China's major agricultural province becomes sci-tech innovation hub

STORY: China's major agricultural province becomes sci-tech innovation hub DATELINE: Aug. 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Anhui and sci-tech innovation related footage 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HAN DONGCHENG, Chairman of Easpeed STORYLINE: Anhui, a major agricultural province in eastern China, is becoming a scientific and technological innovation hub. An innovation "valley" will be built in Hefei, capital of Anhui to attract global talents and funds with the help of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). Dubbed "the Silicon Valley of USTC," it will focus on the transformation of innovative achievements, the incubation of innovative enterprises, and the optimization of innovation mechanisms. By 2025, the "valley" is expected to gather more than 100,000 high-skilled individuals and 1,000 high-tech enterprises. Over the past decade, a number of world-class sci-tech breakthroughs have been achieved in Anhui in fields such as quan