The "USTC Innovation Valley"is a cradle of S&T innovation based on the new space of Hefei’s urban area and a demonstration industry cluster of emerging sectors. It focuses on the transformation innovative achievements, the incubation of innovative enterprises and the optimization of innovation ecosystem, and seeks to pool global innovative talents and leverage the leading role of S&T and institutional innovation by virtue of alumni from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and other world-class institutions of higher education.