In January 2007, with the approval of the State Council, it was upgraded to a National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone.Bordered by Ningbo’s deep-water port to the east, the Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway to the south, downtown Ningbo to the west, and the Hangzhou Bay Cross-Sea Bridge to the north, the High-Tech Zone serves as a key platform for Ningbo’s development as an innovative city and a hub for scientific and technological innovation in the southern wing of the Yangtze River Delta. It has attracted 145 scientific research and development institutions, including the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Ningbo Branch of the Academy of Military Sciences, the Ningbo Center for Integrated Circuit Design of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Microsoft Technology Center in Ningbo, and the TRW Asia-Pacific Technology Center;It has attracted more than 2,000 enterprises of various types, including Sanyo (Japan), Eaton (U.S.), Nippon IMP Microelectronics, Shengpu Optoelectronics, and Yongxin Optics;It has established high-quality “incubators” such as the Ningbo Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Center and the Zhejiang University Science and Technology Innovation Center, with a total floor area of 250,000 square meters, and has attracted 28,000 science and technology professionals. It has now developed into a digital, eco-friendly new science and technology district featuring convenient transportation, seamless information flow, comprehensive supporting facilities, complete functions, a concentration of talent, and a beautiful environment.