Yangling Agricultural High-Tech Industries Demonstration Zone

More than 4000 years ago, it was here in Yangling that Houji-agricultural ancestor of the Chinese nation taught the people how to grow crops and to learn cultivation techniques of five cereals and established a precedent of the Chinese farming civilizations.

In 1934, it was here in Yangling that Mr. Yu Youren and General Yang Hucheng, et al. initiated to establish the earliest agricultural institution of higher learning -"the National Northwestern Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry" in the northwestern areas in China.

In July 1997, approved of by the state council, Yangling became only one of National Grade of Agriculture High-Tech industry demonstration Zone.

In July 2000, Yangling Demonstration Zone was approved of by the state as the open-up scientech industrial park for China to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).

Yangling Demonstration Zone covers a total areas of 94 km2, and under its jurisdiction, there is Yangling district (county level), with a total population of 136,000. The planned area of the newly-constructed zone is 22.12 km2, consisting of such 7 functional districts as agro-science garden district, modern agricultural and rural construction demonstration garden district, agricultural high-tech industrial garden district, agricultural comprehension garden district, agricultural intermediate experiment garden district, living service garden district and agricultural sight-seeing and recreation belt, etc.

Yangling Demonstration Zone enjoys each item of preferential policies set for national high-tech industrial development zones at the state level and the policies inclining to and backing agriculture as well as each item of preferential policies set for developing the western areas in China. The administrative Committee of Yangling Demonstration Zone is the agency under the direct levels and provincial economic management right as well as part of provincial administrative right.

For 5 years since its establishment, Yangling Demonstration Zone has developed so rapidly that the fixed asset investments completed have been 1.56 billion RBM yuan. The synchronous development of high-tech industries and infrastructure construction has been on the high starting point and high standard requirements in construction. Accordingly, Water Sports Center , Yangling International Exhibition and Convention Center, Thermal Power Plant and Yangling Information Port with highly speed breadth bands, etc. have been completed in succession so that the city framework has been initially formed. Also, a batch of the important high scie-tech projects with the international advanced standards, and having self-independent intellectual properties have settled in Yangling one after another so that an industrial pattern with the fine crop variety and animal breed breeding, manufacturing of water-saving irrigation equipment, bioengineering, pharmaceutical production, agriculturally-used chemical industry and agro-production, agro-products integrated processing as the representative undertakings has been initially formed. As a result, eco-city and industrial city with functions of having innovation spirit and bringing about the motivation, radiation and demonstration is gradually being turned into reality in this beautiful environment with complete functions and full of business opportunities.

Hompage of Yangling Agricultural High-Tech Industries Demonstration Zone:

Chinese:  http://www.ylagri.gov.cn/

English:   http://61.150.65.202/english/index1.htm

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