Workers check the grid-connected photovoltaic system built on an abandoned mine at Chihe Town in Chuzhou, Anhui Province. (Photo : Getty Images)
Anhui Province in East China has been busy making a wide range of innovative technologies, according to an article by Xinhua. These developments represent broad leaps in a variety of fields, including communication, medicine, agriculture and education.
More importantly, Anhui Province’s latest innovations will not only help China but the rest of the world.
One of Anhui Province’s high-tech development zones is the Institute of Advanced Technology of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). Located in Hefei, the provincial capital, the institute has already developed an array of medical technologies such as a medical scanner for dentists, immunity improvement tablets for HIV patients, and anti-diabetes pills.
“Instead of injection that hurts, diabetics can take the new pills that equally work,” said Miao Miao, the administrative director of the Institute of Advanced Technology of the USTC, in an interview with Xinhua.
“It’s in the fifth clinical trial in the United States right now and I think it may be available in the market next year. For HIV tablets, we used to import them from Western countries. Now they are produced in China,” Miao added.
These innovations are displayed in the institute’s exhibition hall, where technologies made by other related Chinese companies are displayed. These displays include two electric cars powered by rechargeable batteries.
“We call the smaller one a ‘small ant.’ It’s all made of aluminum to be very light. It can be charged for 10 hours per drive of 250 kilometers. The bigger one here that costs 20,000 US dollars and goes 300 kilometers each drive has been available in the market since 2016.”
Hefei National New and High Technology Industrial Development Zone, considered as one of the top high-tech zones in the country, is also located in Anhui Province.
The tech zone hosts over 18,000 companies and covers a total area of 128 square kilometers. Many of the companies located in the tech zone are involved in projects with the Institute of Advanced Technology.
