(LI XIAOGUO)

A worker tests light emitting diode tubes at Xufeng Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd. in Bazhou, Hebei Province.

In recent years, Bazhou has vigorously carried out a strategy of independent innovation and revitalizing the city through science and technology. By 2013, a total of 419 patent applications had been filed by enterprises and individuals in Bazhou, with 327 of them having been approved, ranking third and first among cities in Hebei, respectively.