Chapter of Youth·Our New Long March | The laboratory helps Tianjin become the “First City of Information and Innovation”

“Tianjin has become the veritable No. 1 city of information innovation and has the most complete industrial cluster for the new generation of information innovation industry in China.” Gong Ke, director of the Information Innovation Haihe Laboratory, said at the Phased Construction Achievements Report Meeting and Industrial Ecological Development Conference of the Information Innovation Haihe Laboratory held on the 12th.

On the 12th, the reporter followed the interview team for the online theme promotion and interactive guidance activity of the "Youth Chapter Our New Long March" ideological and political course, and walked into the Xinchuang Haihe Laboratory located in the "China Xinchuang Valley" in Tianjin Binhai High-tech Zone to explore how the laboratory contributes to the rapid development of Tianjin's Xinchuang industry.

Xinchuang Haihe Laboratory is one of the seven Haihe laboratories in Tianjin. Professor Gong Ke, the former president of Nankai University, serves as the director. The laboratory insists on transforming national strategic needs into scientific research tasks and brings scientific research results to the front line of industry. It focuses on industrial software, basic software, high-performance computing, microprocessor design, artificial intelligence and information security, promotes breakthroughs in key core technologies in the information field, and supports the improvement of Tianjin's Xinchuang industry innovation capabilities.

This year coincides with the fifth anniversary of the establishment of Xinchuang Haihe Laboratory. At the laboratory's phased construction results report meeting, Gong Ke reviewed the phased results achieved since the establishment of the laboratory in terms of scientific research layout, platform construction, talent introduction, and achievement transformation. Gong Ke said that the laboratory is oriented to practical industrial problems and achieves breakthroughs in key core technologies in the four major directions of industrial software, basic software, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence applications. It is also oriented to the needs of industrial development and supports the improvement of Tianjin Xinchuang's industrial innovation capabilities.

Gong Ke also shared his experience in studying and scientific research, and gave a special "big ideological and political lesson" to postdoctoral fellows from different universities, encouraging young students to serve the country through scientific innovation. "Postdocs are not only a new force in scientific research, but also the backbone of future scientific and technological innovation teams." Gong Ke believes.

"The laboratory, as a promotion agency, promotes the construction of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei new generation information technology application innovation cluster led by Tianjin. It has gathered more than 33,000 companies and has become an industrial cluster with the most complete layout of the new generation of information and innovation industries in China. Tianjin has become a veritable first city of information and innovation." Gong Ke said.

It is understood that Tianjin's Xinchuang industry is booming. In the first three quarters of 2026, the scale of Xinchuang industry reached 114.99 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.4%. 300+ industrial chain companies and more than 1,500 ecological chain companies gathered in the "China Xinchuang Valley". Opportunities in the Xinchuang industry provide a broad stage for the development of young talents.