The "China Auto Valley Science and Technology Innovation Achievements Light 
Show" kicked off in central China's Wuhan on Wednesday evening. 

The opening performance at the Yellow Crane Tower, the light show along two 
rivers, the performance of 1,000 drones and other highlights were staged in 
turn. The landmarks of Shanghai, Nanjing, Chongqing and Changsha put on light 
shows in synchronization, which vividly illustrates the legendary story of 
Wuhan Economic & Technological Development Zone (WHDZ)'s transition from a 
manufacturing hub to a smart manufacturing high ground, according to the 
Publicity Department of WHDZ.

The whole event began with the opening show at the Yellow Crane Tower. A 
lighted ancient map opened the splendid civilization along the Zhuan River. The 
historical scenes of trail-blazing production, roaring machinery and rolling 
wheels were reproduced in turn. Accompanied by melodious music, the reciting 
actors told the legendary stories of pioneering generations' hard work.

After that performance, a new energy vehicle drove from a virtual intelligent 
factory and led the audience to wander through history from the perspective of 
unmanned vehicles, witnessing the magnificent transformation of the WHDZ from a 
barren slope to a modern new city.

Then, more than 1,000 flashing drones flew into the night sky, reading "China 
Auto Valley", "WHDZ, Junshan New City" and "Starting again for a second 
venture". At the same time, high-end new energy vehicles, unmanned driving, 
industrial robots, cloud computing and other innovative elements of the valley 
flashed past nearly a thousand buildings around the two rivers, echoing the 
time-honored Yellow Crane Tower. 

The "Yellow Crane" and the China Auto Valley move from manufacturing to smart 
manufacturing in the dialogue between the ancient and the modern. 

"Very impressive, very creative!" said Lu Fei, general manager of Wuhan 
Operation Center of Hubei Ecarx, adding that tonight's light show was a 
concentrated display of the innovation achievements of China Auto Valley.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of WHDZ's establishment. Thirty years ago, 
China Auto Valley started from Zhuan Kou with a mission to help turn China into 
a manufacturing power.

Today, 30 years later, China Auto Valley is starting from Junshan for a second 
venture, and promoting new development drivers with scientific and 
technological innovation. A new blueprint for high-quality development has been 
written in the zone's transition to a smart manufacturing center.

Looking forward, WHDZ will take the initiative to shoulder the historical 
mission of building a world-class automobile industry cluster, said Liu Ziqing, 
top official of WHDZ.

Efforts will be made to promote the linkage between smart city infrastructure 
and intelligent networked automobiles, and the coordination between digital 
industrialization and industrial digitalization. The zone will cultivate and 
expand new economies and improve governance to write a new chapter in 
high-quality development, according to Liu.

Source: The Publicity Department of WHDZ

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evening.