the main body, continuously improving the industrial service system, cultivating specialized and sophisticated enterprises, and building platforms for technological innovation and scenario application, while constantly supplementing, strengthening, and extending the chain. Next, Shushan District will continue to focus on the environmental testing equipment industry and build a nationally leading innovation source and industrial agglomeration benchmark for environmental testing equipment. The Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center Environmental Research Institute located in Shushan District. (Image source: China Environmental Valley)
The Changfeng County fluid control equipment industrial cluster that also passed its review relies on Changfeng County's advantages in the energy-saving and environmental protection industry, focuses on fluid control and equipment, and carries out industrial layout and supporting industrial chain construction. The cluster currently has absorbed 221 enterprises, with an output value exceeding 20 billion yuan and nearly 20,000 people employed. Aiming at "specialized and sophisticated" and "single champion" enterprises, the cluster has formed an enterprise development echelon of "small and beautiful," "medium and excellent," and "large and strong." It has cultivated 1 manufacturing single champion demonstration enterprise, 15 specialized and sophisticated "little giant" enterprises, and 103 high-tech enterprises, gathering fluid equipment specialized and sophisticated "little giant" enterprises such as Huasheng Pump Valve, Hengda Jianghai, Ruina Intelligent, and Shunyu Water. In the future, Changfeng County will, through the "one zone, six parks" quality improvement initiative, strive to build a "multi-chain coordinated" industrial development ecosystem and turn the cluster into Anhui Province's largest high-level, specialized, and distinctive fluid equipment manufacturing industrial base. Changfeng Shuangfeng Zhigu. Photo by Wang Liang
The inclusion of three Hefei industrial clusters on the national list this time not only recognizes the past development achievements of each cluster but will also help Hefei's specialized and characteristic industrial clusters of small and medium-sized enterprises advance to a new stage of high-quality development. Information source: Hefei Daily. Poster design: "New Electric Map" Studio.
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