Workers at HGTECH in Optics Valley [Photo/WeChat account of Optics Valley of China]

Seven companies in East Lake High-tech Development, also known as Optics Valley of China, in Wuhan, the capital of Central China's Hubei province, won the third Optics Valley quality award, according to local media reports.

Wuhan Changyingtong Optoelectronic Technology Co Ltd and HGTECH won the excellent award, and five other companies -- Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co Ltd, Humanwell Healthcare, Wuhan Binhu Double-Crane Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, Wuhan GreeNet Information Service Co Ltd and Wuhan Kernel Biotech Co Ltd -- won the outstanding award.

This is the third time that Optics Valley has held the award, which encourage enterprises to improve the quality of their management systems.

Compared with the previous two editions, this year's awards increased the number of winners from two to seven. The prize purse was also increased from 400,000 yuan ($62,800) per winner to 1 million yuan for each excellent award winner and 300,000 yuan for each outstanding award winner.

According to officials, Optics Valley will continue to help products or original services designed and manufactured in the zone apply for certification. The zone will also help them develop into brands that are well-known in Hubei, China, and even the world.

Workers at Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics [Photo/WeChat account of Optics Valley of China]