Technology district
Introduction
The District or Zone of economic and technological development (in Chinese: 国家级经济技术开发区, pinyin: Guójiā jí jīngjì jìshù kāifā qū, lit: District for national economic and technological exploitation) are special zones of the People's Republic of China where foreign direct investment (FDI) is encouraged. These are usually called areas of technological and economic development, or widely known just as a "development zone."
These nationwide programs began with the first special economic zones in three cities in 1978 as part of the Chinese economic reform and were extended to development zones in 14 cities in 1984. In 2006, 49 development zones already existed. The following is a list of development zones created since 2000.
There is another type of these special areas at the local level called Open Zones or Exploitation Zones (开发区) that function in a similar way, but are controlled by the provinces, which are counted as a subprefecture.
Development district (2000-2001)
• - Changsha Economic and Technological Development Zone, 2000.02.
• - Chengdu Economic and Technological Development Zone, 2000.02.
• - Guiyang Economic and Technological Development Zone, 2000.02.
• - Hefei Economic and Technological Development Zone, 2000.02.
• - Kunming Economic and Technological Development Zone, 2000.02.
• - Xi'an Economic and Technological Development Zone, 2000.02.
• - Zhengzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone, 2000.02.
• - Nanchang Economic and Technological Development Zone, 2000.04.
• - Shihezi for Economic and Technological Development Zone, 2000.04.
• - Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone, 2000.04.
• - Hohhot Economic and Technological Development Zone, 2000.07.
• - Xining Economic and Technological Development Zone, 2000.07.
• - Nanning Economic and Technological Development Zone, 2001.05.
• - Taiyuan Economic and Technological Development Zone, 2001.06.
• - Yinchuan Economic and Technological Development Zone, 2001.07.
• - Lhasa Economic and Technological Development Zone, 2001.09.