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In 2024, Huawei continues to sponsor the China Graduate Innovation Competition, providing a total of nine corporate competition topics in the fields of RF, digital, analog, and EDA algorithms for participating teams to choose from. This year’s Huawei competition topic in the digital direction is: Model design and analysis simulation evaluation of side-channel attacks/fault injection attacks in the pre-silicon development stage.
For detailed content of the eight topics in the RF, analog, and EDA algorithm directions, please refer to other articles on the official account or the competition’s official website.
Competition Topic Five:
Model design and analysis simulation evaluation of side-channel attacks/fault injection attacks in the pre-silicon development stage
Description and Requirements:
1. Choose any module: for example, the encryption algorithm unit module or the processor CPU unit module, can use self-implemented code or open-source code;
2. In-depth analysis of side-channel leakage (power consumption information leakage) at the RTL stage or the mechanism of fault injection (laser injection, voltage spike injection, etc.);
3. Establish a simulation evaluation process for side-channel or fault injection at the pre-silicon RTL stage, completing at least one type of side-channel attack simulation or fault injection simulation;
4. Theoretical analysis of the equivalence of the simulation evaluation process and the actual chip under conditions of side-channel or fault injection attacks;
5. Conduct simulation tests on an FPGA platform or EDA platform to verify the conclusions of the theoretical analysis;
6. Simulation testing platform tools: EDA platform or FPGA platform, cannot use actual side-channel collection or fault injection tools, software tools are not restricted.
Evaluation Scoring Points:
1. Ability to establish a complete pre-silicon side-channel attack or fault injection attack simulation evaluation process;
2. The clearer and more reasonable the discussion of the equivalence of the simulation evaluation method and the actual chip under side-channel or fault injection conditions, the higher the score;
3. Verification must be conducted on an actual simulation platform: for example, an FPGA platform or EDA platform.
Output Requirements:
1. Documentation of the evaluation process for pre-silicon side-channel attack simulation and fault injection attack simulation, analysis documents, attack scripts, etc.;
2. Implementation code and experimental data.
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Huawei Corporate Topic Description
The Huawei corporate topic special award is awarded by Huawei corporate experts, specifically to reward teams that choose Huawei corporate topics.
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Special award for two teams, each with a prize of 20,000 yuan
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First prize for six teams, each with a prize of 10,000 yuan
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Second prize for sixteen teams, each with a prize of 5,000 yuan
The corporate topic special award is a preliminary round award. Teams that choose corporate topics will advance to the offline finals based on a unified proportion of various sub-tracks (topics), and the teams qualifying for the finals will continue to participate in the evaluation of various awards in the finals, which does not conflict with the preliminary round awards.
Basic competition system of the Innovation Competition
* The 2024 seventh China Graduate Innovation Competition is expected to officially start in early April 2024 (specific time to be determined), and the registration deadline is expected to be no earlier than June 20, with the finals scheduled for mid-August.
Huawei-Innovation Competition Talent Recruitment Policy
Huawei encourages departments to discover talent from award-winning students of the Innovation Competition and offers quick pass policies in recruitment. Award-winning students participating in the Innovation Competition can apply for chip-related positions:
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Students who win second or third place nationally can be exempted from the machine test.
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Students who win first place or above are exempt from the machine test and one round of professional interviews.
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The Huawei special award level is equivalent to the corresponding level of the national award.
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Competition Introduction
The China Graduate Innovation “Chip” Competition is aimed at graduate students at home and abroad and fourth-year undergraduates who have obtained graduate school admission qualifications, competing in teams. The seventh competition in 2024 has preliminary self-nominated topics in integrated circuit design, semiconductor devices and processes, EDA algorithms and tool design in three major directions, and several enterprises have set up topic tracks and established additional corporate topic special awards. Participating teams can choose between self-nominated topics and corporate topics.
▼ Preliminary Self-Nominated Topic Track
Self-nominated topics are open-ended and can be combined with research topics to submit related creative, innovative, or entrepreneurial works. The specific subfields of the self-nominated topic track are as follows:
Self-Nominated – Integrated Circuit Design
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Analog
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Data converters
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Digital systems and circuits
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Image MEMS medical display interfaces
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Machine learning and artificial intelligence
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Storage
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Power management
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RF technology and wireless systems
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Wired transmission
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Cutting-edge fields and interdisciplinary subjects
Self-Nominated – Semiconductor Devices and Processes
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Advanced logic devices
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Emerging electronic devices
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Memory devices
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RF devices
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Power devices
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Optoelectronic chips
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Sensors, MEMS, and bio-electronic devices
Self-Nominated – EDA Algorithms and Tool Design
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This direction will not be subdivided further
▼ Preliminary Corporate Topic Track
Corporate topics are set by enterprises, requiring the completion of specific topic requirements. Teams that choose corporate topics will have their works reviewed by the enterprises.
Corporate topics will additionally establish special awards and prizes. The corporate topic special award is a preliminary round award; teams qualifying for the finals will continue to participate in the evaluation of awards in the finals, which does not conflict with preliminary round awards.
This year’s corporate competition topics will be published in early April, please pay attention to the official account or the competition’s official website for the latest news.
▼ Final Competition System
The preliminary round of the Innovation Competition will be reviewed online or in meetings, with approximately 160 teams entering the finals based on a unified proportion of each track. The finals will be held offline in Wuhan. The finals include three stages: answering questions, defense, and performance.
Answering Questions Stage
This stage consists of basic questions and design on machine. Each member of the participating team must independently complete the basic questions, and their average score will be the basic question score for the team; the machine design questions are divided into categories of integrated circuit design, semiconductor devices and processes, optoelectronic chips and devices, and EDA algorithms and tool design, with specific questions set out in the finals notice. Participating teams can choose one direction and complete it collectively. The top 50 teams in this stage will advance to the defense stage, and other participating teams will not participate in the defense stage.
Defense Stage
All teams that advance will participate in the defense stage, where the content will be a live presentation of the works submitted in the preliminary stage, followed by answering judges’ questions. The top 15 teams will participate in the performance stage.
Performance Stage
Participating teams will perform in front of all teachers and students. The performance content will be the works submitted during the preliminary stage, with live answers to judges’ questions. Scores will be given by judges and on-site audience, with a weighted result of 80:20 to determine the final ranking. The top three will receive the honorary title of “Chip Star” in this competition.
Participation Rewards
The competition, as a professional event in the integrated circuit field, gathers top graduate student teams from across the country along with senior industry experts and judges, providing participants with an excellent opportunity for innovation practice and skill demonstration. Award-winning teams will receive generous prizes and government special talent policy support, as well as opportunities for MPW tape-out and exclusive recruitment opportunities from top domestic and foreign enterprises.
1. Local Government Special Talent Policy Support
The China Graduate Innovation “Chip” Competition is recognized by local governments. Currently, the award certificate from the Innovation Competition is officially included in the Shanghai City residency points policy, as well as the talent policy directories of Hangzhou and Wuhan. Team members who meet the conditions can enjoy the corresponding talent policies.
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Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Wuhan’s Innovation Competition Talent Policies
2023 Wuhan East Lake High-tech Zone Competition Special Talent Support Policy
For participants who win the “Chip Star” award or first prize (top 16 teams) and graduate within one year to innovate and start a business in the East Lake High-tech Zone, upon recommendation by the honorary advisor of the competition executive committee (generally at the academician level), and meeting the basic conditions for talent category recognition, they will be directly recognized as “3551 Optics Valley Talent Program” outstanding young talents, receiving 300,000 yuan in non-repayable funding.
Shanghai City Residency Points Policy
Attachment 3: 2022 Non-Shanghai Source Graduates’ Application for Employment in Shanghai Scoring Methods for City Residency
2. Academic and Sports Competition Awards
[Recognized awards from national competitions such as the “Challenge Cup” National College Student Extracurricular Academic Technology Works Competition, “Challenge Cup” China College Student Entrepreneurship Plan Competition, “Chuang Qing Chun” National College Student Extracurricular Academic Technology Works Competition, “Chuang Qing Chun” National College Student Entrepreneurship Competition, National “Internet+” College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, National College Student (Graduate) Mathematical Modeling Competition, China Graduate Electronic Design Competition, National College Student Electronic Design Competition, China Graduate Innovation Chip Competition, National College English Competition, and other national competitions (including local competitions, excluding special competitions, selection competitions, and group competitions) awards. If the applicant is a member of a cross-school team, they must make a substantial contribution to project innovation]
⑴ The above national competition awards:
First Prize 10 points
Second Prize 8 points
Third Prize 6 points
2022 Hangzhou City Talent Policy
(1) Special Talent Support Policy for the Competition
1. For participants who win the “Chip Star” award or first prize (top 15 teams), recommended by the honorary advisor of the competition executive committee, establishing a full-time labor relationship with integrated circuit enterprises in Hangzhou within two years while meeting the basic conditions for talent recognition (participating in social insurance in Hangzhou for 6 months or more), will be directly recognized as Class D high-level talents in Hangzhou. They can enjoy policies for talent residency, housing subsidies (standard of 1 million yuan), priority in housing lottery, bidding subsidies for vehicle plates (not exceeding 30,000 yuan), children’s enrollment, special rewards, preferential housing loan policies (50% increase), annual park cards, and cultural tourism annual cards.
2. For participants who win the “Chip Star” award, first prize, or second prize (top 50 teams), establishing a full-time labor relationship with integrated circuit enterprises in Hangzhou within two years while meeting the basic conditions for talent recognition (participating in social insurance in Hangzhou for 6 months or more), will be directly recognized as Class E high-level talents in Hangzhou. They can enjoy policies for talent residency, rental subsidies (standard of 2,500 yuan/month), priority in housing lottery, children’s enrollment, special rewards, preferential housing loan policies (50% increase), annual park cards, and cultural tourism annual cards.
3. For participants who win third prize, establishing a full-time labor relationship with integrated circuit enterprises in Hangzhou within two years while meeting the basic conditions for talent recognition (participating in social insurance in Hangzhou for 6 months or more), will be directly recognized as Class F talents in Hangzhou. They can enjoy policies for talent residency, eligibility for the first home purchase, bidding subsidies for vehicle plates (not exceeding 30,000 yuan), children’s enrollment, preferential housing loan policies (50% increase), annual park cards, and cultural tourism annual cards.
2. Well-known Enterprises Provide Recruitment Preferences for Awarded Talents
The professionalism of the competition and the gold content of the awards are widely recognized in the industry. A high-end talent recruitment fair for integrated circuits and chip design-related professionals will be held at the finals site, allowing finalists to communicate face-to-face with enterprise HR. Obtaining various awards from the Innovation Competition will enjoy additional recruitment preference policies (the recruitment preference policies are provided by the enterprises, with the interpretation rights belonging to the enterprises).
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Some Recruitment Preference Policies
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Huawei |
The company encourages departments to discover talent from award-winning students of the Innovation Competition and provides quick pass policies in recruitment. Award-winning students participating in the Innovation Competition can apply for chip-related positions: students who win second or third place nationally can be exempted from the machine test. Students who win first place or above are exempt from the machine test and one round of professional interviews. The Huawei special award level is equivalent to the corresponding level of the national award. |
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Geke Microelectronics |
Geke Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. hopes to discover talent from award-winning students of the Innovation Competition and provides a fast track in recruitment. Award-winning students participating in the Innovation Competition can apply for chip-related positions: 1. Students who win second or third place nationally can be exempted from the written test; 2. Students who win first place or above can directly enter the comprehensive interview; 3. Geke special award level is equivalent to the corresponding level of the national award. |
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Synopsys |
Synopsys encourages technical departments to discover talent from award-winning students of the Innovation Competition. Award-winning students can obtain HR direct access cards, directly reaching the final professional interview, with priority for internship/fall recruitment offers. |
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Cadence |
Cadence encourages technical departments to discover talent from award-winning students of the Innovation Competition. In recruitment, award-winning students can directly enter the HR interview stage or use the Cadence internship fast track, prioritizing internship opportunities for award-winning students. Additionally, Cadence can provide recommendation letters (standard formatted version by Cadence) for students interning at Cadence who aspire to further study abroad. |
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Hua Da Jiu Tian |
Beijing Huada Jiu Tian Technology Co., Ltd. hopes to discover talent from award-winning teams of the Innovation Competition and provides a fast track in recruitment. Award-winning students participating in the Innovation Competition can apply for modeling/technical support positions: 1. Students who win second or third place nationally can directly enter the technical interview; 2. Students who win first place or above can directly enter the comprehensive interview; 3. Huada Jiu Tian special award level is equivalent to the corresponding level of the national award. |
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Gailun Electronics |
Gailun Electronics encourages and supports technical departments to discover talent from award-winning students of the Innovation Competition. During campus recruitment, award-winning students from this Innovation Competition can skip the written test and directly enter the interview stage, with priority for internship opportunities. |
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兆易创新 |
Exempt from the written test – significantly shorten the entry process. Double entry opportunities – can also compete in the fall recruitment. Additional cash rewards – “early batch & three-party” signing channel, with cash surprises waiting to be unlocked. Early lock-in of offers – step ahead directly towards dreams. |
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Anlu Information |
Anlu Technology Company has rich experience in cultivating award-winning students (FPGA competition, EDA competition) and also encourages talent discovery from the Innovation Competition, providing award-winning students with 1. Internship fast pass channel 2. Early batch interview channel for fall recruitment (exempt from HR interview, written test), with opportunities for priority employment and regularization. |
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晶丰明源 |
The company encourages departments to discover talent from award-winning students of the Innovation Competition and provides a “direct access” opportunity in recruitment. Students who win second or third place nationally can be exempted from the written test. Students who win first place or above are exempted from the written test and one round of professional interviews. |
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炬芯科技 |
All students who submit on-site will receive an interview direct access card. They will directly enter the interview stage. |
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瑞芯微电子 |
Award-winning students participating in the Innovation Competition will be given priority for internship opportunities at Rockchip. Students who win second place or above in the competition will be exempt from the written test and enter the professional technical interview. |
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圣邦微电子 |
Saint Semiconductor encourages and hopes that technical and business departments discover outstanding talents from the Innovation Competition and provide them with opportunities for priority employment. Students who win second place or above nationally will receive interview direct access cards, exempting them from the written test, with direct interviews by senior technical experts. |
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思特威 |
Statiway Electronic Technology encourages departments to discover talent from award-winning students of the Innovation Competition. Currently, the recruitment preference policies are as follows: 1. For fresh graduates: students who win second place or above nationally can skip the written test (some positions may skip the first round of professional interviews based on departmental needs, actual operations depend on students’ desired positions); 2. For non-fresh graduates: if the company opens long-term internship positions, priority will be given to award-winning students for internship opportunities. |
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泰瑞达 |
Tereda Company provides a variety of internship opportunities for award-winning participants, opening various R&D positions for award-winning graduates, with opportunities for priority employment. |
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矽力杰 |
Silicon Labs encourages R&D teams to discover talent from award-winning students of the Innovation Competition, providing award-winning students with rich internship and employment opportunities. |
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芯海科技 |
Xinhai Technology encourages the discovery of talent from award-winning students of the Innovation Competition and provides quick pass policies in recruitment. Award-winning students participating in the Innovation Competition can be exempted from the written test. Huawei special award level is equivalent to the corresponding level of the national award. |
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易兆微电子 |
Yizhao Microelectronics strongly supports the discovery of talent from award-winning students of the Innovation Competition. Our company has various technical positions such as analog IC, RF IC, digital IC, etc., allowing direct communication with the company’s HR and technical leaders, providing diverse internship opportunities for award-winning students, with priority for employment after graduation. |
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之江实验室 |
Zhejiang Laboratory’s chip center encourages project teams to discover talent from participating students of the Innovation Competition, exempting them from the written test except for algorithm positions, allowing them to directly reach the final professional interview after initial resume screening, prioritizing the locking of fall recruitment offers. |
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致真存储 |
Zhi Zhen Storage (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. encourages R&D departments to discover talent from award-winning students of the Innovation Competition. In recruitment, award-winning students can directly enter the final interview stage with the person in charge of the hiring department and the general manager, and priority will be given to internship opportunities for award-winning students. Award-winning students’ starting salaries can be 15% higher than the normal starting salary for fresh graduates. |
3. Generous Cash Rewards
The Innovation Competition provides rich rewards for award-winning teams:
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Teams in the top three of the first prize: 50,000 yuan, award certificate, trophy, Huawei MPW tape-out support;
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Other teams winning the first prize: 20,000 yuan, award certificate, trophy, Huawei MPW tape-out support;
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Second prize teams: 8,000 yuan, award certificate;
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Third prize teams, excellent instructor awards, excellent organization units, and several others;
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Corporate topic special awards: Teams that choose corporate topics can participate in both the competition awards and the corporate topic special awards evaluations.
4. Participation in Various Awards and Honors
The China Graduate Innovation “Chip” Competition is one of the national-level discipline competitions in China, aimed at promoting the improvement of practical operation ability, teamwork ability, and employment competitiveness. Participation certificates and award certificates can assist in various awards and honors work.
5. Rich Supporting Activities
To implement the collaborative competition and collaborative talent training characteristics, in addition to the competition stage, various activities will be held during the finals, including banquet activities, visits to integrated circuit enterprises, specialized talent recruitment fairs, lectures on integrated circuits, industry development forums, and school-enterprise cooperation docking meetings, enriching the competition ecosystem.
6. Unforgettable Competition Experience
The China Graduate Innovation “Chip” Competition, as a top event in the integrated circuit field, provides an excellent platform for graduate students to demonstrate their abilities and engage in academic exchanges. The following images are from the finals teams’ posts during the finals, commemorating the wonderful moments left by the Innovation Competition in their academic careers.
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Seventh Competition Undertaking Unit
“China Optics Valley·Huawei Cup” Seventh China Graduate Innovation “Chip” Competition is undertaken by Huazhong University of Science and Technology, located in Wuhan, Hubei Province, is a key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education, a key construction university of the “211 Project” and “985 Project”, and one of the first batch of “Double First Class” universities. The campus covers more than 7,000 acres, with lush trees and green grass, a greening coverage rate of 72%, and is known as a “forest-style university”. The university has a strong faculty and follows the technological development strategy of “application-leading, fundamental breakthroughs, and coordinated development”, establishing a three-tier technological innovation system covering basic research, high-tech research, and technology development.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology’s School of Integrated Circuits aims to serve the country’s major strategies and regional economic development, undertaking two first-level disciplines: Integrated Circuit Science and Engineering and Electronic Science and Technology, as well as three national first-class undergraduate majors: Electronic Science and Technology, Integrated Circuit Design and Integrated Systems, and Microelectronics Science and Engineering. The school is one of the six universities that simultaneously have five national-level talent training discipline platforms in the integrated circuit field, including the National Integrated Circuit Academy, National Integrated Circuit Industry-Education Integration Innovation Platform, National Demonstration Microelectronics Academy, National Integrated Circuit Talent Cultivation Base, and National Key Discipline in Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics. The school follows the idea of “international vision, top-notch demonstration, collaborative education, independent innovation, and service to the local area”, fully leveraging the advantages of industry-education integration to support and lead the rapid development of the integrated circuit industry in the central region.
“China Optics Valley·Huawei Cup” Seventh China Graduate Innovation “Chip” Competition is undertaken by Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone, referred to as East Lake High-tech Zone, also known as China Optics Valley, established in 1988, is one of the first national high-tech zones in China, the second national independent innovation demonstration zone, and the Wuhan section of the China (Hubei) Free Trade Pilot Zone, and has been approved as a national optoelectronic information industry base, national biological industry base, central enterprise concentrated construction talent base, and one of the first batch of national double innovation demonstration bases.
After more than 30 years of development, the comprehensive strength and brand influence of East Lake High-tech Zone have significantly improved, with knowledge creation and technological innovation capabilities rising to the first among 169 national high-tech zones, becoming one of the ten key construction “world-class high-tech parks” in the country.
On June 28, 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited and highly praised East Lake High-tech Zone for its unique standing in the field of optoelectronic information industry. East Lake High-tech Zone deeply studies and implements the important speeches of General Secretary Xi Jinping during his three visits over the past ten years, firmly remembers his instructions and works with gratitude to lead the high-standard construction of Wuhan New City, accelerating the push for “China Optics Valley” to become a “World Optics Valley”. In 2023, the regional GDP reached 271.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.7%.