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ChengDu Hi-Tech Zone

Ratified by the State Council in 1991, Chengdu Hi-tech Zone (CDHT) is one of the earliest state-level hi-tech industrial development zones, an ISO14000 National Model District and one of the six pilot zones established under the project of "The World's First-class Park Initiatives" sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology.



With a planned area of 87 km², CDHT comprises of the south park and the west park. There are over 16000 companies registered in the CDHT and over 750 foreign invested enterprises with a total investment of over 5.7 billion, 40 of which are fortune 500 companies, including Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, Siemens, Nokia, Ericsson, Corning, Sony, Sumitomo, Toyota, NEC, Carrefour, UPS, Alcatel, Ubisoft, among the others. .



CDHT's major economic indexes grow over 25% annually. The comprehensive strength ranks the fourth among China’s 55 state-level hi-tech zones.



In 2008, CDHT achieved an industrial added value of 78.762 billion RMB, an industrial output of 172.1 billion RMB, an income from technology, industry and trade of 220.7 billion RMB, and an general financial income over 10 billion RMB.