XHTZ, fertile ground for key & core technology

Xi'an High-tech Industries Development Zone (XHTZ) has gathered more than 70 percent of the high-end innovative resources and major scientific and technological innovations in Xi'an, providing support for the development of key & core technology.

At present, the key & core technology industry in XHTZ has formed a pattern of rapid development of new formats like new technologies, artificial intelligence, and smart manufacturing, led by information technology and optoelectronic chips.

A letter of thanks from Annie Joseph, a staff member of Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

A number of domestic and foreign well-known enterprises have settled in XHTZ, such as Alibaba, Samsung Electronics, Huawei, and ZTE, helping the zone attract more high end talents.

In addition, the zone has actively built a series of key and core technology towns, such as ZTE Science and Technology Town, 3D Printing Town, as well as Navigation Town.

The 2019 Xi'an High-Tech Zone Innovation Index was released at the 2019 Xi'an Global Key & Core Technology Conference, which showed that in the past five years, the zone has made great progress in its overall level of innovation and development.

The 2019 Xi'an Global Key & Core Technology Conference kicks off in XHTZ on Oct 30. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

In terms of the introduction of domestic investment quotas, XHTZ's explosive growth in the past two years is second only to Beijing Zhongguancun Science Park in the 10 national high-tech zones that create world-class high-tech parks.

This shows that XHTZ has become a source of scientific and technological innovation, as well as the high-tech transformation hub in West China.

The zone's proportion of high-tech industries and exports of technical services has continued to increase, reaching 95.49 percent in 2018.

Foreign attendees communicate with each other at the 2019 Xi'an Global Key & Core Technology Conference. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

XHTZ's high-quality development will also help Xi'an become a center of key & core technology, as well as build Xi'an into a national center city.