The first smart energy industry high-quality development conference features two academicians, 30 specialists and more than 300 industry insiders and entrepreneurs. [Photo/WeChat account of Optics Valley of China]

The first smart energy industry high-quality development conference of the 19th Optics Valley of China International Optoelectronic Exposition and Forum (OVC Expo 2023) took place at a smart manufacturing workshop in the East Lake High-tech Development Zone, dubbed the Optics Valley of China (OVC), in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, on May 16.

This was the first time the OVC Expo decided to carry out display activities and hold forums at a factory, attracting 120 leading domestic and overseas smart energy enterprises.

"I am pretty stunned by the situation in front of me that the forum, displays and production activities are taking place simultaneously", said Chu Ruifeng, general manager of an investment and development firm.

Participants in the conference are taken on a tour of the workshop. [Photo/WeChat account of Optics Valley of China]

The smart energy technology joint innovation center of the Wuhan Institute of Industrial Innovation and Development was founded at the event. This will establish an industrial platform demonstrating the coordination of governments, industries, universities, research institutions, and financial agencies, and provide powerful technological support for the healthy development of the smart energy industrial ecosystem.

Ten representative companies in the field were selected to participate in a signing ceremony, pledging to deepen cooperation with each other in science and technologies, products, and talents.

So far, Optics Valley of China has gathered over 200 energy enterprises from both the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, including CHKO Electric, NIO Power, and Schneider Electric.