Longgang districtin Shenzhen, Guangdong province, is powering ahead with its All in AI strategy and building a demonstration zone for full-scenario and all-time AI application.
Starting from 2023, Longgang has been forging industrial cooperation ties with Haifeng, Longmen and Huidong counties under Guangdong's "Hundred, Thousand, and Ten Thousand Project", which aims to foster high-quality development across 100 counties, 1,000 towns, and 10,000 villages.
A rendering of custom-built factory premises for functional films in Longmen county.
Technology empowers rural areas and first transforms production modes on farmland. More than 30 village cadres and agricultural leaders from Taohe town of Haifeng county have now taken part in AI-enabled rural revitalization training programs held in Longgang. Chikeng town has introduced an AI early warning system for litchi growth and pest control as well as drone farm management. Meanwhile, authorities have deployed internet of things equipment across orchards to deliver precise irrigation and pest alerts.
Longgang replicates its industrial incubation logic in partner counties to help county-level regions foster self-sustaining growth drivers. The county has targeted the new material sector of functional thin films. It injects cooperative funds to construct custom-built factory buildings and has facilitated cooperation between Harbin Institute of Technology Wuxi New Materials Research Institute and local authorities to set up the South China Innovation and Application Center for High-Performance Adhesive Films.
Oulu New Materials, a national specialized and sophisticated little giant enterprise, operates 13 independently developed coating production lines running at a speed of 120 meters per minute. The firm posted an output value exceeding 300 million yuan ($44.25 million) within just over half a year of the first phase going into operation.
Huidong has invested 66 million yuan to revitalize over 1,000 mu (66.67 ha) of idle land in industrial parks. A total of 400 mu has now completed land bidding, auction and listing procedures, generating fiscal revenue of 210 million yuan. The county has signed seven settled projects with an estimated total investment of 1.7 billion yuan. By the end of 2025, China Energy Engineering Corporation set up a branch in the joint industrial park of Huidong, and the zero-carbon intelligent manufacturing base for prefabricated buildings has already entered the implementation phase.
Haifeng has drawn up high-standard plans for the Shenshan Low-Altitude Economy Joint Industrial Park with an estimated total investment of 2.98 billion yuan. The park is positioning itself as the Fifth Low-Altitude Economy Park under Longgang's industrial layout.
The Group of Longgang Foreign Language School has formed a partnership with Wenshan School of Haifeng. It supports the Wenshan School in planning a full-open AI science and innovation corridor and rolling out science courses, science and innovation clubs and popular science competitions. Moreover, Shenzhen's paired assistance channel has invested 11.22 million yuan to build six ultra-fast charging stations in Haifeng, two of which have been put into operation.
Longgang is promoting the establishment of a medical consortium between South China Hospital and Haifeng Hospital based on traditional Chinese medicine and has allocated 6 million yuan to upgrade outdated medical equipment.
