Through establishing innovative talent structure, capital structure and industrial organization, 56 national hi-tech zones in China have become the “strategic highland” for scientific and technological innovation, whose sales revenue of new products has accounted for 30% of the total revenue. Under the serious impact of the financial crisis, these hi-tech zones have shown a strong trend of “contrarian growth”, which drives the rapid development of regional and local economy.

It was learned from National High-tech Zone Development Strategy Forum held in Guiyang on August 24 that in 2009 the output value of new products of hi-tech zones reached RMB1.84371t and its sales revenue was RMB1.90701t, accounting for 30.4% of the total sales revenue. The income per capita of the 56 national high-tech zones reached RMB1.003m, with an increase of RMB72,000 over the previous year; the gross industrial output value per capita amounted to RMB780,000; the net income per capita was RMB57,000; the export volume per capita was USD2.6.