Technology&Life | BCI industry booms in Bengbu of east China's Anhui-Xinhua

Technology&Life | BCI industry booms in Bengbu of east China's Anhui

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-07-18 23:02:17

A medical worker provides rehabilitation therapy for a patient with a neuromodulation device at a hospital in Bengbu, east China's Anhui Province, July 17, 2026.  (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

BENGBU, July 18 (Xinhua) --Bengbu, a traditional industrial city, has stepped up the development of its brain-computer interface (BCI) industry in recent years. By strengthening collaboration among industry, research institutes and medical institutions, Bengbu has built an innovation ecosystem that supports both BCI research and clinical application, aiming to become an emerging BCI innovation hub in the Yangtze River Delta region.

A staff member displays a brain-computer interface (BCI) helmet at an exhibition hall of Anhui North Microelectronics Research Institute Group Co., Ltd. in Bengbu, east China's Anhui Province, July 17, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)
A staff member demonstrates a domestic implantable neural electrode at the exhibition hall of China Sensor Valley in Bengbu, east China's Anhui Province, July 17, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)
A staff member works on a brain-computer interface (BCI) electrode production line at a company in China Sensor Valley in Bengbu, east China's Anhui Province, July 17, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)
A patient, who received Anhui's first semi-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) surgery in April 2026, undergoes rehabilitation training at a hospital in Bengbu, east China's Anhui Province, July 17, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)
A staff member demonstrates a brain health monitoring headband at the exhibition hall of China Sensor Valley in Bengbu, east China's Anhui Province, July 17, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)
A medical worker guides a patient to use a brain-computer interface (BCI) device for hand rehabilitation at a hospital in Bengbu, east China's Anhui Province, July 17, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)
Medical workers conduct brain-computer interface (BCI) research at a hospital in Bengbu, east China's Anhui Province, July 17, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)
This photo taken on July 17, 2026 shows staff members working on a micro and nanofabrication production line at Anhui North Microelectronics Research Institute Group Co., Ltd. in Bengbu, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)
This photo taken on July 17, 2026 shows a brain signal acquisition chip at an exhibition hall of Anhui North Microelectronics Research Institute Group Co., Ltd. in Bengbu, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)■

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