[News Report] Fuan Shares Conducts a Special Research Visit to the Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center on Innovation and Technology

On July 20–21, 2026, a special research team comprising Mu Jianhua, Secretary of the Party Committee of Fu’an Group; Lü Siqi, Vice Chairman of Fu’an Shares; Liu Yingchun, Deputy General Manager of Fu’an Shares and Chairman of Fu’an Gas Turbine; and Jin Lu, Deputy General Manager of Fu’an Investment, traveled to the Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center to conduct a focused study on science and technology innovation.

The company’s dedicated research team visited six core science and technology innovation platforms: the Data Space Research Institute, the Energy Research Institute, the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, the Center for the Creation of Intelligent Materials, the National Intelligent Speech Innovation Center, and the Anhui AI Industry Pilot Zone. In these visits, the team engaged in in-depth technical exchanges and industry‑collaboration initiatives spanning areas such as computing‑power‑energy coordination, AI‑plus‑manufacturing, AI‑plus‑energy, AI‑plus‑materials, and data‑driven innovation.

I. Overview of the Partner Organization

Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center Approved for construction on January 10, 2017, by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Science and Technology, it is the second comprehensive national science center in China and has been integrated into the top‑level core framework of the national innovation system. In line with the positioning endorsed by the relevant state ministries, the center serves as a cluster of major national scientific infrastructure and a core platform for original innovation, tasked with building a nationally open research base and a source of cutting‑edge scientific and technological breakthroughs, thereby bolstering China’s participation in global competition and cooperation in frontier science and technology. Focusing on key strategic domains, the science center conducts fundamental research and tackles critical core technologies. Leveraging the advantages of its large‑scale scientific facilities, it prioritizes frontier innovation areas such as quantum information, fusion energy, artificial intelligence, data‑driven technologies, advanced new materials, and intelligent human–machine interaction. By attracting high‑level research institutions, interdisciplinary innovation platforms, and industrialization hubs, it has established a complete innovation chain spanning “basic research–technological breakthroughs–成果转化–industrial empowerment,” making it a pivotal science and technology platform for breaking through critical core technologies, nurturing future industries, and driving the high‑quality development of strategic emerging sectors in China.

Data Space Research Institute of the Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center It is a new type of R&D institution in the field of data spaces within the next-generation information technology sector, sponsored by the People’s Government of Anhui Province and managed by the Office of the Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center. Located in the core area of “USTC Silicon Valley” in the High-tech Zone of Hefei, the institute is led by Academician Wang Xiaomo—recipient of the State Supreme Science and Technology Award and the national honorary title of “People’s Scientist”—as its founding dean, with strong support from nine other academicians, and brings together world‑class scientific and technological talent. Guided by the core concept of reconstructing cyberspace through data and underpinned by a data‑space ecosystem as its central framework, the institute integrates and concentrates scientific and technological resources, unleashing the innovative vitality of its talent pool. To implement the two major national strategies of “Building a Cyberpower” and “Digital China,” the institute focuses on the “Cyberspace Security Cluster,” developing advanced computational platforms for complex networks to support situational awareness and security governance in cyberspace; and on the “Data‑Element Innovation Cluster,” establishing a technical system for data‑element marketplaces and constructing demonstration projects for data‑element infrastructure, thereby actively responding to the national Data‑Element × strategy and accelerating the development of the digital economy. With the mission of “Serving the Cyberpower Strategy and Empowering Digital China” and the vision of becoming a globally influential hub for technological innovation and a new high ground for industrial advancement in the field of data science, the institute upholds the values of “Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Excellence, and Progress,” striving to position itself as Anhui’s “technical enabler for accelerating digital transformation, a strategic scientific and technological force in the big‑data domain, a key service provider for modernizing governance systems and capabilities, and an incubation and commercialization platform for strategic emerging industries.”

II. Overview of the Science and Technology Innovation Platform Survey

During this research phase, the company’s team conducted a systematic visit to key science and technology innovation platforms under the Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, thoroughly assessing each platform’s strategic positioning, core research priorities, and industrial innovation ecosystem. The team engaged with cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence, clean energy, advanced materials, computing power, and industrial intelligent operations and maintenance, laying a solid foundation for subsequent multi‑level industry‑university‑research collaborative innovation efforts. An overview of each platform is provided below:

Energy Research Institute of the Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center: The Energy Research Institute, also known as the Anhui Provincial Energy Laboratory, is a research institution jointly established by Anhui Province and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is supported by the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the CAS and the University of Science and Technology of China. Jointly established by numerous universities and research institutions, it stands as a major national platform for scientific and technological innovation in the energy sector. The institute prioritizes cutting-edge research in controlled nuclear fusion, supporting the iterative advancement of China’s fusion‑energy technologies and their long-term industrialization roadmap. At the same time, the institute focuses on technological innovation in high‑end power‑generation equipment, conducting key‑technology research on high‑efficiency, clean gas turbines, zero‑carbon fuel compatibility, and overall engine performance optimization. It has also built a comprehensive R&D, testing, and validation system for gas turbines, making it an essential research‑support platform for China’s energy transition, fusion energy, and high‑end power‑equipment sectors.

Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center Institute of Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence Research Institute Also known as the Anhui Provincial Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, it is jointly established by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Anhui Province, with the University of Science and Technology of China serving as its administrative host. The laboratory focuses on fundamental and applied research in areas such as brain-inspired intelligence, computational intelligence, AI chips and systems, and AI ethics. It prioritizes breakthroughs in core technologies including industrial large-scale models, heterogeneous intelligent agents, intelligent full‑lifecycle simulation of equipment, and industrial privacy computing, while building a public research support platform and a standardized data infrastructure.

Center for the Creation of Scientific Intelligent Materials The center was established with the support of the Anhui Provincial Government and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, built under the auspices of the Hefei Municipal Government, and operated by the University of Science and Technology of China. It serves as a national-level science and technology innovation platform tasked with advancing key national research initiatives in AI for Science. Focusing on leveraging artificial intelligence to drive innovation in materials science, the center seeks to transform the traditional trial-and-error approach to materials research and development, creating a major scientific infrastructure that integrates intelligent large-scale research facilities, pilot‑scale testing platforms, and cutting‑edge laboratories for emerging industries. With a particular emphasis on critical areas such as advanced functional materials, specialty metallic materials, and high‑temperature structural materials, the center relies on an autonomous, AI‑powered experimental system to enable intelligent material simulation, rapid prototyping, iterative performance optimization, and formulation refinement. By bridging the entire innovation chain—from fundamental research and technological breakthroughs to industrial application—the center has become a core platform in China for the intelligent design of new materials and independent innovation in this field.

National Intelligent Speech Innovation Center The center is a national-level manufacturing innovation hub approved by the state, focusing on the research and development and industrial application of core technologies such as intelligent speech, multimodal perception, machine vision, industrial digital twins, and intelligent operations and maintenance. Anchored in its role as a national innovation platform, the center serves key application domains including high-end equipment, the energy industry, and smart cities. It continuously advances breakthroughs in critical technologies like intelligent human–machine interaction, intelligent fault diagnosis, and digital operations and maintenance, while building a comprehensive multimodal intelligence technology stack and industry‑specific solutions. As such, it serves as both a technological originator and an industry‑enabling platform in China’s intelligent speech and industrial intelligent interaction sectors.

Anhui Artificial Intelligence Industry Pilot Zone As the core platform for the agglomeration and development of Anhui Province’s artificial intelligence industry, as well as for technology transfer and ecosystem cultivation, the Pilot Zone focuses on strategic emerging sectors such as AI, the computing‑power economy, the industrial internet, and the digital economy. It has attracted a cluster of industry-leading enterprises, high‑end science and innovation platforms, and premium innovation resources. Leveraging the scientific and technological foundation of the Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, the Pilot Zone has established an end‑to‑end innovation ecosystem encompassing “basic research + technological breakthroughs + commercialization of results + science‑and‑technology finance.” It has built standardized intelligent computing clusters, specialized computing‑power operations and maintenance capabilities, and market‑oriented operational frameworks, continuously advancing the clustering of the computing‑power industry, the deployment of AI‑driven applications, and the upgrading of the digital economy. As such, it serves as the central hub for the high‑quality development of Anhui’s AI sector and its computing‑power economy.

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