National development zones
Shijiazhuang High-tech Industrial Development Zone
Updated: Jun 8, 2018
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Located in the downtown area of Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei province, Shijiazhuang High-tech Industrial Development Zone was approved as a State-level high-tech industrial development zone by the State Council on March 6, 1991.
The zone governs two sub-districts, two towns and a sci-tech entrepreneurship park, consisting of 26 villages and 14 communities*. It covers 78.6 sq km with a registered permanent population of 140,000 and about 180,000 residents*.
As a cluster of high-tech industries and pilot area of opening-up and innovation of Shijiazuang, the zone is home to three major industries -- bio-medicine, electronic information and advanced equipment manufacturing.
In 2016, it realized the gross revenue of 23.12 billion yuan ($3.61 billion), an increase of 15.3 percent year-on-year; the gross domestic production of 21.935 billion yuan, up by 7.6 percent.
* Data was collected at the end of 2016.
