DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of The Survey of China¡¯s Innovative Hi-tech Development Zones to their offering.

With the establishment of the Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park, (abbreviated as Zhongguancun hereafter) in 1988 at the beginning, China¡¯s Hi-Tech Development Zones (HTDZs), after 20 years¡¯ development, have gradually entered a mature development period.

With the unprecedented economical prosperity and the significant impact of information technology, HTDZs faces both new opportunities and new challenges. In China, the traditional Science and Technology Park programming method can not satisfy the demand of the new economical situation, therefore it is necessary to introduce new thoughts and new methods to deal with the challenges, while at the same time seizing the development opportunities.

Faced with the increasingly fierce competition in the economic globalization era, independent innovations now have been elevated to national strategy, for the biggest developing country, China. In 2007, ¡°China's Hi-Tech Development Zones eleventh five-year plan outline¡± (hereinafter abbreviated as Outline) was formulated and promulgated, marking the coming of a new development stage of HTDZs, with clearer targets. According to the ¡°Outline¡±, the development of HTDZ should follow ¡°Six Principles¡±, realize ¡°Five Changes¡±, achieve ¡°Four Promotions¡± and build up ¡°Three Types of Zones¡± within the Eleventh Five-Year period.

The report The Survey of China¡¯s Hi-tech Development Zone delivers valuable decision-making consultancy about the layout of the Technological Park. It targets related government department, investors, land agents, the layout and administrant bureau of the Technological Zone, and other organizations and people who are interested in the construction and operation of the Technological Zone¡¯s layout.