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Torch Hi-tech Industrial Park

Torch Hi-tech Industrial Park is developed and managed by a public-listed company---"Jonjee Hi-tech". It covers the total area of 5.3 square km with complete infrastructure. Jonjee Hi-tech Company helps the enterprises with the formalities of project application, staff recruitment, and export & import business and so on. "Guangdong Model Industrial Park with Excellent Practice" was awarded to Torch Hi-tech Industrial Park in 2002 and "Model Park of Zhongshan city" to it in 2003. Nowadays, a batch of multinational conglomerate companies has invested here, including Kao, Canon, Formatest, Meiko, Volex and Shipley. The total industrial output value reached 19.1 billion yuan (current price) in 2006.

With superior location, excellent facilities, preferential policies and pragmatic & efficient services, many renowned enterprises have settled down in the Zone, such as ThyssenKrupp, Canon, Casio, Sumetomo, Toshiba, Wistron, and Merck Apotec. There were over 1000 enterprises (registered over the years) from nearly 20 countries and regions in the Zone in 2006.

At the same time, in order to meet the needs of the fast emergence of scale economy and comply with the large-scale industrial system in future, the Torch Zone has adopted a high standard to restructure and expand five high quality industrial parks sine 2001, including the Electronics & IT Park, Torch Hi-tech Industrial Park, Packaging & Printing Industrial Park, Health Technology Park and China Technological Model Base (Zhongshan) of Industry. In 2002, a 20-sq-km Linhai Industrial Park was planned to support the implementation of the development strategy for the eastern coastal area of Zhongshan. In 2006, Torch Development Zone newly set up the following five industrial parks: Yangxi Industrial Park, Southeastern Green Industrial Park. China Green Healthful Food Industrial Base, LiYu Industrial Park and Technology Industrial Belt.

http://www.zstorch.gov.cn/en_new/torch_detail.asp?pid=3&tid=30

Tianjin Hi-tech Industrial Park

TIANJIN is North China's biggest industrial and commercial city, and is economic center of the Bohai Bay area. It is also a comprehensive trade port, encompassing the largest container wharf in North China. An old industrial base, the city has convenient transportation, the latest technology and ample human resources.

The arrival of hi-tech in the late 1980s made Tianjin's municipal leaders aware that industrialization of high technologies was vital to sustained development of the local economy. Consequently, in 1988 they authorized establishment of the Tianjin Hi-tech Industrial Park (Tianjin Hi-tech). The park was among the first group of national-level hi-tech industrial development zones approved by the State Council in 1991. It was not until 1997 when Pang Jinhua became its chief administrator, however, that Tianjin Hi-tech began to flourish at the rate of at least one enterprise per day entering the park. Over the past five years, 3,000 enterprises have joined Tianjin Hitech.

http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/English/e20034/tianjin.htm