Dalian Hi-tech Zone ( or ) or DHZ (variant officially used spellings include Dalian High-tech Zone) is an

industrial district Industrial district concept was initially used by Alfred Marshall to describe some aspects of the industrial organisation of nations. Industrial district (ID) is a place where workers and firms, specialised in a main industry and auxiliary indus ...

in the western suburbs of

Dalian Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on ...

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmo ...

, China. It extends about 30 kilometres along Lüshun South Road and Guoshui Highway in Shahekou District and

Lüshunkou District Lüshunkou District (also Lyushunkou District; ) is a district of Dalian, Liaoning province, China. Also formerly called Lüshun City () or literally Lüshun Port (), it was formerly known as both Port Arthur (russian: Порт-Артур, transli ...

, where many of the world's multinational technology companies have operations.

History

The construction of DHZ started in 1991. Dalian Software Park was added in 1998. The second phase of Dalian Software Park kicked off in 2003 at the site of Dalian Ascendas IT Park, which officially opened in 2007. DHZ is often called "Lushun South Road Software Industry Belt".

IT parks in Dalian Hi-tech Zone

The whole area of Dalian Hi-tech Zone is under the oversight of the Dalian Hi-tech Industrial Zone Administrative Committee, but all parks therein are managed by private enterprises, except Dalian Hi-tech Zone and Animation Industry Base. From east to west, they are:

Dalian Software Park

* Name: Dalian Software Park () * Established: 1998 * Managed by Dalian Software Park Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Yida Group :Address: 1 Digital Square, Dalian, Liaoning, China () * Area: 3 km² * 500 companies, including:

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, HP, IBM (moving to Dalian Tiandi Software Park),

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. File:Dalian-DLSPnew.jpg, Dalian Software Park

Lingshui Bay General Headquarters

Now being reclaimed from the

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Qixianling Modern Service Industry Area

* Name: Qixianling Modern Service Industry Nucleus Function Area () :This area is often called "Dalian Hi-tech Zone" in its narrow sense. * Established: 1991 * Managed by: Dalian Hi-tech Industrial Zone Administrative Committee :Address: 1 Gaoxin Street, Qixianling Industrial Base, Dalian, Liaoning, China () * Area: 2 km² * 800 companies, including Dalian Hi-Think Computer,

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Dell Dell is an American based technology company. It develops, sells, repairs, and supports computers and related products and services. Dell is owned by its parent company, Dell Technologies. Dell sells personal computers (PCs), servers, data ...

HiSoft Technology International HiSoft Technology International Limited was a multinational information technology and business process outsourcing company headquartered in Dalian, China. Founded in 1996, HiSoft was listed on the NASDAQ public exchange in 2010. In November ...

NHN Corporation NHN Corp. () is a Korean IT company that started its business as a game company called Hangame in 1999. Currently its main businesses can be categorized as Cloud, Fin-Tech (cross-border e-commerce, payment), Entertainment (game, webtoon, musi ...

. File:Dalian Hi-tech Zone Administration Bldg.jpg, Dalian Hi-tech Zone Administration Bldg.

Animation Industry Base

* Managed by: Dalian Hi-tech Industrial Zone Digital Entertainment Administrative Office * 110 companies, including Crystal Digital Technology ().

Hekou International Software Park

* Managed by Hekou Village * Companies: Yidatec

Dalian Ascendas IT Park

* Name: Dalian Ascendas IT Park () * Established: 2007 * Managed by DLSP Ascendas Co., Ltd., a joint venture of Ascendas Corp. of Singapore and Dalian Software Park Co., Ltd. :Address: 1 Huixianyuan, Dalian Hi-tech Zone, Dalian, Liaoning, China () * Area: 200,000 m² (100,000 m² in No. 1 Building and 100,000 m² in No. 2 Building) See thi
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* 59 companies, including

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Infosys Technologies Infosys Limited is an Indian multinational information technology company that provides business consulting, information technology and outsourcing services. The company was founded in Pune and is headquartered in Bangalore. Infosys is the s ...

Konica Minolta is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational technology company headquartered in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo, with offices in 49 countries worldwide. The company manufactures business and industrial imaging products, in ...

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Neusoft Group International Software Park

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Dalian Tiandi Software Park

* Name: Dalian Tiandi Software Park () * Established: 2010 * Area: Jinhuai Building (30,000 m²). Se
the area map
in Project Introduction (Beware of music!). * Managed by DLSP Shui On Development Co., Ltd., a joint venture of Shui On Land and Dalian Software Park Co., Ltd. :Address: No. 33, Hongchuan East Rd., Dalian Hi-tech Zone, Dalian, Liaoning, China () * 13 companies, including IBM (3,000 employees have already moved), Kingsoft, Mitsui Real Estate. File:Dalian Tiandi Software Park 2010.jpg, Dalian Tiandi Software Park

Yingge Software Park

Under construction

Longtou Technology Park

Under construction

Transportation

* Roads:

China National Highway 201 China National Highway 201 (G201) runs from Hegang, Heilongjiang Province to Lushunkou, Liaoning Province. It is 1,964 kilometres in length and runs southeast from Hegang towards the border with Russia before turning southwest, going via Mudanj ...

(also called

Lushun South Road Lüshun South Road () is one of the three highways connecting the Naval Port in Lüshunkou District of Dalian, Liaoning, China, with the city's downtown core. It is the last part of China National Highway 202, which runs from Hegang to Lüshun via ...

). 30 minutes by taxi from the hotels on Renming Road, downtown Dalian, to the Dalian Hi-tech Zone Administrative Committee. :City bus: Nos. 3, 10, 28, 531, 802 and other lines :Dalian-Lushun bus: From the north and south exits of Dalian Railway Station * Tramway: No. 202 line (Xinggong Street to Xiaopingdaoqian). Being extended via Huangnichuan and Longwangtang to Lüshun New Port. *

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: Line 1, Line 12 * Railway: 30 minutes by taxi from

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* Air: 30 minutes by taxi from

Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport is the airport serving the city of Dalian in Liaoning Province, China. It is located in Ganjingzi District, about northwest of the city center. In 2018 the airport handled 18,758,171 passengers, making i ...

* Sea: 40 minutes by taxi from Dalian Port. Yacht harbors in Xinghai Square, in front of

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, and the Xiaopingdao reclaimed area. File:Dalian Railway Station 03.jpg,

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at Xueyuan Square File:DL6WA.jpg, Trams in Dalian - No. 202 Line

Education

There are universities and research centers in this area, where about half of all the universities of Dalian are located. From east to west are: * Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics *

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* Dongbei University of Finance and Economics : Dongbei University of Finance and Economics Press * Neusoft Institute of Information * Dalian University of Technology :

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* Software and IT Service Training Base o
Ambow Education Group
(), Beijing *

Dalian University of Foreign Languages Dalian University of Foreign Languages (DLUFL; ) is a public university in Dalian, Liaoning, China and one of the top foreign language institutes in China. Formerly known as Dalian School of Japanese Language, DLUFL was founded in 1964 with the ...

Dalian Medical University Dalian Medical University () is a university in Dalian, Liaoning, China under the provincial government. It was founded in 1947. In October 2007, it moved to the new campus in Lushunkou District, Dalian, which is across Lushun South Road from ...

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Accommodation

* Downtown and

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on Renmin Road :

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, Furama,

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, Nikko,

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, Dalian Civil Aviation (Daiwa Royal) and other hotels * Dalian World Financial Center at Xinghai Square : Grand Hyatt hotel * Dalian Hi-tech Zone :Heyi Hotel ()

Local environment

Restaurants

* Many Chinese restaurants (including Maizi Dawang on Shuma Road) * Western restaurants (including West Coast coffee shop. There are also KFC,

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and

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fastfood restaurants.) * Japanese restaurants (including Momiji and Kappo Shimizu) * Korean restaurants (including Kaicheng and Shengdao)

Cafeterias

* Cafeterias in major buildings, run by local Dalianese, as well as British and French catering companies

Apartments

* More expensive: Residencies at Shangri-La, Furama, Ramada, Nikko, Kempinski and other hotels * Less expensive: International New Village in Dalian Software Park, Guigu Jiari (Silicon Valley Holiday) on Lushun South Road, etc.

Shopping

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s: Dashang Group's Newmart in Heishijiao,

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on Shuma Road, and

Carrefour Carrefour () is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation headquartered in Massy, France. The eighth-largest retailer in the world by revenue, it operates a chain of hypermarkets, groceries stores and convenience stores, whic ...

, Mykal on Xi'an Road Commercial Zone & Qingniwaqiao.

Schools

In Dalian City, there are: * Kindergartens * Municipal Bilingual School (Chinese/English) * Dalian Maple Leaf International School (English), Japanese School (at Fujiazhuang) and Korean School (in

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)

Medical facilities

* No. 2 Hospital, attached to

Recreational areas

* Xinghai Square, Xinghai Park,

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. File:Xinghai Square (Dalian).jpg, Xinghai Square File:Longwangtang Cherry Blossom Park.JPG,

Hi-tech parks in other areas of Dalian

There are other parks, often called the "hi-tech zones" of Dalian.

Ganjingzi District

Dalian BEST City () is located along Lushun North Road.

Jinzhou District

New Jinzhou District including

has DD Port and other hi-tech areas.

References

External links

Official site
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