핵심요약

• 헤페이는 정부 지원 자금을 활용해 AI, 전기차, 배터리, 신재생에너지 기업에 직접 투자하는 '헤페이 모델'을 도입했습니다.
• 안후이성은 에너지, 배터리, 태양광, 에너지 저장 시스템을 전략 산업으로 우선시하며 중국의 15대 5개년 계획과 일치하는 전략을 수립했습니다.
• IFlytek은 화웨이와 협력해 국내 대형 AI 생태계를 구축하고 있으며, 중국이 처음 만든 1만 카드 컴퓨팅 클러스터를 활용하고 있습니다.

도입

이 기사는 중국이 미국 제재와 기술 수출 규제에 대응해 기술 자립화를 가속화하고 있다는 점에서 투자자에게 중요한 정보를 제공합니다. 특히 안후이성의 헤페이가 정부 주도 투자를 통해 AI, 배터리, 신재생에너지 분야에서 국가 차원의 산업 생태계를 구축하고 있다는 점이 핵심입니다. 이는 중국이 기술 자립화를 위해 구체적인 전략을 수립하고 실행에 옮기고 있다는 증거로 해석될 수 있습니다.

본문 1: 정부 주도 투자 전략의 효과

헤페이 모델은 정부 지원 자금을 활용해 유망 기술 기업에 직접 투자함으로써 국가 차원의 산업 생태계를 구축하는 데 효과적입니다. 안후이성 정부 관계자는 헤페이가 에너지, 배터리, 태양광, 에너지 저장 시스템을 전략 산업으로 우선시한다고 밝혔습니다. 이는 중국의 15대 5개년 계획과 일치하는 전략으로, 중국이 기술 자립화를 위해 구체적인 산업 분야를 선정하고 지원하고 있다는 점을 보여줍니다. 헤페이 모델은 단순한 세금 감면이나 보조금 제공을 넘어, 정부가 직접 투자자로서 기업의 성장을 지원하는 방식입니다. 이는 기업의 기술 개발 속도를 높이고, 산업 생태계를 구축하는 데 기여할 수 있습니다.

본문 2: IFlytek의 AI 생태계 구축

IFlytek은 화웨이와 협력해 국내 대형 AI 생태계를 구축하고 있으며, 중국이 처음 만든 1만 카드 컴퓨팅 클러스터를 활용하고 있습니다. 이는 중국이 AI 분야에서 미국 기술에 의존하지 않고 자체 기술력을 키우려는 노력을 보여줍니다. IFlytek의 'Spark' 모델은 OpenAI의 GPT-4 Turbo를 넘어설 정도로 고성능입니다. 이는 중국이 AI 분야에서 글로벌 경쟁력을 키우기 위해 적극적으로 투자하고 있다는 증거로 해석될 수 있습니다. 또한, IFlytek의 성공은 헤페이 모델이 유망 기술 기업의 성장을 지원하는 데 효과적이라는 점을 입증합니다.

본문 3: 장기적 전망

중국의 기술 자립화 전략은 장기적으로 중국 경제와 기술 산업의 성장에 중요한 영향을 미칠 것입니다. 안후이성의 헤페이 모델은 다른 지역에도 확장될 가능성이 있으며, 이는 중국 전역의 기술 산업 생태계를 강화할 수 있습니다. 또한, IFlytek의 AI 생태계 구축은 중국이 AI 분야에서 글로벌 경쟁력을 키우기 위한 첫걸음으로 볼 수 있습니다. 그러나, 미국과의 기술 경쟁이 지속될 경우, 중국이 기술 자립화를 달성하기 위해 추가적인 투자가 필요할 것입니다. 이는 중국 정부의 정책 방향과 투자자들의 전략 수립에 중요한 영향을 미칠 것입니다.

결론

중국이 미국 제재와 기술 수출 규제에 대응해 기술 자립화를 가속화하고 있다는 점에서 투자자에게 중요한 정보를 제공합니다. 특히 안후이성의 헤페이가 정부 주도 투자를 통해 AI, 배터리, 신재생에너지 분야에서 국가 차원의 산업 생태계를 구축하고 있다는 점이 핵심입니다. 향후 중국 정부의 정책 방향과 기술 산업의 동향을 주시할 필요가 있습니다.

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Inside China's race for tech self-reliance - The Korea Herald

Anhui's AI, battery, energy champions offer glimpse at Beijing's response to US restrictions

HEFEI, China — Far from slowing China's technological rise, US sanctions and export controls have accelerated Beijing's drive for self-reliance, pushing Chinese companies to build domestic alternatives across industries.

Landlocked Anhui province, west of Shanghai, has emerged as one of the clearest examples of that effort. Home to a growing cluster of artificial intelligence, electric vehicle, battery and renewable energy companies, the province has transformed itself into one of China's most dynamic technology hubs through an unconventional government-led investment strategy known as the "Hefei Model."

Under the model, Hefei, Anhui province's capital, uses government-backed funds to invest directly in promising technology firms, effectively acting as a venture capital investor rather than solely using tax breaks and subsidies. The strategy has helped nurture national champions and build integrated industrial ecosystems, making the city a showcase for China's push to reduce dependence on US technology.

From June 9-13, The Korea Herald visited Hefei and Nanjing upon the invitation of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Korea to witness Anhui province’s advanced industries firsthand.

According to an official from the Anhui Provincial People’s Government, Hefei has prioritized three strategic industries: energy, batteries and solar power, and energy storage systems. This move aligns with China’s 15th Five-Year Plan that reiterates securing technological self-sufficiency against US deterrence.

IFlytek, an AI solution provider established in 1999, is spearheading one of China’s most ambitious technology initiatives, working with Huawei to build a large-scale domestic AI ecosystem.

Powered by Huawei’s Ascend chips, iFlytek’s “Spark” model was trained on China’s first domestically built 10,000-card computing cluster and has surpassed OpenAI’s GPT-4 Turbo on seven key Chinese-language benchmarks.

In a demonstration, the company official showcased its E-Ink AI note tablet that features real-time voice-to-text recording, supporting 15 languages for transcription, 10 languages for translation and 83 languages for converting handwriting to text.

Qing Tian, general manager of the AI translation division at iFlytek, said the company’s language model is “a world-class Chinese-to-English translation system.” The company also plans to expand research into low-resource languages, where training data is limited, to improve translation quality.

Other eye-catching consumer and workplace devices included a transparent-screen interpreter; AI translation glasses; a smart blackboard that can recognize teachers’ handwriting, convert it into digital content and generate mathematical graphs; and the Alpha Egg Go Robot.

For its Spark-powered in-vehicle voice solutions, iFlytek collaborates with more than 50 domestic and international automakers, including Hyundai Motor Group, Toyota, Ford, BMW and Audi.

Notably, iFlytek is jointly developing voice interaction technology with Hyundai. While details of the partnership remain undisclosed, the strategic tie-up comes as the Korean automaker accelerates vehicle-user interaction through its new Gleos AI voice assistant.

IFlytek is also partnering with Korea-based voice recognition technology firm Mediazen, which has supplied voice recognition platforms to Hyundai since 2007. The two companies are jointly developing AI systems for smart vehicles, a collaboration expected to strengthen voice interaction capabilities in Hyundai and Kia cars.

Tian said, “We see strong demand among Korean consumers for controlling the vehicle through voice commands. So we are actively pursuing partnerships and integration with Korean automotive manufacturers.”

The Spark system uses a multimicrophone array installed throughout the vehicle to identify where a voice command originates, prioritizing recognition from the driver’s seat while distinguishing requests from passenger seats.

Tian noted the company is also developing a model for autonomous driving vehicles, enabling its voice assistant to function as a driving agent that can understand and execute complex commands, such as making a stop at a gas station or changing lanes.

Sungrow, a leading solar inverter and energy storage system supplier, is competing head-on with Tesla in the global market for ESS system integrators — companies that package battery cells, software and thermal management systems into containerized storage solutions.

According to data from S&P Global Commodity Insights, Sungrow accounted for 9 percent of the global ESS SI market last year, following BYD with 13 percent and Tesla Energy with 10 percent. The company’s strong market presence is underpinned by its extensive global footprint, with operations in around 100 countries and regions and 20 overseas branches, including its Korean office in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province.

Leveraging over 29 years of expertise in solar inverters, the company has established a distinct competitive edge in power conversion systems. This critical ESS component, alongside battery cells, converts direct current into alternating current to enable highly efficient utility-scale energy storage solutions.

Sungrow is banking on skyrocketing demand for ESS in various sectors — from renewable energy power plants to AI data centers — for stable power generation and supply.

AI data centers, in particular, are increasingly facing power constraints, prompting a rise in self-sustaining microgrids that combine renewable power generation, large-scale ESS and AI data centers. The new trend offers Sungrow a structural advantage as it covers both solar inverters and ESS.

A Sungrow official said, “ESS is a highly complex product. ... Building a reliable system requires much more than just manufacturing batteries. That is why system integrators (like Sungrow) can supply more stable and reliable products, and close collaboration with battery-makers is essential.”

The official noted Sungrow’s ESS products use lithium iron phosphate, or LFP, battery cells from various suppliers, mostly Chinese, reflecting LFP’s roughly 99 percent share of the global ESS market. By contrast, Korean batterymakers have historically focused on premium nickel-based chemistries and have only recently expanded into the LFP battery segment.

The company is primarily targeting Korea’s utility-scale and commercial and industrial ESS market driven by non-governmental commercial investment, while also aiming to bid for government-initiated energy storage projects.

“For the time being, we will remain focused on individually funded projects that are not backed by government investment,” Sungrow said.

Gotion High-tech, which ranked third in China’s EV battery market by installed capacity during the January-April period this year, has made inroads into the “impenetrable” US EV and ESS markets through its Illinois plant, which began operations in 2024.

But according to an industry source, the company faces growing challenges in the US as Washington intensifies scrutiny of China’s battery supply chain. The heightened restrictions have disrupted the movement of products, equipment and personnel between the US and China, effectively making it difficult for Gotion to operate in the US market.

“It is not us (China) who are not open,” the source said.

Despite its stalled momentum in the US, Gotion High-tech is expanding elsewhere; it operates, or is constructing, 10 overseas production bases in countries including Germany, Morocco, Slovakia, Thailand and Vietnam.

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