Kunming High-tech Industrial Development Zone
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The Kunming High-tech Industrial Development Zone (KMHNZ), is a state-level high-tech industrial zone established in 1992 in Northwest Kunming
Kunming
' is the capital and largest city of Yunnan Province in Southwest China. It was known as Yunnan-Fou until the 1920s. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of Yunnan, and is the seat of the provincial government...

, Yunnan Province, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

. It is administratively under Kunming Prefecture. It has covers an area of 9 square kilometers. KMHNZ is located in the northwest part of Kunming city, with 4 kilometers from Kunming Railway Station
Kunming Railway Station
Kunming Railway Station is a railway station serving the city of Kunming, Yunnan, China. It is located about 4 kilometers from the city center.-Connections:...

, 5 kilometers from Kunming International Airport.

Yunnan province
Yunnan
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...

 has rich deposits of phosphorus
Phosphorus
Phosphorus is the chemical element that has the symbol P and atomic number 15. A multivalent nonmetal of the nitrogen group, phosphorus as a mineral is almost always present in its maximally oxidized state, as inorganic phosphate rocks...

, salt
Salt
In chemistry, salts are ionic compounds that result from the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base. They are composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically neutral...

, aluminum, copper
Copper
Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29. It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is soft and malleable; an exposed surface has a reddish-orange tarnish...

, lead
Lead
Lead is a main-group element in the carbon group with the symbol Pb and atomic number 82. Lead is a soft, malleable poor metal. It is also counted as one of the heavy metals. Metallic lead has a bluish-white color after being freshly cut, but it soon tarnishes to a dull grayish color when exposed...

, zinc
Zinc
Zinc , or spelter , is a metallic chemical element; it has the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is the first element in group 12 of the periodic table. Zinc is, in some respects, chemically similar to magnesium, because its ion is of similar size and its only common oxidation state is +2...

, tin
Tin
Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn and atomic number 50. It is a main group metal in group 14 of the periodic table. Tin shows chemical similarity to both neighboring group 14 elements, germanium and lead and has two possible oxidation states, +2 and the slightly more stable +4...

 and is famous for its production of Yunnan tea, coffee
Coffee
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...

, rubber
Rubber
Natural rubber, also called India rubber or caoutchouc, is an elastomer that was originally derived from latex, a milky colloid produced by some plants. The plants would be ‘tapped’, that is, an incision made into the bark of the tree and the sticky, milk colored latex sap collected and refined...

, and tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...

. Kunming's key industries draw on these resources to manufacture steel
Steel
Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...

, non-ferrous metal
Non-ferrous metal
In metallurgy, a non-ferrous metal is a metal that is not ferrous, that is, any metal, including alloys, that does not contain iron in appreciable amounts...

s, building materials, chemicals, diesel engine
Diesel engine
A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber...

s and machine tool
Machine tool
A machine tool is a machine, typically powered other than by human muscle , used to make manufactured parts in various ways that include cutting or certain other kinds of deformation...

s. In the past few years, the traditional economy has diversified
Diversification
Diversification may refer to:* Diversification involves spreading investments* Diversification is a corporate strategy to increase market penetration...

 through growth of advanced technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...

 industries such as biotech, optoelectronics
Optoelectronics
Optoelectronics is the study and application of electronic devices that source, detect and control light, usually considered a sub-field of photonics. In this context, light often includes invisible forms of radiation such as gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet and infrared, in addition to visible light...

, and information technologies. Many of these industries are located in the Kunming High-tech Industrial Development Zone. These key industries accounted for 80% of the Kunming's USD 9.3 billion gross industrial output value in 2004, which was a 26% increase over 2003.

Incubators, Sub-zones and Sub-parks

Incubators, high tech parks and industrial zones inside Kunming High Tech Industrial Development Zone are:
  • Kunming Power Equipment Industrial Base
  • State Level Kunming Pioneering Service Center
  • State Level Yunnan Software Park
  • State Level Yunnan University
    Yunnan University
    Yunnan University is one of the largest and most prestigious universities in Yunnan province, China. Its main campuses are located in the provincial capital city of Kunming...

     Science Park
  • Yunnan Pioneering Park for Returned Overseas Scholar
  • Kunming Modern Bio-medicine Industrial Park
  • State Level Yunnan High & New Product Export Center
  • Kunming Public Bonded Warehouse
  • Bio-tech Innovative Park
  • Yunnan New Material Incubator
  • Yunnan Kunming Production Force Promotion Center
  • and others.

Companies and Industry Structure

As of 2007, Kunming High Tech Industrial Development Zone has hosted 3,165 companies including 1 company with an annual turnover of 10 billion Yuan
Renminbi
The Renminbi is the official currency of the People's Republic of China . Renminbi is legal tender in mainland China, but not in Hong Kong or Macau. It is issued by the People's Bank of China, the monetary authority of the PRC...

. Investors come from more than 25 countries and regions such as US, Russia, UK, France, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong and Taiwan etc. In 2007, Kunming High Tech Industrial Development Zone got a total income of 46.3 billion Yuan and an industrial output of 40.8 billion Yuan.

Four pillar industries at Kunming High Tech Industrial Development Zone are biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...

 and biomedicine
Biomedicine
Biomedicine is a branch of medical science that applies biological and other natural-science principles to clinical practice,. Biomedicine, i.e. medical research, involves the study of physiological processes with methods from biology, chemistry and physics. Approaches range from understanding...

 industry, electronic
Electronic information industry in China
The electronic information industry in China grew rapidly after the liberalization of the economy under the national strategic policy of accelerating the "informatization" of its industrial development....

 & information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

, Opto-Mechtronics and new materials industry.

The new materials industry, led by new type metal materials, organic functional polyer materials and materials surface engineering technology, takes a share of 65% among the overall industry output of Kunming High Tech Industrial Development Zone. Flagship companies in new material industry including Yunnan Copper Ltd, Sino Platinum Metal Ltd, Yunnan Reascend Science and Technology Ltd have formed an industrial cluster based on Yunnan National Rare Metal Manufacturing Base.

The biology and bio-medicine industry, led by Kunming Pharmaceutical Corporation, Dihon Pharmaceutical Ltd, Kunming Jida Pharmaceutical Ltd, Institute of Medical Biology of CAMS and Miaosen Biology ltd, takes a share of 25% among the overall industry output of Kunming High Tech Industrial Development Zone.

Opto-Mechtronics industry, led by Yunnan Nantian Electronics Information Ltd, Yunnan Transformer Electric Ltd, North Night Vision Technology Limited Company, Kunming Jin An Li Information Technology Ltd and Kunming Yun Jin Di Geo-information Ltd, takes a share of 7% among the overall industry output of Kunming High Tech Industrial Development Zone.

See also

  • Kunming Economic and Technology Development Zone
    Kunming Economic and Technology Development Zone
    The Kunming Economic and Technology Development Zone , is a state-level economic development zone established on February 13, 2000 in East Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. It is administratively under Kunming Prefecture...

  • Hekou Border Economic Cooperation Zone
    Hekou Border Economic Cooperation Zone
    Hekou Border Economic Cooperation Zone is a Chinese State Council-approved Industrial Park based in Hekou County, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan, China, founded in 1993 and was established to promote trade between China and Vietnam...

  • Ruili Border Economic Cooperation Zone
    Ruili Border Economic Cooperation Zone
    Ruili Border Economic Cooperation Zone is a Chinese State Council-approved Industrial Park based in Ruili City, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan, China, founded in 1992 and was established to promote trade between China and Myanmar...

  • Wanding Border Economic Cooperation Zone
    Wanding Border Economic Cooperation Zone
    Wanding Border Economic Cooperation Zone is a Chinese State Council-approved Industrial Park based in Wanding Town, Ruili City, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan, China, founded in 1992 and was established to promote trade between China and Myanmar. The zone spans 6 km sq...

  • Economic and Technological Development Zones
    Economic and Technological Development Zones
    The China National Economic and Technological Development Zones are the special areas of the People's Republic of China where foreign direct investment is encouraged...


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