CHINA DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010 haidianspecial 15 Zhongguancun leads nation in innovation By ZHAO SHIJUN in the area. About this time the State Council approved Science parks can play a key Zhongguancun as Beijing role in improving the nation’s New Technology Industrial innovative strength, said Lin Development and Experimen- Fusheng, mayor of Haidian tal Zone, the first hi-tech zone district. “This is also some- in China. This was the first thing that the Haidian Science important step for the science Park, the most important part park’s growth. of Zhongguancun Science In 1999 the Zhongguancun Park, expects to show to the zone was expanded to cover a world,” said Lin. number of large developments In March last year, Zhong- in several districts in Beijing. guancun Science Park gained e Electronics street and its approval by the State Council neighboring areas in Haidian to be developed into a world- district was named the Haid- class national innovation ian Science Park. model park. Today Haidian Science Park The Haidian Science Park is the nerve center of Zhong- (HSP), the most successful and guancun Science Park and influential of Zhongguancun’s covers a vast area of more than many industrial zones and 100 sq km in Zhongguancun parks, will become the model and more than 300 sq km in and core area of this innovation adjacent areas. It is made up model park. of a dozen industrial zones e program to develop the and parks. innovation model park will Some of the original small be crucial to the success of tech firms have grown into Zhongguancun’s overall mis- internationally renowned sion to strengthen the entire names such as Lenovo. Also, nations’ innovative capacity. dozens of overseas big names, “Our role is to demonstrate such as IBM, Microso, Intel, to the whole nation on how French Telecom, AMD and LIU PEIEN / FOR CHINA DAILY to transform our innova- Google, have established oper- New facilities in western Zhongguancun include the China Technology Trade Center, National Digital Copyright Research Center and the Capital Technology tion capacity into industrial ations there, including regional Intermediate Service Center that will help commercialize the area’s noted technologies. strength,” Lin said, “We should headquarters and research and make full use of the advan- development centers. We should make full use of the advan- aging a total of 100 billion he said that the time taken tages of our high technology, e construction of Zhong- tages of our high technology, excellent yuan. for approving business startup excellent entrepreneurs and guancun national innovation entrepreneurs and favorable policies to In the future, Lin said, the will be shortened by at least 50 favorable policies to build a model park marks the second local government would con- percent. nationally and internationally key step for Zhongguancun’s build a nationally and internationally tinue to work to develop the With regard to finance, renowned science park.” growth. renowned science park.” innovation model park. Lin expects a national Haidian authorities see it “Preferential policies is not equity trade and investment Two milestones LIN FUSHENG as a great opportunity for the MAYOR OF HAIDIAN DISTRICT our only offering,” said the center will be established The Electronics Street in development of the whole mayor, “our tasks will include which will house about 200 Haidian district, lined with district and are excited about proposing a strategic devel- companies and manage total markets and shops selling hi- implementing the program. opment plan, continuing to assets of more than 150 bil- tech goods, became popular A leadership team of top offi- 30 key projects to improve the nology Intermediate Service Last year, 12 technology-ori- improve infrastructure and lion yuan. during the 1980s and helped cials of the Haidian district, has basic infrastructure have been ‘Center.‘ ented financial institutions services, deepening financial Lin looks forward to the area to gain national rec- been established to look aer underway. A major task of the local were introduced into the west- reforms, strengthening inter- Zhongguancun becoming an ognition. the operations of the innova- Fourteen projects were built government is to promote ern Zhongguancun area. national cooperation and international innovation base A few small tech firms, ten- tion model park and the core in the western Zhongguancun cooperation between enter- e Zhongguancun Equity promoting closer ties among for technology, with facilities tative operations of the neigh- area in Haidian. area, including the China Tech- prises, universities and research Investment Building also enterprises, universities and such as a research center, boring universities, research nology Trade Center, National institutions, said Lin. became operational, and is research institutions.” business center, trade center institutes and even some Recent development Digital Copyright Research Another important aspect now home to 38 new equity Lin also hopes to improve and human resources train- individuals, began to settle Over the past year, around Center and the Capital Tech- is financing these operations. investment companies, man- basic services. For example ing center. Haidian, the core of Zhongguancun National Innovation Model Park · A global technology innovation center · A world-class R&D center · Location: northwest of Beijing · A center for innovative ideas · A laboratory for liberalized policies · Area: 430 square kilometers · An incubator for innovation in technology, · A land for start-up businesses · Population: 3 million business and financing · and more… · Number of SMEs: 16,314 · A place for international cooperation · Number of foreign firms: 1,500 · 20% growth in 2009 To learn more about Haidian Science Park, please visit our website at www.zhongguancun.com.cn or www.iBridge.com.cn. Haidian Investment Promotion Bureau website: www.investpromotion.com.cn Tel: 800-810-1697, 8610-88498510 Fax: 8610-88498290 Hotline for corporate affairs: 96181 Public garden, school campus and Haidian Science Park.