On the morning of January 21, the fifth session of the 18th Anqing Municipal People's Congress opened. In the government work report, Anqing City explicitly proposed the comprehensive implementation of strategies to establish the city through innovation, strengthen it through industry, and revitalize it through culture and tourism. It aims to build a high-standard regional central city that connects the Yangtze River Delta and the central region, accelerate the creation of "three new highlands, three pilot zones, and one strong hub," promote effective qualitative improvement and reasonable quantitative growth in the economy, and strive for a strong start to the "16th Five-Year Plan" period.
In 2025, guided by responding to the provincial party committee's "Innovation Question," Anqing coordinated high-quality development, high-level security, and high-efficiency governance. The city's economy advanced under pressure, developing with a focus on innovation and quality. The city's regional GDP is expected to grow by 5.7%. Industrial development was particularly bright: the output value of the two leading industries, automobiles and parts, and chemicals and new materials, increased by 17% and 10% respectively, with the total operating revenue of the entire automotive industry chain exceeding 120 billion yuan. The number of newly added national manufacturing champion enterprises ranked first in the province, and the growth rate of value-added in high-tech manufacturing ranked second in the province.
For 2026, the main expected targets for the city's economic and social development are: regional GDP growth between 5.2% and 5.6%, a 2% increase in general public budget revenue, and per capita disposable income growth of 4.5% for urban residents and 6% for rural residents. Anchored to these goals, the city will vigorously implement the "Ten-Hundred-Thousand" industrial cluster cultivation project, deepen the construction of the "2+4+2+N" industrial organization system, and continuously enhance the capability level of industrial development. Simultaneously, it will insist on putting technology at the forefront, fully implement the science and innovation resource doubling project, and promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation.
In upgrading industrial capabilities, the city will focus on breakthroughs in five key directions. It will strengthen leading industries by targeting the forefront of the automobile and parts industry, attracting enterprises in areas like intelligent driving and solid-state batteries, aiming for industrial revenue growth of over 15% and vehicle production reaching 400,000 units. Concurrently, it will accelerate the creation of industrial clusters for petrochemical new materials and electronic chemicals, targeting output value growth exceeding 10%. It will optimize key industries by promoting the upgrade of the textile and apparel industry, the intelligent transformation of equipment manufacturing, the full-chain development of green food processing, and the expansion and strengthening of the cultural and tourism sector.
The city will solidify emerging and future industries by cultivating new sectors like new energy storage and next-generation batteries, vigorously developing the aerospace information industry, accelerating the construction of a commercial aerospace industrial park, and building a complete industrial chain encompassing "launch vehicles—satellite manufacturing—application services." It will invigorate modern services by implementing a project to strengthen and supplement the chains in producer services, cultivating more than five industrial design and testing centers, and striving to create provincial-level or higher service-oriented manufacturing agglomerations. Furthermore, the city will refine services and support for enterprises by implementing a project to optimize and upgrade the business environment, deepening the "service package" system for key enterprises, and continuously hosting the "Anqing Entrepreneurs' Day" series of events.
The city will adhere to innovation-driven development, focusing on cultivating new quality productive forces. It will strengthen the dominant role of enterprises in innovation, implement the "two clearances" initiative (eliminating key manufacturing enterprises above designated size with no R&D activities and no R&D institutions), and target a 12% growth in total societal R&D expenditure. It will enhance the capability level of science and innovation platforms by launching a three-year action plan for their construction, promoting the operation of platforms like the Advanced Automotive Technology Research Institute, adding over 30 new provincial-level or higher R&D platforms, implementing the "Six Ones" regular contact and service mechanism for academicians, exploring the establishment of an industrial development academician advisory mechanism, and facilitating technological cooperation and achievement commercialization.
The city will optimize the science and innovation ecosystem by implementing a project to rejuvenate traditional industries, promoting technological upgrades focused on "intelligent transformation, digitalization, networking, and greening," and aiming for a 5% growth in technological transformation investment. It will explore establishing a talent mechanism where "enterprises identify talent, and the government recognizes the value," and regularly conduct activities like "Talent Anqing Tour." Additionally, it will deepen the integrated development of "government, industry, academia, research, finance, application, and service," implement version 2.0 of the joint growth plan for financial support to sci-tech innovation enterprises, optimize the "loan + direct equity investment" model, target over 20% growth in sci-tech loans, and inject "financial vitality" into scientific and innovative development.
