Strategic emerging-industry output share
Share of above-scale industrial output in 2025.
Fuzhou · Fujian · 2026-2030
Fuzhou’s Emerging and Future Industries Plan
福州市“十五五”新兴产业和未来产业发展专项规划
A coastal city portfolio built around two technology engines, three industrial pillars, three growth breakthroughs and a future-industry pipeline tied to maritime, cross-strait and city-scale applications.
- Emerging portfolio
- 2 · 3 · 3
- Future pipeline
- 3 · 3 · N
- 2030 high-tech firms
- 1,600
- Quantified targets
- 10
The plan in plain English
Fuzhou is using its coast, ports and manufacturing base as test environments for new technology
The plan has two connected portfolios. The “233” system develops industries that can contribute within the plan period. The “33N” system separates near-term demonstrations, medium-term incubation and longer-term technology reserves. AI, optoelectronics and new materials are expected to feed products into marine, energy, medical, robotic, satellite and low-altitude applications.
Starting position
Fuzhou enters 2026 with a substantial emerging-industry base
Recognised industrial clusters
One national and four provincial strategic emerging-industry clusters.
National high-tech enterprises
Above-scale enterprises at the 2025 baseline.
National specialised “little giants”
A core layer of Fuzhou’s technology-company pipeline.
Manufacturing champions
Provincial level or above.
Innovation and transfer platforms
Provincial-level-or-above laboratories, engineering centres and technology-transfer bodies.
The 233 emerging-industry system
Eight industries, each expanded into products and value-chain roles
2 new engines
Artificial intelligence
Advanced computing; vertical models and agents; AI-native software; smart terminals and AIoT components.
Optoelectronics
Precision optics; high-speed optical communications and silicon photonics; OLED, Mini/Micro LED and other advanced displays.
3 new pillars
Advanced materials
High-end polymers, structural materials, optoelectronic and semiconductor materials, energy materials and frontier functional materials.
New energy
Storage systems, new-energy vehicles, smart power systems, offshore wind equipment and advanced nuclear-energy services.
Marine high technology
Marine engineering equipment, offshore energy, desalination, marine bioproducts and ocean-information systems.
3 new breakthroughs
Biomedicine
High-end medical devices, innovative drugs and formulations, modern Chinese medicine, CRO/CDMO and clinical-validation services.
Robotics
Service, industrial and specialised robots for factories, ports, healthcare, eldercare, offshore inspection and emergency response.
Low-altitude economy
Aircraft and components, city and maritime applications, flight services, testing, maintenance, training and low-altitude infrastructure.
The 33N future-industry system
A staged pipeline from demonstration to technology reserve
3 new advantages
Hydrogen
Production, storage and transport equipment, fuel cells, seawater electrolysis and green hydrogen-ammonia-methanol demonstrations.
Biomanufacturing
Synthetic biology, cell and protein engineering, biomedical and bio-based materials, scale-up and process validation.
Satellite applications
Marine and port monitoring, satellite data products, ground systems, Beidou modules and integrated communications-navigation-remote-sensing terminals.
3 new potentials
Embodied intelligence
Models, robot bodies, components, simulation and industry datasets for manufacturing, care, city and marine operations.
Brain-computer interfaces
EEG acquisition, neural-signal processing, rehabilitation equipment, clinical testing and non-invasive applications.
6G
High-speed optical links, RF front ends, sensing-communication integration and air-space-land-sea test environments.
N frontier directions
New batteries
Flow, metal-air, lithium-sulfur and room-temperature sodium-sulfur technologies and prototypes.
Nuclear applications
Nuclear medicine, irradiation technologies and related applications.
Quantum technology
Secure communications, sensing and precision measurement.
2030 scoreboard
Ten indicators track structure, innovation capacity and company growth
Strategic emerging-industry output share
Maintain above 40%; 43.45% in 2025
Annual R&D expenditure growth
Average annual rate; 8.87% in 2020-2024
High-value invention patents per 10,000 people
18 in 2025
High-tech manufacturing share
Share of above-scale industrial value added; 13.79% in 2025
High-tech services share
Share of above-scale service revenue; 33.2% in 2024
Industrial firms conducting R&D
Share of above-scale industrial enterprises; about 40% in 2025
Key laboratories
Provincial level or above; 141 in 2025
Enterprise technology centres
Provincial level or above; 165 in 2025
Manufacturing champions
Provincial level or above; 88 in 2025
National high-tech enterprises
1,256 in 2025
From research to market
Five linked layers are meant to close the commercialisation gap
Laboratories and science city
Fuzhou Science and Technology Innovation Corridor, China Southeast (Fujian) Science City and higher-level research platforms supply technologies and teams.
Proof of concept and pilot scale
Regional technology-transfer centres, pilot lines, process scale-up, testing and certification move projects from samples to production.
Open urban and industrial scenarios
Municipal and state-owned users are asked to open scenarios in digital services, maritime development, public services and resilient infrastructure.
First-use policy tools
First major equipment, first-batch materials, first-version software and government first purchase or first use can support early adoption.
Parks, finance and company ladders
Specialised parks, future-industry communities, industrial funds, state-capital platforms and incubators support hard-tech firms as they scale.
Named places and platforms
Where the plan expects development and testing to happen
AI and computing
Provincial AI industrial park; AI-native innovation community; Fuzhou Software Park; Changle Airport Comprehensive Bonded Zone computing centre.
Optoelectronics
Mindou Innovation Laboratory, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Minhou and Jin’an specialised carriers.
Materials and energy
Fuxing Innovation Laboratory; Hengshen green chemical-materials pilot base; Lianjiang electronic-chemicals pilot platform; Luoyuan Bay, Mawei and Southeast Automobile City.
Marine technology
Jiangyin Port and Luoyuan Bay for desalination; islands and offshore aquaculture platforms for distributed systems; Fuzhou Marine Research Institute.
Biomedicine
Fuzhou International Medical Comprehensive Pilot Zone and clinical institutions; Fuzhou High-Tech Zone for biomedical materials and engineering services.
Low altitude and future industries
Minhou as the low-altitude equipment cluster; Zhuqi heliport, Qishan Lake flight camp, UAV town, Fuzhou New Area and future-industry communities.
City-county division of labour
Twelve local jurisdictions receive distinct portfolios
“Lead” marks the industries carrying a star in the plan’s official layout diagram. Other items are also assigned to the locality but are not marked as its lead industry.
Gulou
AI (lead); optoelectronics, new energy, marine high tech, robotics, low altitude, satellite applications, embodied intelligence and brain-computer interfaces.
Taijiang
AI (lead).
Cangshan
Biomedicine (lead); AI, optoelectronics, robotics, biomanufacturing, embodied intelligence and brain-computer interfaces.
Jin’an
Optoelectronics (lead); AI, advanced materials, biomedicine, satellite applications and 6G.
Mawei
New energy (lead); AI, optoelectronics, marine high tech, low altitude, hydrogen, embodied intelligence, brain-computer interfaces and 6G.
Changle
Advanced materials (lead); AI, optoelectronics, marine high tech, biomedicine, robotics, low altitude, hydrogen, biomanufacturing, satellite applications, embodied intelligence and brain-computer interfaces.
Minhou
Optoelectronics (lead); AI, new energy, biomedicine, low altitude, hydrogen, biomanufacturing, satellite applications, embodied intelligence and 6G.
Lianjiang
Marine high technology (lead) and advanced materials.
Luoyuan
New energy (lead) and advanced materials.
Minqing
AI (lead).
Yongtai
Advanced materials (lead).
Fuqing
Advanced materials (lead); optoelectronics, marine high tech, biomedicine, hydrogen and biomanufacturing.
International reader’s lens
Six signals that matter beyond the local plan
Maritime technologies are a differentiator
Fuzhou ties offshore wind, desalination, satellite data, marine sensing, underwater robots and hydrogen to ports, islands and deep-sea operations.
Taiwan links appear in specific systems
The plan names cross-strait medical-device and pharmaceutical cooperation, the Fuzhou-Matsu Industrial Cooperation Park, cross-strait innovation communities and the Fujian-Taiwan industrial fund.
Export support is part of delivery
Overseas associations, global investment liaison stations and trade events are intended to help emerging-industry firms reach Belt and Road and other markets.
Professional services are explicit
The Fuzhou area of the Maritime Silk Road Central Legal District and the Minjiang Digital Trade Corridor are expected to provide legal, financial, IP and data-compliance support.
Technology can be introduced into Fuzhou
The International Advanced Technology Application Promotion Center is tasked with bringing in and applying biomedicine, marine and low-carbon technologies.
The plan is directional
It does not itself grant market access, foreign ownership rights, subsidies, procurement eligibility, land or licences; each programme and sector rule still needs separate review.
Delivery model
Five actions plus adaptive governance
Platform upgrade
Build science-city and corridor capacity, attract major facilities and connect R&D, standards, pilot production and industrial incubation.
Technology-company pipeline
Expand high-tech enterprises, specialised SMEs, gazelles, unicorns, industry leaders and hard-tech start-ups.
Emerging-track parks
Use city-county coordination to build specialised carriers, future-industry communities and light, flexible space for early-stage companies.
Scenario opening
Create a regular process for collecting, publishing and matching scenarios; encourage state-owned enterprises and public agencies to become early users.
Open cooperation
Coordinate within the Fuzhou metropolitan area and northeast Fujian, connect to the Yangtze River Delta and Greater Bay Area, and support global and cross-strait networks.
Adaptive governance
Use industrial funds and state investment, develop talent, test tiered, trigger-based and sandbox regulation, and update priorities through monitoring.
Primary sources
Official Chinese text, policy explainer and downloadable plan
Document Rong Zheng Zong [2026] No. 189, dated 20 September 2026, published on 13 October and marked effective.
Read the official notice ↗The government summary confirms the 233 and 33N portfolios, ten targets, five actions and the 2026-2030 plan period.
Read the policy explainer ↗This page is an editorial English guide. The officially published Chinese text remains authoritative.
Download the Chinese PDF ↓