The planned upgrading area of Heyuan High-tech Zone is 9. 198 square kilometers, with Dongjiang in the east, Lanba in the south, National Highway 205 and Guangdong-Jiangxi Expressway in the west and Shi Xia and Fengguang Village in the north. Regarding the upgrading of Heyuan High-tech Zone to National High-tech Zone, Secretary of Heyuan Municipal Party Committee He stressed that upgrading to National High-tech Zone is not only great news, but also a higher requirement and responsibility. High-tech zones are required to pay attention to and serve "three types of enterprises" such as leading enterprises, high-growth enterprises and high-tech enterprises, and constantly improve Heyuan's research and development capabilities and competitiveness.
As of last year, there were 1 13 national high-tech zones in China, including 9 in Guangdong Province. Heyuan High-tech Zone, newly approved as a "state-level", achieved a total industrial output value of 42.96 billion yuan last year, an increase of 22%. The industrial added value was 8.09 billion yuan, up by 23.4%. Last year, it was rated as "excellent" in the assessment of Guangdong Industrial Park, becoming the only provincial-level demonstration industrial park in the province 15 that won this honor for four consecutive years. At present, 17 enterprises in this area have been awarded the title of national high-tech enterprises, and more than 8 enterprises will successfully declare national high-tech enterprises this year.