Bengbu, a traditional industrial hub in East China's Anhui province, aims to transform itself into an electronics industry base through self-innovation and attracting more high-tech manufacturers, said Chen Qitao, the city's Party secretary.

As an old industrial city, Bengbu has solid foundations in traditional industries such as agricultural processing, pharmaceuticals and textiles.

But the city also plans to boost strategic emerging industries and give the electronics industry an opportunity to develop, said Chen, also a deputy to the National People's Congress.