Established in 1986, the Shanghai Minhang Economic & Technological Development Zone was one of the first fourteen state-level development zones in China, approved by the State Council. Located in the southwest of Shanghai, the development zone covers 3.5 km2 as a whole, 2.13 km2 of which is its first phase and 1.37 km2 is the second. After 17-year efforts, the zone has been built into a modern industrial park featuring in mechanics & electronics, bio-pharmaceutics and light industry products.

　　Minhang Development Zone belongs to a mini zone, but the ratio of the infrastructure input to created economic benefit (real tax) is 1:20. The annual sales income is over 8 billion yuan per square km of the industrial land-use in the zone and ranks the top in various development zones in China.

　　The zone lays emphasis on the international philosophy of simultaneous development of ecology, investment environment and regional development. So far, the integral road network, various underground pipeline network system, including sewage pipes, water supply pipes, as well as power supply and transmission systems have been formed.