Pingshan is positioned as a key cluster for high-end smart terminal manufacturing and core components in Shenzhen. In 2018, it was designated a “National New Industrialization Demonstration Base (Electronic Information)” by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. In 2024, the National High-Tech Zone in Pingshan was named one of Shenzhen’s top 10 AI clusters. In 2025, Pingshan’s AI and smart terminal cluster generated 54.31 billion yuan in output, up 6.7% year on year.

During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, Pingshan will implement the Central Government’s directives on advancing the “AI+” initiative and align with Guangdong and Shenzhen’s strategies for using AI to drive high-quality manufacturing development. Building on its strong industrial and manufacturing foundation, the district will focus on using AI to empower high-quality manufacturing. 

It will work to “enhance new products, cultivate new growth, create new scenarios and build new ecosystems” to accelerate the development of an AI innovation ecosystem and establish an innovation hub integrating AI and next-generation smart terminals.

Honor Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Park in Pingshan District. Photo by Xinhua

Pingshan’s “Ten Measures on Artificial Intelligence” fosters technological innovation and scenario implementation through incentives such as model-filing rewards, funding for computing power and data, rental subsidies, and open access to real-world application scenarios.

In 2025, Pingshan accelerated AI integration and industrialization. It released 11 targeted AI application scenarios, explored 100 additional scenarios, and promoted AI adoption across its three leading sectors — new energy and intelligent connected vehicles, biopharmaceuticals, and semiconductors. At the same time, the district has strengthened its urban computing infrastructure to become a core hub for advanced AI manufacturing and a demonstration zone for comprehensive AI applications.

To date, Pingshan has cultivated one national-level smart manufacturing demonstration factory, developed two nationally recognized outstanding smart manufacturing scenarios, and supported 82 enterprises that have achieved smart manufacturing capability maturity Level 3 or above — the second-highest total among Shenzhen districts. Additionally, 14 Pingshan-based enterprises were included in Shenzhen’s first batch of advanced smart factories in 2025, accounting for one-third of the city’s total.