Zhongguancun, the first national high-tech zone and independent innovation demonstration zone of China, has formed a development model featuring one zone and multiple parks after rounds of adjustment to its spatial structure. Progress has been made in the continuous reform of its subsidiary parks over the past two years. A total of 23 parks have been recognized as the first batch of distinctive Zhongguancun industrial parks through evaluation, including the Haidian Park, Changping Park, Yizhuang Park and eight other parks. These parks have achieved a combined annual output value of over CNY 700 billion.

To develop Zhongguancun into a new hub for the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, policies have been introduced to support AI development and application. An AI large language model industrial cluster has been planned with the Haidian Park as the core, reaching out to the Yizhuang Park and the Chaoyang Park. To accelerate the innovation-driven development of the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry, Beijing has made over 20 supporting policies and formed the general pattern of R&D in the north (Haidian Park and Changping Park) and production in the south (Daxing Park and Yizhuang Park). Daxing Park is supported to build China Pharmaceutical Valley, while Changping Park aims to form the Zhongguancun synthetic biomanufacturing industry cluster. In order to advance the agglomeration of high-end manufacturing, new energy, and new materials industries, a commercial aerospace action plan has been launched to support the development of Yizhuang Park and Haidian Park. Collaborative efforts are underway between the municipal and Yizhuang district governments to establish an autonomous driving demonstration zone in the Yizhuang Park and to create a general technology platform for humanoid robots. A UAV action plan has been released to develop a characteristic industrial park in collaboration with Yanqing District. Support has been given to Changping Park to establish an Energy Valley, to Daxing Park to foster the hydrogen energy industry, and to Fangshan Park to build a new energy storage industry cluster. Support has also been provided to Shunyi Park for the continuous development of third-generation semiconductor materials and aerospace materials, and to Fangshan Park for the industrialization of OLED materials, graphene, and chemical new materials.

Source: Beijing Evening News