The 12th Plenary Session of the 12th Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China was held in Wuhan on September 5, 2026. The plenary session was attended by 78 members of the Provincial Committee and 1 alternate member of the Provincial Committee. Members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, responsible comrades from relevant parties, and representatives of the 12th Party Congress of some provinces attended the meeting. The plenary session emphasized the need to concentrate on scientific and technological innovation to create an original source of innovation strategies. Strengthen the country's strategic scientific and technological strength, build a laboratory system with hierarchical connections and efficient operation, comprehensively strengthen basic research, accelerate research on key core technologies, build the Optics Valley Science and Technology Achievement Transformation Center integrating functions such as display, storage, matching, trading and transformation, and strive to build a highland of scientific and technological innovation with national influence. The plenary session emphasized the need to speed up industrial innovation and build a modern industrial system. Optimize and upgrade traditional industries such as automobiles, steel, and chemicals, cultivate and expand emerging industries such as optoelectronic information, biomedicine and high-end medical devices, new energy, spatio-temporal geographic information, and forward-looking layout of future industries such as quantum technology, physical intelligence, 6G, and brain-computer interfaces. Comprehensively stimulate the vitality of industrial innovation and cultivate more first-class enterprises with global competitiveness. The plenary session emphasized the need to strengthen financial innovation and build a science and innovation finance brand. Implement the “Technology Finance +” initiative to establish a diversified financial service system throughout the life cycle. Deepen the “one chain, one finance” service model and encourage technology finance to test innovative products and services first in Europe. Deepen fiscal and financial coordination, and expand the implementation of a package of policies for fiscal and financial collaboration to promote domestic demand. The plenary session emphasized the need to promote regional innovation and build an integrated development community. Optimize the spatial layout of the land, improve new cooperation mechanisms such as distribution of benefits, promote the integrated, collaborative and integrated development of the Wuhan metropolitan area, and create a growth pole for high-quality development. Use the Wuhan metropolitan area to drive regional innovation and joint development throughout the province, promote Yichang, Xiangyang, Jianghan Plain and other places to create unique high-quality development growth points, promote the strengthening of ecological protection in places such as Shiyan, Enshi, and Shennongjia, and achieve ecological priority and green development. Strengthen collaborative innovation in the central region and actively integrate into the national innovation chain. The plenary session emphasized the need to deepen open innovation and build an open highland inland. Implement “dual hub” energy improvement projects at Huahu Airport and Tianhe Airport, and build an international logistics hub for multimodal transport. Build and make good use of open platforms such as free trade zones, comprehensive insurance zones, and comprehensive cross-border e-commerce pilot zones to expand new space for foreign cooperation. Deeply implement the “Cultural and Sports Tourism+” campaign, develop cultural and creative industries, and accelerate the construction of world-renowned cultural tourism destinations. The plenary session emphasized the need to strengthen innovation in governance and create a first-class business environment. Improve innovation support policies and continue to increase investment in science and technology. Establish a pro-Qing political and commercial relationship to “respond to calls, nothing bothers”. Deepen the “do one thing efficiently” reform, build and make good use of digital intelligence “one map” of Hubei, and promote the upgrading of government services to “value-added empowerment.” Continue to push forward reforms such as large financial systems, state-owned enterprises, development zone management systems, and ecological civilization systems.

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