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Ningbo Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone (shortened as Ningbo Hi-Tech Zone) is jointly founded in July, 1999 with a planned area coverage of 18.9 square kilometers, serves as the important technical innovation base of Yangtze River Delta as well as the important carrier of building an innovative city of Ningbo. It is upgraded to a state level zone in January 2007. Enterprises in Ningbo Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone are privileged to enjoy the active policies and regulations of national level hi-tech zone. Ningbo Hi-Tech Zone is advantageously located to the deep port eastward, Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway southward, the downtown westward and Hangzhou bay Bridge northward. Sitting to the city proper and backed by complete facilities and convenient transportation, the Zone boasts a pool of talents and beautiful surroundings. And after years of development, she has become a modern, cyber and eco-friendly zone. The Administrative Committee of the Zone has been strictly persisting in building the Zone at the nation level since the very foundation phase. Now the Zone has become an aggregation place for R&D organizations, high ranked talents, scientific enterprises and high-tech industries; and it has created an innovative chain linking high education, technique researching and developing, transformation of scientific achievements and industrialization. An entrepreneur system of Ningbo unique style has been formed.

Location Advantages

Sitting to the east of Ningbo city proper, the Zone serves as the central district in a new round of urban development. The geographic advantage is high-lighted by a well developed transportation network: Jiangnan Highway and Tongtu Highway, connecting downtown Ningbo with Beilun District, pass across the Zone. To the east of the Zone there is the city's east ring road. Both the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway and the State Coastal Expressway connect with the main road of the Zone. The Zone is 3 km from the nearest exit of expressway, 27 km from the airport, 18 km from Ningbo port and 4 km from downtown Ningbo. Sitting against the downtown area, the Zone enjoys the advantages of expedient information exchange and complete service facilities to offer entrepreneurs a quality living environment.

3 kilometers to Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway entrance
1 kilometers to high education area(north part)
6 kilometers to high education area(south part)
27 kilometers to Ningbo Airport
4 kilometers to Ningbo downtown
15 kilometers to Dongqian Lake
18 kilometers to Ningbo Beilun Port
Near the municipal administrative center in plan

Main Industries

①High Technology Manufacturing Industries

●New Energy

The industry of new energy has been developing very well in the Zone. A completed co-operation pattern of manufacturing, learning and researching has been formed within the Zone. The enterprises as Ningbo GP Energy Co.,Ltd. which is undertaking the project of lithium batteries, and Ningbo Solar Electric Power Co., Ltd. which is undertaking the project of solar batteries have become the most significant support for the Zone’s new energy industry. By far, there’re totally 14 enterprises of this field located in Ningbo City.

●Semiconductor and Photoelectricity

In Photoelectricity field, a developing industrial chain has been formed in Ningbo City, and it plays an important role at the downstream application processes in domestic market. The Zone has aggregated such internationally competitive enterprises like Ningbo Self Electronics Co.,Ltd., Sunpu-Opto Semiconductor Ltd. etc. The Zone is also a great industrial base for semiconductor, it has introduced tens of well known enterprises and organizations as Ningbo IC Designing Center CAS, Minxi Microelectronic Co.,Ltd., Daily Silver IMP Microelectronics Co.,Ltd, etc.

②High Tech Service Industries

●R& D, and Designing

Ningbo Hi-Tech Zone has aggregated tens of nation level scientific resources and highly ranked engineering centers of enterprises, including 15 nation level scientific units or corresponding branches as Ningbo Material Technology & Engineering CAS, Ningbo Branch of Ordnance Science Institute China, and Sinopec Ningbo Engineering Company Limited; 76 city level scientific units as Ningbo IC Designing Center CAS, Microsoft Technology Center; and 145 company engineering centers. There’re about 28,000 of all kinds scientific talents working and living in the Zone including 3000 doctors and masters which make the zone a regional aggregation base for talented people.

●Headquarter Base

The advantageous location, atmosphere of innovation, well completed industrial support facilities and comparatively low business cost make Ningbo Hi-Tech Zone an ideal place for developing headquarters of scientific enterprises. High technology industries develop so fast in the Zone that in 2006, the production value of hi-tech products hit 196 billion Yuan. Quite a few leading companies came into being, which created basic developing conditions for attracting Ningbo local companies to set up their headquarters in the Zone.

●Software

The industry of software has been developing very fast in the Zone. The Zone’s registered software products have reached 180, which occupies 60% of those registered in the whole city. Ningbo Software Park, located at the core area of the Zone and with completed support facilities, is the aggregation core place for Ningbo Software industry. The introduction of Software Institute of Zhejiang University Ningbo annually brings 500 excellent software talents for the zone. The frequent business transactions, developed private economy create great demands for ERP management, logistic, and e-business, The industry has become a significant strategic industry for Ningbo City and the government attached great importance to it.

Contact
NINGBO HI-TECH INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE 
THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE OF
NINGBO HI-TECH INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE 
ADD: 599 Jiangnan RD.,Ninbo,China
Tel: 86-574-87901663    87901954
Fax: 86-574-87901409
Zip: 315040
Http:www.nbhtp.gov.cn