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Zhongguancun Science Park

Location Administrative Committee of Zhongguancun Science Park 73 Yuhui Building , Fucheng Road Haidian , Beijing , 100142 China
Contact Details Contact : London Office of Zhongguancun Science Park Address : 66 Ashbourne Road , London W5 3DJ Tel : + 44 ( 0 ) 20 83549199 Email : London @ zgc . gov . cn Email : jianfangcheng100 @ gmail . com
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What is Zhongguancun Science Park ? Zhongguancun Science Park is one of the technology centres in the world and is growing fast . Over the last two decades , Zhongguancun has gathered nearly 20,000 high- and new-tech enterprises , as for example Lenovo and Baidu , and has formed a high and new-tech industrial cluster featuring electronic information , biomedicine , energy and environmental protection , new materials , advanced manufacturing , aerospace engineering , R & D and service .
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Zhongguancun Science Park attaches great importance to the exchange of information and strategic cooperation with other science parks . Zhongguancun Science Park now has 10 overseas offices : in Silicon Valley , Washington , Tokyo , Toronto and London etc , whose purpose is to strengthen the relationship with overseas Chinese students and scholars , foreign institutions and high technology enterprises , and to attract talents and resources within technology , capital , information and marketing , etc .
Zhongguancun Science Park has developed to “ The Zhongguancun National Demonstration Zone ” which dates back to the “ Zhongguancun Electronics Street ” in the early 1980s . In May 1988 , the State Council approved the establishment of the Beijing New Technology Industrial Development Trial Zone . Thus Zhongguancun became the first high-tech park in China .
On March 13 , 2009 , the State Council approved the construction of the Zhongguancun National Demonstration Zone , and made the plan to expand Zhongguancun to a full science and technology innovation centre with global influence . Later the “ Development Plan Outline for Zhongguancun National Demonstration Zone ( 2011-2020 )” was launched by the State Council on Jan 26 , 2011 , marking a new starting point for Zhongguancun ’ s development .
Layout of Zhongguancun Science Park Zhongguancun Science Park covers 488 km 2 and is home to 16 parks , namely : Haidian , Fengtai , Changping , Electronics City , Yizhuang , Desheng , Yonghe , Shijingshan and Tongzhou Parks as well as the Daxing Biomedicine Industrial Base , etc .
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Layout of Zhongguancun Science Park
The Zhongguancun Science Town has strengthened institutional innovations , collected industrial innovation factors and mobilized universities , institutions and enterprises to promote collaborative innovations .
This town focuses on the construction of the “ Zhongguancun Life Science and New Material High-end Elements Accumulation and Development Zone ”, “ Zhongguancun Aerospace Technology International Port ”, as well as “ Zhongguancun Information Network Century Avenue ”. The Zhongguancun Science Town is designed to
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