Many regions have released their "15th Five-Year Plan"

The end of the year is approaching and a New Year is just around the corner. As the first year of China's 15th Five-Year Plan in 2026, all provinces across the country are making tight preparations and plans, striving to achieve prosperous economic and social development in the New Year. Especially in the field of instruments and meters, many provinces and cities have included it in their relevant planning and layout.

Guangdong Province

Strengthen original innovation and breakthroughs in key core technologies. Improve the regional innovation system, with the "two corridors" of Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong and Guangzhou-Zhuhai-Macao as the main framework, and comprehensively enhance the capacity for independent innovation. Strengthen the support of strategic scientific and technological forces and the independent guarantee of scientific and technological basic conditions. Build and make good use of the laboratory system with Pengcheng Laboratory and Guangzhou Laboratory as the leaders and national key laboratories and provincial laboratories as the backbone. Give full play to the role of major carriers such as Guangming Science City, Songshan Lake Science City and Nansha Science City. Consolidate and expand the advantages of major scientific and technological infrastructure, high-quality research institutions, high-level research universities, and clusters of leading science and technology enterprises. Strengthen the layout of basic research, increase the proportion of investment in basic research, deeply implement the ten-year "Outstanding Guangdong" plan for basic research, and produce more landmark original achievements. Highlight the research and development of key core technologies, actively explore the Guangdong practice of the new national system, and promote decisive breakthroughs in key areas such as integrated circuits, industrial mother machines, high-end instruments, basic software, advanced materials, and biomanumanufacturing throughout the entire chain.

2. Shandong Province

Deeply integrate into the high-quality development action of key industrial chains in the national manufacturing industry, strengthen the reconstruction of industrial foundations and the research and development of major technological equipment, and promote the demonstration application of "four first" products. Build a gradient cultivation system for high-quality enterprises, foster a batch of specialized, refined, distinctive and innovative, single-champion and unicorn enterprises, carry out in-depth actions to enhance the integration and consolidation of industrial chains, and promote the integrated development of large, medium and small enterprises. Consolidate the advantageous positions of industries such as rail transit equipment, ship and Marine engineering equipment, intelligent agricultural machinery equipment, power equipment, intelligent home appliances, and instruments and meters, promote the national advanced manufacturing cluster to move towards the world level, and actively strive to create a national new industrialization demonstration zone.

Comprehensively enhance the overall strength of scientific and technological innovation. Accelerate the formation of a strategic scientific and technological force system, strengthen the guarantee of scientific and technological innovation investment, and strive to create a national regional science and technology innovation center and an industrial science and technology innovation highland. Give full play to the leading and driving role of Laoshan Laboratory, and support organized high-level scientific and technological research and development in innovation platforms such as universities, research institutes and national key laboratories in Shandong. Build and strive to create national-level platforms such as national technology innovation centers, manufacturing innovation centers, and emerging industry innovation centers to high standards, and integrate and optimize provincial-level science and technology innovation platform bases. We will further implement the ten-year action plan for basic research, increase the proportion of investment in basic research, improve the provincial natural science fund support system, and encourage the conduct of high-risk and high-value basic research. Accelerate the implementation of major scientific and technological innovation projects, and deeply carry out the scientific and technological innovation action plan for key industries. Make breakthroughs in a number of key common technologies and advanced process equipment in key fields such as industrial mother machines, high-end chips, deep-sea and deep-earth development, advanced materials, biomanumanufacturing, and high-end instruments.

3. Sichuan Province

Promote the in-depth integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation. Improve the system for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, comprehensively promote new models for the research and transformation of industrial technologies, improve the system of concept verification and pilot production platforms, and accelerate the construction of pilot production centers in the western region. Increase investment in science and technology and improve the financial service system for science and technology. Optimize the services for the transformation of scientific research achievements and enterprise incubation, and promote the open sharing of large-scale scientific research instruments and equipment. Support the construction of high-level industrial innovation platforms such as the Photon Science and Technology Innovation City and the Fusion Science and Technology Innovation City.

4. Jiangsu Province

We will continue to strengthen original and leading scientific and technological research. We will improve the provincial implementation mechanism of the new national system and take extraordinary measures to achieve decisive breakthroughs in key core technologies in key areas such as integrated circuits, industrial mother machines, high-end instruments, advanced materials, basic software, industrial software and bio-manufacturing. Strengthen the strategic, forward-looking and systematic layout of basic research, build a laboratory matrix led by Suzhou Laboratory and Zijinshan Laboratory, supported by national key laboratories and provincial laboratories, and operate the provincial laboratory alliance efficiently. We will make greater efforts to build laboratories in Taihu Lake, Zhongshan Lake and Yunlong Lake. Promote the innovation of organizational models and mechanisms for applied basic research, and enhance the level of the provincial centers for basic sciences in physics, applied mathematics and synthetic biology. Actively plan and build major scientific and technological infrastructure, continuously improve the quality and efficiency of the construction of national-level platforms and bases such as national technology innovation centers and manufacturing innovation centers, and produce more landmark original achievements.

5. Chongqing City

Explore new tracks for emerging and future industries. We will implement a doubling plan for strategic emerging industries, foster and expand advantageous industries such as power semiconductors and integrated circuits, and new displays, and accelerate the growth of intelligent green energy equipment and smart connected electric vehicles into emerging pillar industries. We will also cultivate and form a number of strategic emerging industry clusters in fields such as biomedicine, smart medical equipment, intelligent sensing and instruments and meters. Build a strong city for the innovative development of low-altitude economy, enhance and optimize the functions of the comprehensive management and service platform for low-altitude flights, expand the diverse application scenarios of "low-altitude +", and cultivate a low-altitude industrial cluster with national influence. Establish a mechanism for the growth of investment and risk-sharing in future industries, and cultivate new economic growth points such as body-intelligent robots, biomanumanufacturing, quantum computing manufacturing, aerospace information, and cutting-edge new materials. Promote the large-scale application demonstration action of new technologies, new products and new scenarios, accelerate the iteration of the mechanism of "frontier technology research and development - application scenario testing - large-scale mass production", and promote the large-scale development of emerging industries. Vigorously develop specialized, refined, distinctive and innovative enterprises, manufacturing single-champion enterprises, gazelles, unicorns and other such enterprises.

6. Tianjin City

Comprehensively strengthen collaborative innovation and industrial cooperation. Actively participate in the construction of international science and technology innovation centers, jointly build the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei National Technology Innovation Center at a high level, strengthen joint research and development of key core technologies, joint construction and sharing of major scientific and technological infrastructure, and joint construction and application of scenarios, improve the supply and demand list matching mechanism for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and enhance the efficiency and proportion of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements within the region. Work together to build an important source of independent innovation and a major source of original innovation. We will vigorously promote the expansion and upgrading of regional advantageous industrial chains and clusters, and work together to strengthen the industrial investment fund for the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. We will enhance division of labor and cooperation as well as industrial support around key industrial chains such as high-end instruments and equipment, industrial mother machines, cyber security and industrial Internet, and jointly build world-class advanced manufacturing clusters.

Strengthen the capacity for the origin of scientific and technological innovation. Actively strive for the layout of national strategic scientific and technological forces in Tianjin, improve the laboratory system led by national key laboratories and supported by Haihe Laboratories, and promote the innovative development of research institutes and universities. Adhere to the "Four Orientations" to refine major scientific research projects, implement major scientific and technological tasks, and achieve new breakthroughs in key core technology research and development in key fields such as integrated circuits, industrial mother machines, high-end instruments, basic software, advanced materials, biomanufacturing, and brain-computer interfaces. Strengthen the strategic, forward-looking and systematic layout of basic research, increase the proportion of scientific research expenditure used for basic research, and produce more original achievements.

7. Anhui Province

Strengthen original innovation and breakthroughs in key core technologies. Take unconventional measures to strengthen innovation in key common technologies, frontier leading technologies, modern engineering technologies and disruptive technologies. Dynamically sort out the list of "bottleneck" technologies, and promote major breakthroughs in key core technologies in key areas such as integrated circuits, new displays, industrial mother machines, high-end instruments, basic software, advanced materials, biomanufacturing, and core seed sources. Strengthen goal-driven and demand-oriented approaches, establish a mechanism for condensing and releasing major scientific and technological research tasks, and focus on implementing a number of provincial-level scientific and technological innovation breakthrough plans. Explore the screening mechanism for non-consensus projects recommended by experts under their real names. Strengthen the strategic, forward-looking and systematic layout of basic research, increase the proportion of investment in basic research, and enhance long-term and stable support. Strengthen the orientation of original innovation in scientific research and technological development, optimize the environment conducive to original and disruptive innovation, and produce more landmark original achievements.

8. Liaoning Province

Strengthen the supply of innovative technologies for industries, promote research and development of key core technologies in key areas such as new energy, advanced materials, integrated circuits, industrial mother machines, high-end instruments and meters, biomanumanufacturing, and life health, and seize the commanding heights of scientific and technological development. Strengthen the leading role of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation, support the development of high-tech enterprises and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, and cultivate high-growth enterprises such as young eagles, gazelles and unicorns. Enhance the efficiency of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, plan and build concept verification centers, pilot bases, and hard technology incubators, improve the service capabilities of the Northeast Science and Technology Market and the provincial comprehensive service platform for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, support universities and research institutes in setting up professional and market-oriented technology transfer institutions, and promote the engineering breakthroughs and industrial application of scientific and technological innovation achievements. Transform scientific and technological achievements into real productive forces and new quality productive forces.

9. Heilongjiang Province

Promote original innovation, integrated innovation and breakthroughs in key core technologies. Optimize the organization mode of scientific and technological innovation, actively strive to undertake major national science and technology tasks, and promote breakthroughs in key core technologies in key fields such as quantum technology, artificial intelligence, biomanumanufacturing, new materials, energy equipment, aerospace, modern seed industry, integrated circuits, industrial mother machines, high-end instruments, and heavy equipment. We will increase long-term and stable support for basic research, create an environment conducive to original and disruptive innovation, build an innovation chain from basic research to applied research and industrialization, and produce more landmark original achievements.

10. Jilin Province

Strengthen original innovation and breakthroughs in key core technologies. Optimize the organizational mechanism for major scientific and technological innovation, take the technological demands of industries as the orientation, refine scientific research and technological breakthrough tasks, carry out "origin breakthrough" innovation, and produce more landmark original achievements. Focusing on key areas such as optoelectronic information, high-end instruments, artificial intelligence, aerospace information, advanced materials, biomedicine, and ginseng specialties, we will implement major science and technology projects with concentrated efforts to break through a number of key core technologies. Strengthen strategic, forward-looking and systematic layout in cross-disciplinary frontier fields and key areas, and build a basic research system featuring diversified investment, multi-party collaboration and multi-level coordination. Support the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Northeast Institute of Geography, Jilin University, FAW Group and other major research institutions, universities and enterprises to play a leading role, strengthen the construction of local colleges and research institutions, establish a working connection mechanism, and carry out innovation through the integration of industry, academia and research.