A bird's-eye view of the Jinyi Lake Sci-tech Hub in Jinyi district, Jinhua, Zhejiang province. [Photo/Tide News]
The Jinyi Lake Sci-tech Hub in Jinyi district, Jinhua, Zhejiang province was recently unveiled.
The hub, which cost 6.19 billion yuan ($855.53 million) to build, undertakes functions such as scientific and technological innovation research and development, higher education incubation, and intelligent manufacturing.
The hub is home to an array of scientific and technological platforms including the Jinhua Institute of Zhejiang University and the Zhejiang Chinese Medical University Jinhua Research Institute.
Authorities have also leveraged its natural resources, including hills, waters, forests and lakes, to build support facilities such as a park and an electric surfing experience, as well as other aquatic sports facilities to improve the working environment.
The sci-tech hub is playing a pivotal role in advancing the district’s high-quality development, with investment in high-tech industries increasing by 60 percent year-on-year and the added value of strategic emerging industries growing by 33.5 percent year-on-year during the first two months of this year.
The export volume of foreign trade enterprises reached 2.63 billion yuan over the same period, an 11.07 percent increase year-on-year.
