Hengyang High-tech Industrial Development Zone

Hengyang High-tech Industrial Development Zone is honored as a "National New Industrialization Demonstration Base" by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. [Photo/hygx.gov.cn]

Founded in 1992, Hengyang High-tech Industrial Development Zone was upgraded to a national level zone by the State Council in August 2012. Located in the southwest of Hengyang, Hunan province, the zone enjoys superior geographical position and convenient transportation. It is surrounded by railways and expressways, as well as some transportation hubs like Hengyang Railway Station, Nanyue Airport, and Hengyang East Railway Station, which is 8, 20 and 13 kilometers away respectively.

Occupying an area of 137 square kilometers, the zone is equipped with complete infrastructure facilities. Relying on its sound industrial basis and regional advantages, the zone has placed priority on the development of innovative and high technologies, strategic emerging industries and modern services, gathering a host of Fortune Global 500 companies and outstanding domestic enterprises. Three core industrial clusters, namely smart manufacturing, electronic information and high-tech service industry have become new growth poles for the development of the zone.

During the thirteenth Five-Year Plan (2016-20), the zone will focus on a city-industry integration development strategy, aiming to set up a national innovative science park with strong capability in independent innovation, sustainable development, regional radiation and international competitiveness.

In the first half of 2017, the zone realized 2.71 billion yuan ($400 million) in its regional GDP, a growth of 8 percent; the fixed-asset investment and total retail sales of consumer goods hit 3.71 billion and 806 million yuan, up 31.9 percent and 11.1 percent year-on-year respectively.