Jiaxing Economic and Technological Development Zone

General Profile

Jiaxing is located at the junction of Zhejiang province , Jiangsu province and Shanghai. 90 km from Shanghai to the northeast, southwest 90 kilometers away from hangzhou, the north is 70 km from suzhou, 40 kilometers southeast of jiaxing port, located in the most economic vitality in China's Yangtze river delta and the center of the eastern coastal economic belt and advantageous geographical position. Located in the center of Yangtze River Delta Region, with a coverage of 3915 km2, Jiaxing has two districts, three county-level cities and two counties with a population of 4.61 million.

Jiaxing logos:

  • Birthplace of CPC
  • Demonstration area in comprehensive integration with Shanghai
  • Project permanent venue for World Internet Conference
  • Pilot city for national multiple planning integration
  • Pilot city for China sponge city
  • International pilot city on sustainable urban development 

Jiaxing economic and technological development zone is located in jiaxing city downtown area, is a typical city development zone, founded in August 1992, is the first batch of zhejiang provincial government approved by the provincial economic development zone, in March 2010, upgraded to state-level economic and technological development zone by the state council for approval.

By the end of 2017, more than 40 countries and regions nearly 620 foreign enterprises have invested In Jiaxing, including 35 Fortune 500 enterprises.

Leading Industries

Auto industry 
50+ auto parts enterprises, including Borgwald, ZF Transmission, Hella Lighting, Tokai Rubber & Itochu Precision, Murakami Rearview, Hexas Precision, JFE Precision Steel Tube, Hankook Tire, Lotte Chemical, ZM Auto Parts,etc.

Equipment manufacturing
30+ precision machinery enterpreises, including Lego, Philips, Hennecke, Krauss Maffei, RPC, CENTROTEC, BDR, Hardinge, Katsushiro, Okura,Mitsubishi-Hitachi, Plaston Precision, etc.

High-end food processing
30+ food processing enterprises, including Mars Food, Abbott Nutrition, Hormel, BreadTalk, Monin, GELATO, Kapal Api, Lion, etc.

Developed Transportation Network

High-speed Railway

to Shanghai

75 km

25 min

to Hangzhou

75 km

23 min

Highway

to highway Entrance

5 km

10 min

to Shanghai

90 km

60 min

to Hangzhou

85 km

60 min

Airport

to Shanghai Hongqiao Airport

90 km

60 min

to Shanghai Pudong Airport

120 km

75 min

to Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport

90 km

60 min

Port

to Jiaxing Port

30 km

to Shanghai Port

130 km

to Ningbo Port

250 km

to Yangshan Port

70 km

Human Resources

Jiaxing is the Sub centre of technological innovation in Zhejiang with 39 Research Platforms, such as:

Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University and Zhejiang institute of applied technology of Chinese academy of sciences. 10 universities and colleges, 21 technical vocational schools fill annually 20,000 graduates into local talents pool. So far 161“National Thousand Talents”experts 136“Provincial Thousand Talents experts has worked and resided in Jiaxing.

The dual system has been introduced and applied through Sino-German vocational education cooperation between Jiaxing Technician Institutes and 2025 Sino-German Vocational Education Cooperation Alliance, DVET International Education Group.

As pioneer in one-stop service reform to shorten and simplify the approval procedure, Jiaxing rank No.2 in the comprehensive examination of all the state level economic development area four years in succession.

Integration with Shanghai

On March 29th, 2017, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Government Office issued "On the consent of the establishment of Jiaxing as demonstration area of the full-scale convergence with Shanghai". That’s why Jiaxing is now widely recognized as the "New Xiongan" in the Yangtze River Delta.

Main measures:

  • Shanghai and Jiaxing Medical Insurance linked by One Card (start in Dec 2016)
  • Shanghai and Jiaxing public transportation accessed by One Bus Card (start in Dec 2016)
  • Initiate the shuttle train from Shanghai South Station to Jiaxing Downtown Station
  • Initiate construction of highspeed railway passing Pudong Airport, Disneyland, Jiaxing South station
  • Jiaxing Civil-Military dual use airport will operate in 2019, the 3rd airport of Shanghai.

Zhejiang Sino-German Industrial Park resides in the core area of JXEDZ with the best industrial foundation and fastest development. The Park enjoys unique transportation advantage and complete supporting facilities. Total planned area 4.04 km2.

Majiabang Healthy Food Town with a total area of 3.05 km2 located in southwest part of Jiaxing city center, close to the bus terminal and Majiabang EXIT of G15W Highway.