Jingzhou High-Tech Industrial Development Zone

Jingzhou High-Tech Industrial Development Zone, construction of which began in 2013, is the combination of Huazhong agricultural development zone and Jingzhou south city economic zone. The zone covers an area of 131.3 square kilometers, including a core area of 21.4 sq km. After five years of development, it has formed industrial clusters such as high-end equipment manufacturing, textile processing, food processing and modern agricultural production.

By 2020, the zone's GDP is expected to reach 38 billion yuan ($5.6 billion) and its fixed-asset investment is expected to reach 35 billion yuan. It also plans to foster more than 40 high-tech companies, 15 listed companies and at least 60 academician work stations and provincial and national-level research centers and laboratories.

The number of scientific achievements and patent applications in the zone will reach 3,000, and the zone will promote the use of a total of 200 practical technologies and new varieties by 2020.