Harbin Economic-Technological Development Zone

Harbin Economic-Technological Development Zone

Harbin Economic-Technological Development Zone, established in June 1991 upon approval from the Heilongjiang government, was among the first batch of State-level development zones approved by the State Council in April 1993. Local government merged the management institutions of Harbin Economic-Technological Development Zone and its high-tech zone into one in December 2001 to reinforce their complementary advantages. 

By the end of 2006, construction on the zone's 30.7-square-kilometer planning area reached completion. The development zone has grown into an industrial cluster for high-end equipment manufacturing, green food and the new generation of information technology. Emerging industries such as cultural creativity, biotechnology, and modern logistics and e-commerce are thriving in the zone. 

After 20 years of improvement, its regional functions have been perfected as its economic strength rises rapidly. It has attracted a number of renowned enterprises from around the world to invest and start businesses in the zone, and has become one of the fastest growing zones in China. In 2017, its gross domestic product reached 110 billion yuan ($15.85 billion), up 6.7 percent year-on-year, ranking ninth among 219 national economic-technological development zones in comprehensive development assessment.

Industrial concentration area

The modern and internationalized industrial demonstration area features high-end equipment (including aviation, automobile and agricultural machinery), green food processing and next-generation information technology industrial parks.

Business concentration area

The zone's business concentration area has become Harbin's headquarters economy base, with the introduction of headquarters for enterprises involved with petroleum, electricity, telecommunications and agricultural reclamation, as well as multinational companies, international technology research and development centers, industrial design centers, entrepreneurship centers and incubators.