The inaugural Partner Conference and Industry Matchmaking Event for the Hefei Aerospace Information Incubator recently concluded in the Hefei National High-tech Industry Development Zone. 

The event marked significant progress in ecosystem development through new partnerships, platform enhancements, and cross-sector collaboration. 

It welcomed over 30 new ecosystem partners into its expanding aerospace network while unveiling two critical public service platforms: the Anhui Commercial Aerospace Instrumentation Metrology and Testing Platform and the Hefei Aerospace Technology Innovation Scenario Laboratory. 

Multiple strategic agreements were reachedon quality standards, industrial ecosystem funding, and other fields of development.

During the conference, the zone delivered a dedicated presentation outlining its aerospace information industry advancements and pilot zone construction, detailing competitive strengths, spatial planning, and policy frameworks.

In recent years, the zone has promoted rapid growth in its aerospace sector, and now hosts 12 research institutions and innovation platforms, including the Deep Space Exploration Lab and Hefei CAS Aerospace Information Industry Innovation Research Institute.

It has also attracted over 140 aerospace enterprises such as Geovis Technology and GALAXYSPACE. These organizations make up more than 90% of Hefei's aerospace industry, forming a comprehensive industrial chain spanning satellite manufacturing, constellation operations, and data applications.

The zone is now implementing its "one core, two poles, multiple nodes" spatial strategy for commercial aerospace development. This framework centers on Zhong'an Chuanggu Technology Park and the Deep Space Exploration Lab as the driving core, receives support from specialized industrial parks and production bases as twin poles, and is enabled by enterprises and research institutions around the city as multiple nodes. Altogether, they form an internationally influential aerospace information economic cluster on pace to reach 100 billion yuan ($14.06 billion) in scale.