In 2011, Wuhan decided to build East Lake High-tech Zone into a "Capital Special Zone" with equity capitalization and intellectual capitalization, promoting industrial development through technological and financial innovation, promoting the construction of demonstration zones for independent innovation of East Lake, and speeding up the construction of the Wuhan Regional Financial Center. 

As an important carrier of the regional capital elements trading market, Optics Valley Capital Tower will establish supporting platforms for capital, industry, and service in accordance with the development mode of "government guidance, policy support, enterprise-oriented, and market operating".

Optics Valley Capital Tower (formerly Optics Valley Plaza) is located in the independent innovation core business district of East Lake, integrating capital transactions, property rights transfer, equity trustee, banking, securities, trust, fund, insurance, venture capital, intermediary services, consultation, and providing professional, standardized, and premium comprehensive support services. 

It is a center of finance, equity investment, and property rights trading as well as an innovation demonstration center that boosts the development of a modern finance service industry in Central China. 

Optics Valley Capital Tower, with a total construction area of 73,000 square meters, has four floors on the ground and an underground area with diversified functions. The Optics Valley Bookstore in the underground area is engaging in sales of different kinds of books, most of them in science and technology fields. The bookstore can serves as a venue for small meetings and salons

At present, there are more than 40 organizations providing financial support services such as East Lake High-tech Zone Science and Technology Financial Service Center, Wuhan Optics Valley United Assets and Equity Exchange, Wuhan Financial Asset Exchange, Hubei Environment Resource Exchange, Wuhan Equity Trust and Exchange Center, Bank of Communications' Luxiang Sub-branch, Hubei Bank, and Hankou Bank. 

Related financial service institutions will also be settled consecutively. Optics Valley Capital Tower has become an important service platform of scientific and financial innovation in the East Lake Capital Zone.