INNOVATION HUB · Anhui, China
Hefei Tech Tour
Anhui's innovation hub — AI and large models, new-energy vehicles, memory chips, display and solar, built out from a national research base.
Hefei has become one of China's most determined builders of strategic industries, with AI and large models, new-energy vehicles and batteries, memory chips, display and solar all scaling here on a national research base — a public research institution seeded much of it, and it still sits in the city. That is what gives a Hefei programme its range: several strategic industries share one metropolitan area, so a delegation can read how a research result turns into volume manufacturing without moving between cities. Programmes run as half-day modules per host.
Priced by group, not per person. Best fit: 10–20 participants; individuals and smaller groups may inquire.
COMPANIES ON THIS ROUTE
Featured company visits
6 visit-ready programs in Hefei. Each includes a facility tour, a live demo or line experience, and a themed dialogue with the company team.
iFLYTEK Company Visit
A half-day programme in iFLYTEK's headquarters city: the AI exhibition hall plus a Spark large-model briefing. The same visit format also runs in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Hangzhou, so it slots easily into a multi-city route.
View program & itinerary →02BOE Hefei Visit: Gen 10.5 Display Manufacturing
See BOE’s Generation 10.5 TFT-LCD line in Hefei, explore the factory viewing gallery and hear a briefing with BOE specialists.
View program & itinerary →03Gotion High-Tech Visit in Hefei: Batteries, Volkswagen and Solid-State
Inside Gotion High-Tech in Hefei: Volkswagen's Unified Cell, 53.5 GWh installed in 2025, the Jinshi solid-state push and what a half-day visit covers.
View program & itinerary →04Lenovo Factory Visit in Hefei: Inside Lenovo's Largest PC Plant
A half-day Lianbao Technology visit in Hefei: Lenovo's largest PC plant, a 2023 Lighthouse Factory, AI-based scheduling and the four-hour supply ecosystem.
View program & itinerary →05NIO Visit in Hefei: The Lighthouse Plant Behind China's Premium EV Brand
Inside NIO's Hefei campus: a World Economic Forum Lighthouse Factory, a 5nm self-developed chip, three-minute battery swaps and what a group visit covers.
View program & itinerary →06Sungrow Visit in Hefei: The World's Largest Solar Inverter Maker
Inside a half-day Sungrow visit in Hefei: the exhibition hall, the inverter and storage manufacturing walkthrough, and a briefing on global expansion.
View program & itinerary →HOW IT RUNS
How a tour here runs
What you walk into across these industries varies with the host: demonstration centres and exhibition halls that frame how a laboratory result became a product, engineering and test floors, and volume production lines for vehicles, batteries, storage and displays. The through-line is the city's research base — much of the industry here was built out from public research rather than inherited from an older manufacturing economy, which is the part of Hefei that is hard to see anywhere else. Modules run about half a day per host, which keeps Hefei easy to combine with a wider Yangtze Delta itinerary.
WHO IT'S FOR
Who this tour is for
AI and large-model delegations; vehicle, battery and semiconductor teams; display, storage and advanced-manufacturing groups; and public-sector or research organisations tracking how a city converts a national research base into industrial scale. Programs run half a day to one day and combine smoothly with the wider Yangtze Delta route.
GOOD TO KNOW
Frequently asked questions
Which industries can I visit in Hefei?
Hefei's programmes span the city's industrial map — AI and large models, electric vehicles and batteries, semiconductors and display, and new energy. Each programme includes a facility or exhibition-hall tour and a themed dialogue with the company team.
Is Hefei good for AI delegations?
Yes. Hefei is one of the few cities where a national research base and volume manufacturing sit in the same place, so an AI delegation gets both the research side and the industrial-deployment side inside one programme. The city's build across vehicles, batteries, memory chips, display and new energy also gives AI teams adjacent stops to pair with.
How do I arrange a Hefei tech tour?
Please contact us at least 30 days before your preferred visit date; the minimum group size is 10 participants. These are our service terms for organising an international business delegation. Dates are confirmed by the host against its own operating calendar, so the earlier a date is requested the better.
Ready to plan your China innovation tour?
Tell us your dates, the size of your delegation and what you want to see. We arrange the introduction, the scheduling on the Chinese side and English interpretation on site.