Industrial strength drives urban prosperity. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, Xiuzhou has firmly embraced high-quality development as its primary task, focusing on three key directions—intelligentization, green transformation, and high-end advancement—while deepening its role as a hub for manufacturing transformation and upgrading. This has propelled historic breakthroughs in industrial economic growth, structural optimization, and momentum conversion, reinforcing industrial resilience and reshaping new competitive advantages.

**Data Highlights: Showcasing Achievements** Over the past five years, "Xiuzhou Manufacturing" has scaled new heights, with the total output value of large-scale industries steadily rising from 95.94 billion yuan in 2021 to 122.38 billion yuan in 2024.

The period also saw "Xiuzhou Manufacturing" shine brightly: its intelligent photovoltaic industry cluster was selected as the core zone of Zhejiang's "415X" advanced manufacturing cluster, while LONGi Green Energy became the world's first "Lighthouse Factory" in the photovoltaic sector. The automotive industry has gained momentum through strategic aggregation, and leveraging the historic opportunity of Jiaxing's global aviation logistics hub, the "Xiushui Optical Valley" successfully launched. For the first time, Xiuzhou secured Zhejiang's highest manufacturing honor, the "Tianding Award," reflecting strong recognition of its comprehensive manufacturing strength and transformation achievements.

These five years also strengthened the core of "Xiuzhou Manufacturing": value-added in strategic emerging industries, high-tech industries, equipment manufacturing, and the digital economy—all representing advanced productivity—maintained double-digit growth. The industrial structure continued to optimize, significantly enhancing overall competitiveness and delivering a development report card balancing speed and quality.

**Case Study: Witnessing Transformation** Under the winter sun, the steel framework of a modern factory takes shape at the Faurecia Green Mobility Manufacturing Base in Jiaxing National High-Tech Zone. Large machinery and workers collaborate seamlessly, steadily advancing the construction of the main above-ground structure.

The project broke ground on June 28 this year, with underground engineering completed by October. Since then, the above-ground structure has grown rapidly.

"The project demands high standards, such as meeting energy-saving and eco-friendly requirements for the plant. In fact, green construction principles permeate the entire design and building process," said a representative of the High-Tech Group, noting that production is slated to begin early next year.

The Faurecia Green Mobility Manufacturing Base, signed on December 18, 2024, spans 92 acres with a total investment of 710 million yuan. It focuses on designing and producing automotive engine emission control system components, with projected annual revenue exceeding 2 billion yuan upon full operation.

As a world-renowned auto parts supplier, Faurecia’s strategic footprint in Jiaxing National High-Tech Zone is clear. Since its 2020 entry, the company has launched projects in car seat systems, comfort systems, and smart cockpits for NEVs, serving brands like Li Auto and NIO. In 2023, Faurecia’s Jiaxing plant surpassed 3 billion yuan in output value. The ongoing expansion aims to boost capacity and integrate its Yangtze River Delta exhaust system layout, enhancing overall competitiveness.

Over five years, seizing the rise of China’s NEV sector, Faurecia has expanded its presence in Xiuzhou, forming a multi-domain industrial chain spanning seats, smart comfort systems, and emission controls—mirroring the district’s auto parts industry evolution from upgrades to cluster formation.

By extending, supplementing, and strengthening the NEV parts supply chain, Xiuzhou has attracted global leaders like Aptiv (wiring harnesses), Webasto (sunroofs), and Minth Group (exterior trim), forging a high-end auto parts ecosystem covering "new energy powertrains + smart vehicle systems + electronics + interiors."

Recognizing this rapid growth, NEV parts became one of Xiuzhou’s four key industrial sectors in 2023, with separate output tracking. In Q1–Q3 2024, the sector’s large-scale industrial output hit 12.09 billion yuan, up 9.5% YoY, accounting for 12.8% of the district’s total.

**Voices: Envisioning the Future** Xiuzhou has advanced industrial transformation by bolstering three pillar industries—PV/new energy, smart home, and textiles—while nurturing six emerging sectors: electronics, equipment manufacturing, aerospace, optoelectronics, healthcare, and food processing. This dual focus enhances regional competitiveness and sustainable growth.

Capitalizing on the digital sleep industry under China’s "Healthy China" strategy, Sleemon Technology has steadily pivoted. In 2022, it invested 1.05 billion yuan in R&D for its smart bed HQ project (Phase II), followed by an additional 1.14 billion yuan in 2024 for digital electrical systems. With 2024 revenue nearing 3 billion yuan, Sleemon produces half of North America’s smart beds. Chairman Tang Guohai stated, "Our next decade hinges on digital sleep."

Innovation fuels "Xiuzhou Manufacturing," with "Little Giant" firms like Zhejiang Lante Optics—a national champion in precision optical components—leading industrial change. Its core products (optical prisms, glass aspheric lenses, and glass wafers) serve consumer electronics, automotive, semiconductors, and AR/VR. Surpassing 1 billion yuan in 2024 revenue, Lante plans deeper R&D in autonomous driving, AI optical modules, and hybrid smartphone lenses to sustain its tech-driven edge.

**15th Five-Year Outlook: Charting the Next Chapter** The 15th Five-Year Plan period marks a critical phase for China’s industrial system to ascend toward high-end, intelligent, and green transformation. Xiuzhou will deepen its role in Zhejiang’s "415X" and Jiaxing’s "135N" advanced manufacturing clusters, integrating innovation with digital-real economy fusion. It aims to build a distinctive "33X" modern industrial system, revitalize sectors, and foster competitive high-tech clusters to leapfrog new quality productivity development.

A Xiuzhou Economic and Information Bureau official highlighted that the next five years will prioritize upgrading traditional industries, nurturing emerging sectors, and planning future industries. The goal: dominant clusters with sharper edges, faster transformation for niche sectors, and scaled emerging clusters—boosting manufacturing stability, aviation-linked specialties, AI-powered ecosystems, and economic scale to elevate "Xiuzhou Intelligence" and reinforce its industrial stronghold within Jiaxing’s broader growth framework.