WEDZ records 81 R&D institutions

The pilot test base of the Future Technology Innovation Institute of the Wuhan Economic Technological Development Zone. [Photo provided to en.whkfq.gov.cn]

Part of the scientific equipment of the first batch of technology transfer projects for the Future Technology Innovation Institute of the Wuhan Economic & Technological Development Zone (WEDZ) has been moved into the base recently.

The institute is one of the 10 new R&D institutions at and above the provincial level established this year in the zone, and now the total number of such institutions reaches 81, and is expected to exceed 100 by the end of 2025.

So far, WEDZ has succeeded in cultivating 82 gazelle companies, 236 specialized and new little giant companies, and more than 500 high-tech firms.

The new R&D institutions at and above the provincial level and little giant companies recognized this year are mainly from fields of automobile and auto spare parts, construction engineering, new materials, environment protection, new energy, biomedicine, optoelectronics and smart manufacturing, highly consistent with the zone's intention to build its unique "3335" modern industrial system.