List of Shanghai National Development Zones

Shanghai is home to 20 national development zones, which are special economic zones established by the Chinese government to attract foreign investment and promote economic development. These zones offer a number of incentives to businesses, including tax breaks, reduced regulations, and access to infrastructure and other resources.

The National Development Zones refer to the Economic and Technological development zones, Customs supervision Zones or Bonded zones, High-Tech industrial development zones, Tourism Zones, and others, which are approved by the State Council.

In 2018, the government published the China Development Zone Announcement List 2018. According to the List, there are 2543 Development Zones in China, including 552 National Development Zones and 1991 Provincial Development Zones.

A total of 20 National Development Zones in Shanghai are also included in the list, among them, 6 zones are National Economical and Technological Zones, 2 of them are National High-Tech Industrial Development Zones, 10 are National Customs supervision Zones and 2 are other Zones.

Types of China Development Zones

The National Economic and Technological Development Zone is the earliest development zone, The set function is to attract foreign investment, introduce advanced manufacturing industry, expand export and earn foreign exchange, and replace the import of advanced materials and parts. National Economic development zones give priority to coastal port cities and inland transport hub cities, which are generally transport hubs.

In 1984, China established the first batch of National Economic and Technological development zones in 14 coastal open cities, along the country’s southern coast as Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou, Xiamen, etc, acted as doorways for the government to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).

China National High Tech Industrial Development Zones, refer to National science and technology industrial parks approved by the China State Council. They usually select the places where colleges and universities, scientific research institutions gather and scientific research strength is strong.

The National Customs supervision Zones are Customs supervising areas, which are established at the national opening of the ports areas connected to a specific region, with the functions of porting, physical distribution, processing, and so on.

The other National Zones focus on Finance, Tourism, Cross-border Trading, etc.

List of Shanghai National Economy and Technology Zone

No. Zone Name Area (hectares) Focus Industries
1 Caohejing New Tech Zone

漕河泾新兴技术开发区

1330 Electronic Information; New Materials; Biomedicine
2 Honqiao Eco Tech Zone

虹桥经济技术开发区

65.2 Trade; Exhibition; International Arbitration
3 Minhang Eco Tech Zone

闵行经济技术开发区

1638 Equipment manufacturing; Electro-mechanic, Medicine
4 Jinqiao Eco Hi-Tech Zone

上海金桥经济技术开发区

2738 New Energy Vehicles; Robots
5 Shanghai Chemical Industry Zone

上海化学工业经济技术开发区

2940 Petro Chemical; New materials
6 Songjiang Eco-Tech Zone

松江经济技术开发区

5777 Equipment manufacturing; Integrated Circuit; New Materials

List of Shanghai National High-Tech Industrial Development Zones

No. Zone Name Area (hectares) Focus Industries
1 Zhangjiang High-Tech Industry Zone

张江高新技术产业开发区

4211.7 Electronic Information; Biomedicine; Opto-Mechatronics
2 Zizhu High-Tech Industry Zone

紫竹高新技术产业开发区

868.18 Integrated Circuit; Software;   New Energy; Aviation

List of Shanghai National Customs Supervision Zones

No. Zone Name Area (hectares) Focus Industries
1 Caohejing Export Processing Zone

上海漕河泾出口加工区

300 Electronic Information; Logistics, Maintenance & Detection
2 Jiading Export Processing Zone

上海嘉定出口加工区

300 Manufacturing; Logistics; Automobile & Parts
3 Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone

上海外高桥保税区

1103  Export Processing; Logistics Storage; Bonded Commodity display and trading
4 Jinqiao Export Processing Zone

上海金桥出口加工区南区

280 New energy vehicle; Industrial Internet; Robot
5 Waigaoqiao Free Trade Logistic Zone

上海外高桥保税物流园区

103 Logistic; Trade
6 Yangshan Trade Zone

洋山保税港区

1416 Logistics; Trade; Equipment Manufacturing
7 Pudong Airport Bonded Zone

上海浦东机场综合保税区

359 Logistics; Trade
8 Songjiang Export Processing Zone B

上海松江出口加工区及B区

596 Electronic Information, Warehousing & Logistics, Trade
9 Qingpu Export Processing Zone

上海青浦出口加工区

300 Electronic Information; New Materials; Equipment Manufacturing
10 Minhang Export Processing Zone

上海闵行出口加工区

300 Logistics; Electronic Information; Equipment Manufacturing

List of Other Shanghai National Zones

No. Zone Name Area (hectares) Focus Industries
1 Lujiazui Finance Trading Zone

上海陆家嘴金融贸易区

3178 Finance; Shipping; Commercial Affairs; Cultural Tourism
2 Sheshan National Tourist Resort

上海佘山国家旅游度假区

6408 Tourism & Leisure, Business Services, Cultural Creativity

Why invest in a development zone?

The convenience of established infrastructure reserved land and one-stop services available in National development Zones simplify the process of entry into China.

There are lots of advantages to setting up a company in the National Development Zone. Below take High-Tech SMEs as an example.

High-Tech established enterprises can reduce or avoid the renting fee.

If the enterprise meets the certification requirements, registering in the National Development Zones will get a legally registered address.

Tax cuts and other concessions

Registering in the Zones will enjoy a tax refund policy. Generally, the tax refund policy of each zone makes no difference. The business tax returns 35%, of local income, and the value-added tax returns up to 7%.

Preferential policies

Shanghai is home to 20 national development zones, which are special economic zones established by the Chinese government to attract foreign investment and promote economic development. These zones offer a number of incentives to businesses, including tax breaks, reduced regulations, and access to infrastructure and other resources. However, registered enterprises have priority to obtain office or industrial land. Also, other government include Government fee discounts and financial funds that could be subsidized as support.

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