Fuling Industrial Park (Fuling High-Tech Zone)

Located in the mid-east of Chongqing, Fuling High-Tech Zone, or Fuling Industrial Park, occupies an area of 76 square kilometers with a population of 150,000. Divided by the Laitan River into two parts, the west region covers an area of 20 sq km and serves as an industry cluster, while the east is a city cluster covering 45 sq km.

The park enjoys superior geographical position and convenient transportation, with Chongqing-Fuling Expressway and Chongqing Yanjiang Expressway meeting here, while Shanghai-Chengdu High Speed Rail and Chongqing-Huaihua Railway also pass through it.

Viewed as an important industrial cluster along the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Fuling Industrial Park was listed as one of the demonstrations areas for transformation and upgrading in the Yangtze River Economic Belt in 2016, aiming to promote an open economy and balanced development in the Yangtze River Economic Belt region. In January 2018, it was approved to be Fuling High-Tech Zone by the Chongqing municipal government, which governs the same administrative area as Fuling Industrial Park.

Over the past 15 years, the zone has accelerated its industrial development and urban construction to promote the coordinated development of industry and the city. A number of 27 district-level key projects with a total investment of about 25.5 billion yuan ($3.8 billion) are expected to continue or be put into operation.

Relying on its competitive industrial advantages, the zone will speed up the growth of its leading industries: equipment manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and food, materials and chemical fiber textiles, and electronic information. The zone will also strive to adjust its industrial structure to promote the development of its competitive industries, namely high-end equipment manufacturing, biological pharmaceuticals, and new materials. The zone is expected to realize a total output value of 300 billion yuan by 2020.

In the first half of 2017, Fuling Industrial Park generated 55.59 billion yuan to its GDP, an increase of 18.2 percent year-on-year. Its gross industrial output value above designated size totaled 55.1 billion yuan, up 18.4 percent, accounting for 50 percent of its annual target.