Sino-Swiss Zhenjiang Ecological Industrial Park

Born from the harbor and flourished by the Yangtze River, Zhenjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone (ZETDZ) was founded in 1992 and upgraded to a national ETDZ in 2010. Located on the east side of Zhenjiang downtown area, ZETDZ has a total area of 228 km² and a permanent resident population of 280,000. The location offers superior transportation resources: it is surrounded by three airports and connected by three highways, railroads and bridges. A multi-dimensional transportation network has been formed. Adjacent to Shanghai and Nanjing metropolitan circles, as a core area of the integrated development of Yangtze River Delta and Yangtze River Strategic Economic Belt, ZETDZ has attracted a total FDI of USD 10 billion in the past 30 years and more than 30 Fortune 500 companies have settled here. In the year 2024, local GDP reached CNY 91 billion and GDP per capita was USD 46,800.

ZETDZ has established its own pillar industries, the so-called “4+1”, which are New Energy, New Materials, Aviation and Aerospace, Life Science, and Intelligent Manufacturing. There are more than 20 German companies that have set up operations here, including chemical giants such as BASF and Evonik, as well as family-owned Hidden Champions like Gerresheimer and Straub. Moreover, ZETDZ has attracted other European companies such as Shell, Total, Sandvik, Solvay, Clariant, Araymond, etc. There will be a liaison team who are proficient in English and German, providing consulting service for AHK member companies. The team will be responsible for communicating with different local departments, such as Commerce Bureau, Reform and Development Commission, Environmental Protection Bureau, Natural Resources and Planning Bureau, and Tax Bureau to provide one-stop services from commercial registration and investment approval to bank account opening, finance & HR consulting. ZETDZ will offer a range of preferential policies such as construction subsidies, rental exemption, foreign paid-in capital reward, operation reward, and talent program etc., with details to be discussed.

There are more than 10 universities and colleges in Zhenjiang which contribute roughly 100,000 graduates to the job market.

ZETDZ will offer efficient services & innovative integrated management; over 80% of issues can be solved online with non-meeting approval. By integrating its internal resources, regional shared assessments are innovatively implemented. ZETDZ has been the pioneer of issuing construction permit and land certificate at the same time, in order to achieve an efficient district through “the least number of approval matters, the highest efficiency, the strongest innovation and entrepreneurial vitality”.