14 | Thursday, April 8, 2021 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY BUSINESS RIGHT TRACK Tech firm ups efforts in unmanned solution

By CHENG YU in Beijing and LI YINGQING in Kunming

Wingtech Technology Co Ltd is It is necessary to building a next­generation concentrate on unmanned automated factory that can initially produce over 20 million industrial 5G smartphones and other electron­ development and do ic devices each year in Southwest China’s Yunnan province. everything possible to The move is also part of Yunnan’s develop strategic broader efforts to make further inroads into smart manufacturing emerging industries. to achieve higher economic devel­ More efforts will be opment, industry insiders said. According to Deng Anming, made to step up director of Wingtech’s planning cultivating pillar department, the new plant will start producing 5G smartphones and tab­ industries that will lets this month. support Kunming’s “The new production line will development in the produce smartphones, including high­end models, for global main­ next 30 years.” stream smartphone brands. Total Ruan Chengfa, Party secretary annual production capacity is of Yunnan province expected to hit 50 million units with sales revenue of more than 30 bil­ lion yuan ($4.59 billion) once fin­ electronic information manufactur­ An aerial view of Baiyangdian Lake near Xiong'an New Area. JIN HAOYUAN / XINHUA ished,” Deng said, without giving a ing industry this year. specific completion date. “It is necessary to concentrate on Though he didn’t disclose the new industrial development and do brand’s name, Deng said Wingtech everything possible to develop stra­ earlier this month reached an agree­ tegic emerging industries. More ment with Shenzhen, Guangdong efforts will be made to step up culti­ Exciting green development province­based Ofilm, which serves vating pillar industries that will sup­ as a valuable part of Apple Inc’s port Kunming’s development in the industrial chain in China, on the next 30 years,” said Ruan Chengfa, acquisition of Ofilm’s camera busi­ Party secretary of Yunnan province, ness for 2.42 billion yuan. at a recent conference. In addressing its order book, The plan vowed to actively attract enlivens Xiong’an New Area Deng told China Daily the company both domestic and foreign smart elec­ was fully booked in the first quarter tronic product manufacturing resour­ and almost all its clients are placing ces to Kunming to form clusters. CCFG’s sewage systems harmonize unit has undertaken as many as 20 North China often referred to as additional orders. “It is expected For instance, more efforts will be projects in Hebei province that will the Kidney of North China. that demand will exceed supply made to drive server assembly oper­ livelihoods, nature, set tone for peers benefit more than 50,000 villagers. Yan Lei, project manager, said: throughout the year,” he said. ations with the help of the province’s Some of them wrapped up con­ “We adopted biological contact oxi­ The new plant is part of broader cloud computing industries, coordi­ By ZHUANG QIANGE struction work this month. dation, or BCO, process, to handle efforts by Yunnan to develop infor­ nate the intelligent hardware sector [email protected] Observers of the new area’s sewage in an efficient and environ­ mation technology in a bid to with its healthcare sectors and pro­ transformation over the years are mentally friendly way. Also, the transform to the high­end manu­ mote the internet of things with the These days, villagers of Rong­ We adopted quick to attribute the success to the once­polluted but treated water facturing. help of the province’s agricultural cheng county in Xiong'an New biological contact national philosophy that develop­ can be used in irrigation, which Huawei Technologies also has a technologies. Area near Beijing are an excited lot. ment should promote harmony helps conserve water resources.” smart industrial park in Kunming, “Yunnan is an important regional The environmentally friendly oxidation, or BCO, between humans and nature. Many local farmers were capital of Yunnan, where the tech center for China’s digital Silk Road,” development that has come about process, to handle On Friday, President Xi Jinping employed by CCFG to join the local giant develops its digital economy Deng said, adding that the company in recent months has sprung a gave a call during a tree­planting battle against pollution. business on software as well as tal­ also plans to set up an international pleasant surprise on them, much the sewage in an event in Beijing that in the new Li Chunxi, a local farmer and a ent training. industry headquarters in the future like the riot of colors unleashed by efficient and development stage, redoubled project participant, said: “Being a According to Kunming’s develop­ to help coordinate and manage the the spring season. efforts must be made to promote Rongcheng native, I didn’t know ment plan, the city planned to invest operation and manufacturing busi­ Besides the greenery, there is environmentally green development and to strive to that much about the ecology of my a total of 31.25 billion yuan in elec­ ness of some of its international technology powered by clean ener­ friendly way.” set the global development trend. hometown. But, I’ve learned a lot tronic information manufacturing customers. gy, which has breathed fresh life into The central authorities execut­ on the job … for instance, about the during the 13th Five­Year Plan peri­ local small businesses, raising hopes Yan Lei, manager of CCFG’s ing Xiong'an New Area develop­ water and land, and about farming. od (2016­20) and to achieve 30 bil­ Contact the writers at that this transformation will not projects in Rongcheng county, ment are aiming to build the venue It’s a job that benefits not only our­ lion yuan in sales revenue for its [email protected] Xiong'an New Area only be sustainable but long­term. into a green, modern and smart selves but the place we live in.” Images and video clips of the new area with a beautiful environment, At a recent financial forum in area have gone viral on Chinese the new area, which has national high­end industries and efficient Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, social media platforms. Locals can be significance. transportation. Zhou Hongchun, a professor at the heard boasting with palpable pride Wu said: “Not long ago, sewage For instance, upon completion, Development Research Center of that development has burst forth was not handled well and it would the local sewage treatment plants the State Council, said, “As the from the ground “all of a sudden”. flow into local rivers and ponds, will be capable of handling 3,500 nation is shifting to a greener mode There are even visitors over the polluting the water resources, and metric tons of waste per day. to achieve high­quality develop­ weekends who can’t have enough savaging the local fisheries. Over With a total length of 221 kilome­ ment, figuring out proper pollution of selfies in front of the green walls the last two years, however, there ters, a sewage pipeline network con­ solutions should be given priority that surround the area. has been visible improvement in necting 19 villages of the Rongcheng while promoting livelihoods in Wu Qiaoyin, a local farmer, said: water quality. county has been well laid, transfer­ Xiong'an New Area.” “Thanks to our new facilities, the “Many of my neighbors started to ring sewage from the villages to 19 The national­level new area, Zhou sewage from the villages is now bet­ stock the local ponds with fish. Ini­ integrated treatment facilities. said, is also a test case for various ter handled. Consequently, the tially, they just wanted to test the In addition, CCFG, the project sectors, with focus on preventing nearby rivers are infinitely cleaner.” waters, and figure out if the fish builder, set up 11,483 inspection wells pollution risks, finding out a way to The sewage treatment plants would survive. Believe it or not, the and remolded 15,840 soak pits to achieve low­carbon development, have been set up by China Con­ fish have not only survived but have better control over local water and finding more breakthroughs in struction First Group Corp Ltd, a matured nicely, and are ready for quality and prevent pollution. integrating the industrial chain. unit of the nation’s largest builder sale. The local fisheries business is The move reflects the project’s All this is necessary to save more China State Construction Engineer­ picking up again.” efforts to protect the ecology resources and protect the local A Wingtech Technology Co Ltd employee works at the company’s ing Corp. They are part of the State­ Apart from the projects in around Baiyangdian Lake near the environment. That’s the key to sus­ production facility in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, on Wednesday. owned builder’s green projects in Xiong'an New Area, the CSCEC’s area, the largest freshwater lake in tainable development, he said. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY

among whom more than 70 were Yang Wenfeng, 47, has been living in poverty. working with the poverty allevia­ Villages join forces for more prosperous future Luo was among those who tion professional team for almost received free vocational training. In four years. 2019, Luo went on a journey to “In the past, Gaofeng villagers By LIU YUKUN in Beijing and Zhangjiagang and learned about grew a single kind of crop or plant YANG JUN in Guiyang livestock breeding for two months. on a large field, but we encouraged After training, Luo returned and them to diversify the plants and For Luo Xianguo, 53, the two­ We invited agricultural found a job at a local stock breeding breed multiple species of livestock month vocational training he experts ... to come and farm. By breeding quail, Luo man­ to ensure that they can harvest and received in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu aged to emerge from poverty and make profits all four seasons. The province, two years back was a life­ inspect the land and earned over 70,000 yuan with his weather and land conditions of our changing experience. collect soil samples wife last year. He also renovated his two villages are quite different. Before that, Luo, who lives in Gao­ house to a two­story building. “Guizhou features a humid cli­ feng, Yanhe county, Guizhou prov­ after which we “My wife and I used to quarrel a mate, insufficient sunlight and ince, had several jobs, including as a decided on which lot, and most of the reasons involved severe soil erosion issues in some farmer and construction worker, all money issues. Now life is getting places. We invited agricultural of which did not allow him to sup­ crop species were better. We barely quarrel like before. experts from Jiangsu province to port his entire family. In 2014, Luo’s suitable for Working in the breeding farm in my come and inspect the land and col­ wife fell ill, making it worse for his home village also allows me to take lect soil samples after which we whole family. That same year, Luo’s cultivation.” care of my 84­year­old mother. decided on which crop species were family was registered as being pov­ Yang Wenfeng, a member of the Looking ahead, I want to teach stock suitable for cultivation. We also erty­stricken by the local govern­ poverty alleviation team from breeding techniques to my neigh­ introduced advanced business mod­ ment. Shangang county bors in the village who have similar els from Shangang village. Going Luo wasn’t the only one. Among situations as I did and we can enjoy forward, we will step up efforts to the 571 residents in Gaofeng, 197 try, partnered with Gaofeng to help better lives together,” he said. develop industries with high added were living in poverty. The 6­square­ lift it out of poverty. Soon after, a A farmer checks strawberries at a greenhouse in Gaofeng, a village Chu Dequan, head of the Shan­ value such as tea and rural tourism,” kilometer village has only 840 mu team of poverty alleviation profes­ of Yanhe county, Guizhou province. YANG WENBIN / XINHUA gang’s poverty alleviation profes­ Yang said. (56 hectares) of farmland, and about sionals from Shangang, including sional team, said breeding quails In 2019, per capita disposable 85 percent of the area is heavily for­ government officials and agro­ has brought monthly incomes ran­ income hit 7,800 yuan in Gaofeng, ested. technicians, came to Gaofeng and set up a 60 mu organic agricultur­ livestock breeding base, which ging from 60,000 yuan to 100,000 and the village had reported to have Changes occurred in 2018 when offered their expertise in building al industrial park, with invest­ helped 199 people in poverty boost yuan to local villagers, while pig ended poverty in the same year. Shangang, a village in Zhangjia­ businesses and developing pillar ment totaling 5 million yuan their take­home pay. Shangang farming has helped local people gang, known for its well­developed industries. ($762,819), a 183 mu tea planta­ also offered vocational training to earn about 300,000 yuan in the first Contact the writers at agricultural and breeding indus­ With Shangang’s help, Gaofeng tion for 4.5 million yuan, and a over 120 locals from Gaofeng, half of 2020. [email protected]