The Zhuhai Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone is one of the first national hi-tech zones approved by the State Council in 1992. Covering about 420 sqkm (162 sq miles), it comprises a Main Park in Tangjiawan Town (northern Zhuhai); Nanping (Xiangzhou), Sanzao (Jinwan), Xinqing (Doumen), and Fushan (Doumen) Science & Technology parks; and Aviation (Jinwan) and Hengqin Hi-Tech & Sci-Tech R&D industrial parks.

The Main Park of 175 sqkm (68 sq miles) borders Zhongshan to the north, and faces Hong Kong and Shenzhen across the sea to the east. It is a major portal in Zhuhai having a convenient transportation network with the Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway, Guangdong West Coast Expressway, and Guangzhou-Zhuhai Intercity MRT passing through the area.

Currently, the park is developing three 10-billion-yuan ($1.54-billion) industrial clusters related to software and integrated circuits, bio-pharmaceutical and medical devices, and intelligent manufacturing and robotics. In addition, it is introducing and cultivating information and innovation industry, new-energy and smart grid, and digital economy industries.

The Hi-Tech Zone is vitalized with faculty and researchers from Sun Yat-sen University, BeijingNormal University, Beijing Institute of Technology, and Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College.

Southern Software Park [Photo courtesy Zhuhai National Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone]

The zone has clustered such high-level incubators and innovation platforms as the national-level Southern Software Park and Tsinghua Science Park, Tsinghua Innovation Center, Zhuhai Institute of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Southern Marine Science & Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai).

The establishment of international cooperation platforms like the Sino-Israeli Innovation Accelerator and China-Germany Artificial Intelligence Institute are evidence of deepened sci-tech cooperation between the zone and major innovation cities in Israel and Germany.

Total revenue of the zone's industrial parks exceeded 385 billion yuan in 2022, up 6.6 percent year-on-year, ranking 17th among 169 national hi-tech zones in terms of comprehensive strength.

A sampling of the many firms settled in the zone includes:

Switzerland-based ABB Group 

Jafron Biomedical     

Meizu Technology

Allwinner Technology

Biolight Meditech

Kingsoft Software     

Ygsoft Inc

Orbita Aerospace Science & Technology

Zhuhai Rossini Watch Industry

CYG Electric

Zhuhai Yunzhou Intelligence Technology

Empower Electric Systems