Hunan banking on cutting-edge tech for industrial upgrade

Emerging technologies are revitalizing the industrial upgrade of the manufacturing sector in Central China's Hunan province, according to top provincial officials.

Emerging technologies are technologies that are often perceived as capable of changing the status quo, like big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, fintech and new energy vehicles.

Xu Dazhe, governor of Hunan, said that the tech-savvy approach has helped energize the province's manufacturing industry and put it on the high-quality development path.