Five "smart" manufacturing and robotics projects with total investment of 600 million yuan ($94 million) contracted to settle in the Zhuhai National Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone (Tangjiawan) on Oct 29. Once operational, they will generate annual output value of 2 billion yuan ($313 million).

Contract signing ceremony [Photo courtesy zhuhai-hitech.gov.cn]

The projects are: Zhuhai Henger Electronics Technology's R&D base for plasma etching and cleaning equipment, Changyuan Zehui New Energy Materials Research Institute (Zhuhai)'s industrialization of battery diaphragm coating equipment, Guangdong Titans Intelligent Power's new-energy equipment R&D base, Vlink Optics Corporation of Shenzhen's R&D-production base for high-rate optical fiber interconnection and silicon fiber connection products, and industry-leading Dadao Robot will bring its completed and optimized innovative talent team. 

Tangjiawan has been cultivating distinctive industries featuring smart manufacturing and robotics its development of high-end industries. Among many significant scientific innovation achievements are the "Zhuhai-1" remote sensing micro-nano satellite constellation, Yunzhou 5G unmanned surface vessels, and Tianqin Space-based Gravitational Wave Research Plan.

During the January-September period, the total industrial output value of the "smart" manufacturing industry above designated size in the zone expanded by 38 percent to 10.54 billion yuan ($1.65 billion), accounting for 35.2 percent of Zhuhai's total.