National Torch High-tech Industrial Development Zone of Zhongshan (Zhongshan Torch Zone) is a state level industrial development zone approved by the State Council of China. Situated in the center of the Pearl River Delta, Zhongshan Torch Zone covers an area of 70 square kilometers. The population in the Zone is about 200 thousand, with a residential population of about 80 thousand.

Zhongshan Torch Zone is endowed with advantageous geographic location. To the east of Zhongshan Torch Zone is the Pearl River and across the sea are Shenzhen and Hong Kong. To the South are Zhuhai and Macao, to the north is Guangzhou, and to the west are Jiangmen and Foshan.

Zhongshan Torch Zone boasts of convenient transportation networks. By land, it takes about 45-75 minutes’ ride from Zhongshan Torch Zone to the city centers of Zhuhai, Macao, Dongguan, Shenzhen, Jiangmen, Shunde, Guangzhou and Foshan. By water, it takes about 80 minutes from Zhongshan Port to Hong Kong by hydrofoil, and 70 minutes to Hong Kong International Airport. Ranked as one of China’s Top Ten Container Ports in cargo handling capacity, Zhongshan port handles over 700,000 containers with four million tons per year. By air, there are six airports in the vicinity of Zhongshan, within a radius of 90 kilometers.

 

Zhongshan Torch Zone is 12 km away from the downtown of Zhongshan City. Zhongshan City is one the first opened up coastal cities of China, and has gained multiple rewards and honors such as National Hygiene City, National Gardening City, National Environment Protection Model City, and UN’s Habitat Scroll of Honor Award, etc.

Zhongshan Torch Zone has become a prosperous investment land with excellent environment and complete facilities. More than 80 new enterprises invested here each year, and in 2004, Zhongshan Torch Zone realized 10 billion RMB GDP, and 60 billion industrial outputs, and 2 billion US dollar of accumulated Foreign Direct Investment.