Changsha National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone

The Changsha High-Tech Industrial Development Zone was established in 1988 and was approved as one of the first group of national-level high-tech industrial development zones in 1991. It has a planned area of 140 square kilometers and hosts the 4 neighborhoods of Lugu, Leifeng, Dongfanghong, and Baima. The zone boasts superior geographical conditions. It is located in the west center of Changsha City, adjacent to Hunan Financial Center in the east, and Yuelu Mountain University Town in the south. It is a natural scientific and technological achievement transformation area. In the area, the Changsha-Xiangtan West Line, Changsha-Changde Expressway, West Second Ring Road, Third Ring Road (West Line of Changsha Section of Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway) run vertically and horizontally. Metro Line 2, Line 6 and the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan Intercity Rail Transit have set stations in the area. There are 43 bus lines leading to Lugu Valley. Relying on the advantages of the road network, you can quickly get access to the Changsha-Shaoyang-Loudi, Beijing-Zhuhai, and Shanghaihai-Ruili Expressways, the 319 (Xiamen-Chengdu) and 107 (Beijing-Shenzhen) National Highways. The high-tech zone is 1 km from the comprehensive transportation hub of Xiangjiang New Area, 3 km from the CPC Changsha Municipal Committee and the People’s Government of Changsha City, 7 km from West High-speed Railway Station, 10 km from Changsha Xianing Port, 10 km from Changsha Railway Station, 18 km from Changsha South High-speed Railway Station, and 28 km from Huanghua International Airport.

There are currently 32,000 enterprises in the area, including 1,800 high-tech enterprises, accounting for 44% of the city total; 47 listed companies, accounting for 61% of the total; 31 Fortune 500 companies and branches; and, more than 50 well-known central enterprises. It has formed the "two main and one special" industrial cluster of advanced equipment manufacturing, new generation of information technology (mobile Internet), and new energy and resource-saving and environmentally-friendly industry. Such advantageous industrial clusters as new materials, biomedicine and health, modern service industry, mobile Internet, aerospace, information security, additive manufacturing, new energy equipment, advanced energy storage materials, military-civilian integration, cultural creativity, green and energy-saving, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and other emerging industries are accelerating their agglomeration and vigorous development here.

The Changsha High-Tech Industrial Development Zone is superposed with "three-zones" of the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan Resource-saving and Environmentally-Friendly Society Supporting Reform Pilot Zone, the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone, and the national-level Xiangjiang New Area Industrial Core Area.

Chinese source: Official Website of Changsha National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone