Chongqing Liangjiang New Area

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The Liangjiang New Area is China's first inland national-level new area. It was approved by the State Council as a national-level development area in May 2010. It covers an area of 1,200 square kilometers, including the Jiangbei, Yubei and Beibei districts.The new area is working towards becoming an inland gateway for opening-up and an intelligent city, as well as striving to become a leading area for high-quality development and a demonstration area for high-quality living. Liangjiang has formed two 100-billion-yuan-level ($15.46 billion) pillar industries in the automobile and electronic information sectors. It has also created several emerging industrial clusters focused on equipment manufacturing and biomedicine, as well as a service industry system supported by finance, logistics, service trade, commerce, tourism and expos.The area has also seen significant achievements in big data and intellectualization development by constructing the Liangjiang Coordinative Zone, Lijia Intelligent Park and Liangjiang Digital Economy Industrial Park. It has attracted 320 R&D platforms above the municipal level, 40 incubators for innovation and startups, 507 high-tech enterprises and 2,219 scientific and technological enterprises, including Du Xiaoman Financial Ltd, SGMW.Liangjiang's open economy development ranks among the top in Chongqing. By developing opening-up platforms such as Guoyuan Port, Lianglu Cuntan Free Trade Port Area, Chongqing International Expo Center, Jiangbeizui Central Business District and Cuntan International New Town, Liangjiang is home to half of Chongqing's Fortune Global 500 companies and has contributed to two-thirds of Chongqing's cross-border e-commerce trade.Liangjiang, which takes scientific and technological innovation as its top priority, is currently home to over 40 research institutes, 600 high-tech enterprises, 3,000 technology-based firms and more than 6,000 digital economy corporations, according to statistics collected by the end of 2021.

Chongqing Liangjiang New Area

重庆两江新区

The Liangjiang New Area is China's first inland national-level new area. It was approved by the State Council as a national-level development area in May 2010. It covers an area of 1,200 square kilometers, including the Jiangbei, Yubei and Beibei districts.