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The Hefei National High-tech Industry Development Zone has more than 400 biomedical companies, over 30 percent of such companies in the province.

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During January and November of 2017, the output value of enterprises above a designated size reached 7.26 billion yuan ($ 1.06 billion). The zone has formed the following five industrial clusters: a biomedical industrial cluster represented by Anhui Anke Biotechnology (Group) Co Ltd, Tonrol Bio-Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, Zhaoke Pharmaceutical (Hefei) Co Ltd and Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical Co Ltd; a chemical medicine industrial cluster with facilities of Anhui Lifeon Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, Anhui Beike Bio-pharmaceutical Co Ltd and Anhui Piom Pharmaceutical Co Ltd; a modern traditional Chinese medicine industrial cluster represented by Hefei Meiya Optoelectronic Technology Inc., Ortho-k Technology (Hefei) Co Ltd and Huami Co Ltd; and a precision medicine industrial cluster consisting of Nuwacell Ltd and Hefei Jinyu Medical Inspection Office Co Ltd.