Hebei Province issues work measures to support OPC empowerment of industrial clusters for high-quality development; by 2028, OPCs providing overseas services will reach more than 100

On October 26, 2026, the "Work Measures of Hebei Province to Support OPC in Empowering the High-Quality Development of Industrial Clusters" was released, proposing to seize the strategic opportunity of artificial intelligence development, adhere to scenario-driven and order-pulled approaches, vigorously cultivate and expand OPC (one-person company) service entities, boost the "intelligent transformation, digital transformation, and networked connectivity" of industrial clusters through the large-scale and specialized development of OPC, and promote two-way empowerment and win-win symbiosis between OPC ecosystem building and the high-quality development of industrial clusters. A relevant official from the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology introduced that OPC is a "super individual" empowered by AI; with the help of AI tools and digital platforms, it can fill the gaps in end-of-chain services for industrial clusters, provide enterprises with full-chain digital services, greatly reduce the cost of digital trial and error for clusters, accelerate technology implementation and iteration, and effectively activate cluster innovation vitality.

The work measures promote OPC empowerment of the high-quality development of industrial clusters through eight measures, including OPC+industrial cluster going global and OPC+intelligent transformation, digital transformation, and networked connectivity.

Regarding OPC+industrial cluster going global, Hebei actively promotes docking between OPC and cross-border going-global platforms, relying on platform large models and intelligent agents to provide cluster enterprises with full-process digital going-global services such as multilingual product marketing, cross-border store operation, intelligent customs declaration, overseas customer acquisition, brand promotion, and patent applications. In 10 counties (cities, districts), it carries out innovation in the OPC+industrial cluster going-global model, promotes cluster enterprises with going-global needs to open application scenarios and release order resources through market-based methods, guides OPC to precisely match the overseas expansion needs of cluster enterprises, provides specialized going-global solutions, cultivates high-quality going-global service OPC, and promotes new models of digital cross-border services.

In promoting OPC+intelligent transformation, digital transformation, and networked connectivity, Hebei encourages OPC to deeply participate in industrial cluster intelligent transformation, digital transformation, and networked connectivity project construction, and to provide cluster small and medium-sized enterprises with lightweight, low-cost, and implementable products and services. It accelerates the cultivation of OPC service providers and "small, fast, light, and precise" products, and actively recommends OPC to enter the provincial digital transformation service provider resource pool and the "small, fast, light, and precise" product library. It regularly organizes special supply-demand docking activities between cluster enterprises and OPC, promotes cluster enterprises to open digital scenarios to OPC, forms a cooperation mechanism in which demand enterprises issue orders and OPC accept orders, and drives the cultivation of a group of high-quality OPC in the field of "intelligent transformation, digital transformation, and networked connectivity."

Hebei supports OPC+R&D and design, promotes R&D and design OPC to deeply match the innovation needs of industrial clusters, and provides cluster enterprises with intelligent and digital R&D and design services around key links such as product innovation design, simulation testing, process optimization, mold development, and new product R&D. It encourages the construction of an online OPC "design supermarket" to promote real-time docking between excellent R&D and design products and demand enterprises; regularly collects and publishes a list of R&D and design needs of cluster enterprises, organizes OPC to take up the challenge, and promotes the iterative upgrading of R&D and design products.

Focusing on OPC+artificial intelligence, Hebei guides large model and data service OPC to deeply empower the development of industrial clusters, focusing on providing services such as industrial dataset construction, model R&D and fine-tuning, and specialized intelligent agent development. It encourages OPC to rely on Hebei's computing resources to develop industrial models and intelligent agents. It encourages OPC to participate in the "model-data resonance" action, promotes OPC to carry out industrial data cleaning and standardization processing, industry data annotation, and industrial dataset construction, and participate in building "model-data resonance" spaces. It encourages OPC to participate in the "hundred models empowering a hundred scenarios" open competition mechanism to select the best candidates, and promotes the R&D and application implementation of models in segmented scenarios. It supports OPC and cluster enterprises in jointly applying for provincial "AI+manufacturing" typical cases, setting up typical benchmarks for AI applications.

Digital marketing is one of the important marketing methods for enterprises in the digital economy era. Hebei encourages OPC+marketing and trade, promotes marketing and trade OPC to rely on artificial intelligence technology to deeply empower industrial cluster market development and brand building, focusing on developing new business forms and models such as digital human livestreaming, short video production, intelligent customer service, precise customer flow analysis, intelligent supply-demand matching, and marketing service outsourcing. It organizes marketing and trade OPC to dock with large e-commerce platforms and short video platforms, establishes a localized marketing and trade matrix, and helps cluster enterprises carry out three-dimensional marketing. It selects a batch of typical OPC+marketing and trade cases and cultivates a batch of mature marketing models.

Industrial brains are the core carrier for promoting the digital transformation of industrial clusters and catalyzing new quality productive forces. In supporting OPC+industrial brains, Hebei encourages OPC to settle in industrial brains, helps industrial brains improve service functions such as centralized raw material procurement, centralized product sales, digital-intelligent transformation, and public services, extends services in personnel training, R&D and design, inspection and testing, and marketing and trade, and accelerates the large-scale application of industrial brains in clusters. Relying on the advantages of industrial brains in data, computing power, and customers, it helps OPC improve model and intelligent agent R&D capabilities and promotes the iterative updating of software products. It establishes a "industrial brain+OPC" service ecosystem and builds OPC industrial ecosystem gathering places.

Regarding OPC+public services, Hebei supports OPC in providing specialized and lightweight producer services, opening up the "last mile" of serving enterprises. It encourages OPC to rely on artificial intelligence tools to provide low-cost services such as patent search, trademark applications, and contract review, reducing the costs of rights protection and protection for cluster enterprises. It encourages OPC to develop extended services such as product repair and equipment operation and maintenance, fill the service shortcomings of cluster enterprises, and enhance product full-life-cycle management capabilities.

Hebei will build an OPC development ecosystem for industrial clusters, encourage the counties (cities, districts) where key industrial clusters are located to build OPC communities, and provide services such as shared office space, technical matchmaking, and scenario promotion. It encourages computing power and model enterprises to provide inclusive intelligent computing services and model resources for OPC, reducing OPC operating costs. It encourages financial institutions to develop OPC-exclusive financial products, lowering financing thresholds and financing costs. It encourages industrial clusters to improve OPC talent attraction and cultivation policies and attract the gathering of talent from universities and enterprises. It promotes matchmaking and exchanges between OPC and cluster enterprises.

Source: Hebei News Network

The following is the full text of the measures: Notice on Issuing the "Work Measures of Hebei Province to Support OPC in Empowering the High-Quality Development of Industrial Clusters"

Ji Gong Xin Ruan Jian Han [2026] No. 493

To the industry and information technology bureaus of all cities (including Dingzhou and Xinji), the Industry and Information Technology, Science and Technology, and Data Bureau of Xiong'an New Area, and all relevant units:

In order to implement the "Work Plan of Hebei Province for Digital and Intelligent Empowerment of the High-Quality Development of Industrial Clusters" and the "Implementation Plan of Hebei Province for the 'AI + Manufacturing' Special Action", accelerate the construction of the OPC ecosystem for industrial clusters, and promote the high-quality development of industrial clusters, our department has formulated the "Work Measures of Hebei Province to Support OPC in Empowering the High-Quality Development of Industrial Clusters", which is hereby issued to you. Please, in light of actual work conditions, earnestly implement it.

Department of Industry and Information Technology of Hebei Province

October 24, 2026 Work Measures of Hebei Province to Support OPC in Empowering the High-Quality Development of Industrial Clusters

In order to implement the "Implementation Opinions on the 'AI + Manufacturing' Special Action" issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and seven other departments, the "AI Startup Support Program for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (2026-2028)" issued by the General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the "Work Plan of Hebei Province for Digital and Intelligent Empowerment of the High-Quality Development of Industrial Clusters", and the "Implementation Plan of Hebei Province for the 'AI + Manufacturing' Special Action", seize the strategic opportunity for artificial intelligence development, adhere to scenario-driven and order-pulled approaches, vigorously cultivate and expand OPC service entities, use the large-scale and specialized development of OPC to boost the "intelligent transformation, digital transformation, and networked connection" of industrial clusters, promote two-way empowerment and win-win symbiosis between OPC ecosystem construction and the high-quality development of industrial clusters, and in light of the actual development of industrial clusters in our province, these work measures are formulated.

I. OPC + Industrial Cluster Going Global

Actively promote matchmaking between OPC and cross-border going-global platforms. Relying on platform large models and intelligent agents, provide cluster enterprises with full-process digital going-global services such as multilingual product marketing, cross-border store operations, intelligent customs declaration, overseas customer acquisition, brand promotion, and patent applications. Carry out OPC + industrial cluster going-global model innovation in 10 counties (cities, districts), promote cluster enterprises with going-global needs to open application scenarios and release order resources through market-based methods, guide OPC to precisely match the overseas expansion needs of cluster enterprises, provide specialized going-global solutions, drive no fewer than 30 OPC to participate in going-global services, cultivate high-quality going-global service OPC, and promote new models of digital cross-border services.

By 2028, the number of OPC in the province participating in going-global services for industrial clusters will reach more than 100.

II. OPC + Intelligent Transformation, Digital Transformation, and Networked Connection

Encourage OPC to deeply participate in the construction of intelligent transformation, digital transformation, and networked connection projects for industrial clusters, focus on areas such as production line transformation, equipment management, and the application of "small, fast, light, and precise" products, and provide lightweight, low-cost, and implementable products and services for small and medium-sized enterprises in clusters.

All counties (cities, districts) should accelerate the cultivation of OPC service providers and "small, fast, light, and precise" products, and actively recommend OPC to enter the provincial digital transformation service provider resource pool and the "small, fast, light, and precise" product library. Regularly organize special supply-demand matchmaking activities between cluster enterprises and OPC, promote cluster enterprises to open digital scenarios to OPC, form a cooperation mechanism in which demand enterprises issue orders and OPC accept orders, and drive the cultivation of a group of high-quality OPC in the field of "intelligent transformation, digital transformation, and networked connection".

By 2028, there will be more than 50 OPC serving the digital and intelligent transformation of clusters, and the "small, fast, light, and precise" products and services provided by OPC for industrial clusters will reach more than 100.

III. OPC + R&D and Design

Promote R&D and design OPC to deeply match the innovation needs of industrial clusters, focus on key links such as product innovation design, simulation testing, process optimization, mold development, and new product R&D, and provide intelligent and digital R&D and design services for cluster enterprises. The industry and information technology departments of all counties (cities, districts) should establish a supply-demand matchmaking mechanism between cluster enterprises and OPC, encourage the construction of online OPC "design supermarkets", and promote real-time matchmaking between outstanding R&D and design OPC and enterprises with needs; regularly collect and publish a list of R&D and design needs of cluster enterprises, organize OPC to take up the challenges, and promote the iterative upgrading of R&D and design products; regularly organize R&D and design competitions to promote the continuous improvement of OPC R&D and design capabilities. Set up an OPC exhibition area at Hebei International Industrial Design Week, and support OPC design products in striving for the Golden Reed Industrial Design Award.

By 2028, there will be more than 30 OPC serving cluster R&D and design.

IV. OPC + Artificial Intelligence

Focus on the industrialized application of large AI models in manufacturing, guide large-model and data-service OPC to deeply empower the development of industrial clusters, and focus on providing services such as industrial dataset construction, model R&D and fine-tuning, and dedicated agent development. Encourage OPC to rely on the province's computing resources to develop industrial models and agents, and support OPC in applying for the provincial AI application service provider resource pool. Encourage OPC to participate in the "Model-Data Resonance" initiative, promote OPC to carry out industrial data cleaning and standardization, industry data annotation, and industrial dataset construction, and participate in building "Model-Data Resonance" spaces. Encourage OPC to participate in the "Hundred Models Empowering a Hundred Scenarios" open challenge, and promote the R&D and application of models in segmented scenarios. Support OPC and cluster enterprises in jointly applying for provincial "AI + Manufacturing" typical cases, and establish typical benchmarks for AI applications.

By 2028, cultivate 5 OPC with a certain influence in the field of model and agent R&D.

V. OPC + Marketing and Trade

Promote marketing and trade OPC to rely on AI technology to deeply empower industrial clusters in market development and brand building, and focus on developing new business forms and models such as digital human livestreaming, short video production, intelligent customer service, precise customer flow analysis, intelligent supply-demand matching, and marketing service outsourcing. Organize matchmaking between marketing and trade OPC and large e-commerce platforms and short video platforms, establish a localized marketing and trade matrix, and help cluster enterprises carry out multidimensional marketing. Select a batch of typical cases of "OPC + Marketing and Trade" and cultivate a batch of mature marketing models.

By 2028, select 100 typical cases of OPC empowering cluster enterprise marketing in key industrial clusters.

VI. OPC + Industrial Brain

Encourage OPC to settle in the Industrial Brain, rely on industry-specific professional capabilities to assist the Industrial Brain in improving data element circulation business, participate in industrial data annotation, tiered desensitization, achievement rights confirmation and model feedback, help the Industrial Brain improve service functions such as centralized raw material procurement, centralized product sales, digital-intelligent transformation, and public services, enhance service capabilities, extend services in personnel training, R&D and design, inspection and testing, and marketing and trade, and accelerate the large-scale application of the Industrial Brain in clusters. Rely on the advantages of the Industrial Brain in data, computing power, and customers to help OPC improve model and agent R&D capabilities and promote iterative updates of software products. Establish a "Industrial Brain + OPC" service ecosystem, encourage provincial Industrial Brains to build online OPC communities, open desensitized data resources and application scenarios in accordance with regulations, and create gathering places for the OPC industrial ecosystem.

By 2028, promote the completion of online OPC communities in all provincial Industrial Brains, with more than 100 OPC settled in Industrial Brains.

VII. OPC + Public Services

Support OPC in providing specialized and lightweight producer services, and bridge the "last mile" of serving enterprises. Encourage OPC to focus on fields such as skills training, business management, intellectual property, and legal consulting, rely on AI tools to provide low-cost services such as patent search, trademark applications, contract review, compliance consulting, and infringement early warning, and reduce the costs of rights protection and protection for cluster enterprises; carry out "order-based" training according to enterprise needs to help enterprise employees improve digital-intelligent literacy and job skills; guide OPC to cooperate with cluster quality service institutions to provide product testing, inspection and certification, standards consulting, and related agency services, and help small and medium-sized enterprises meet standards and improve quality.

Encourage OPC to develop extended services such as product repair, equipment operation and maintenance, and after-sales support, fill shortcomings in cluster enterprise services, and through remote diagnosis, intelligent dispatch, and spare parts sharing, extend the service chain and enhance product full-life-cycle management capabilities.

VIII. Build an OPC Development Ecosystem for Industrial Clusters

Counties (cities and districts) where key industrial clusters are located should encourage qualified service institutions such as digital transformation service stations and digital transformation promotion centers to build OPC communities and provide services such as shared office space, technical matchmaking, and scenario promotion. Encourage computing power and model enterprises to provide inclusive intelligent computing services and model resources to OPC, reducing OPC operating costs.

Encourage promoting matchmaking and exchanges between OPC and cluster enterprises through on-site observation, enterprise assistance, supply-demand matchmaking, and public welfare classes. Encourage financial institutions to develop financial products exclusive to OPC and lower financing thresholds and financing costs.

Encourage industrial clusters to improve OPC talent attraction and cultivation policies, and attract talent from universities and enterprises through measures such as setting up talent training classes and OPC entrepreneurship training.

Encourage OPC and cluster enterprises to jointly apply for relevant pilot demonstrations and typical cases, actively organize OPC to participate in activities such as the "Maker in China" SME Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition and the China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, and cultivate a batch of outstanding OPC. All localities should strengthen publicity and promotion of outstanding OPC and create a good atmosphere for OPC innovation and development.

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