Yesterday morning, the MINIEYE intelligent driving system production base in Wuzhen, Tongxiang broke ground. "We are committed to enhancing automotive intelligence levels through technological breakthroughs," stated Liu Guoqing, Chairman, Executive Director, and General Manager of MINIEYE Innovation Technology at the groundbreaking ceremony.
In the new round of industrial revolution, digital economy and intelligent manufacturing represent the "critical track" for cities to enhance competitiveness. Wuzhen has gained a head start through forward-looking strategic positioning, leveraging its industrial appeal as the "Internet Town." In July 2023, the Hangzhou-Tongxiang-Deqing consortium was selected for the first batch of national pilot programs for "vehicle-road-cloud integration," prompting Tongxiang to propose building a "Smart Driving Automobile City." As the permanent host of the World Internet Conference, Wuzhen has capitalized on conference dividends to establish the "Three Intelligences and One Network" industrial cluster (intelligent vehicles, intelligent sensing, intelligent computing, and industrial internet).
This advantage represents the core consideration for enterprises making cross-regional choices. For MINIEYE Innovation, headquartered in Shenzhen, Wuzhen offers both "hard location" and "soft environment" advantages: Tongxiang is situated at the "Golden Hub" of Shanghai-Suzhou-Hangzhou, enabling rapid connection to Yangtze River Delta industrial and consumer markets, facilitating intelligent driving product R&D testing and promotion; the local area has formed comprehensive digital intelligent manufacturing chain support, with intelligent automotive upstream and downstream supporting facilities accelerating convergence, clearing obstacles for technology implementation.
The MINIEYE Innovation base breaking ground will further fuel Wuzhen's digital intelligent manufacturing development. The project focuses on intelligent driving assistance and intelligent cockpit areas, not only perfecting MINIEYE Innovation's "R&D-mass production" system and enhancing its global competitiveness, but also propelling Wuzhen's intelligent automotive industry chain from "technology convergence" to "scale manufacturing," filling the regional gap in large-scale production of intelligent driving core components.
One strategic move activates the entire game. According to relevant officials from Wuzhen Town, to further promote intelligent automotive industry development, Wuzhen has maintained high standards in recent years, continuously attracting related upstream and downstream enterprises. It has successively landed quality digital economy enterprises including Zhongze Technology (providing precision structural components for new energy lithium batteries), Bosheng Electronics (a leader in key component R&D), Huazhou Intelligence (system perception producer), Cexun Technology (engaged in driving testing), and Xiaomo New Materials (China's first company capable of completely autonomous deployment of thermal conductive gel and thermal conductive structural adhesive), accelerating the creation of a rich and diverse intelligent automotive industrial ecosystem cluster.
From blueprint to reality, this fertile land of Wuzhen surges with strong innovation and development momentum. Since the first World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, internet, big data, and artificial intelligence have become keywords for Wuzhen's development, with the light of the internet illuminating the nation and even the world from here.
The conference has brought unique policy advantages to Wuzhen, becoming a powerful engine for developing digital economy and intelligent manufacturing. In the first half of 2025, Wuzhen's 14 digital economy manufacturing enterprises achieved output value of 32.67 billion yuan, growing 29.17% year-on-year; digital economy core industry investment reached 10.72 billion yuan, with manufacturing investment growing 67.24% year-on-year. Freetech, an intelligent automotive leader that settled in Wuzhen early, performed outstandingly with first-half output value of 6.89 billion yuan, growing 112.29% year-on-year.
In recent years, to attract quality projects, Wuzhen has provided comprehensive support in implementation, such as implementing "dedicated personnel full-process service." The Zhejiang Pudu Robotics project that landed last year took only three to four months from signing to land acquisition. In terms of technological innovation and talent cultivation, Wuzhen has applied for national and provincial innovation platforms and promoted data element industrial park construction; leveraging the World Internet Conference to attract high-end talent, the "Academician Home" continues expanding, promoting technology transfer. Additionally, relying on conference advantages, Wuzhen has further developed exhibition economy, building an "Exhibition City," regularly hosting high-end forums and exhibitions, both enhancing influence and providing platforms for enterprise display and cooperation.
In Wuzhen, the intelligent industry future is promising. On the day MINIEYE intelligent driving system production base broke ground, Wuzhen launched 19 projects and completed 7 projects, with total investment approaching 70 billion yuan, covering strategic emerging industry fields including intelligent driving, intelligent equipment, and intelligent computing, spanning multiple segments of digital intelligent manufacturing. These will synergize with Wuzhen's existing industries, expanding the industrial landscape.