The Wangcheng Economic and Technological Development Zone was established in 2000 and upgraded to the national level in 2014. In 2018, according to the decisions and arrangements made by the CPC Changsha Municipal Committee and the People's Government of Changsha City on optimizing the integrated and coordinated development of industrial parks and zones, the Wangcheng High-Tech Industrial Development Zone and the Wangcheng Industrial Concentration Zone were included in the integrated management of the Wangcheng Economic and Technological Development Zone. The zone spans the Xiangjiang River, bordering the Changsha West High-speed Railway Station to the west and the Tongguan Port Area to the east. It has formed a grand pattern of cross-river development with "one river and two wings," becoming an important part of the development and construction of the Hunan Xiangjiang New Area.
More than 7,300 enterprises have settled in the zone, including 29 listed enterprises; 26 enterprises invested by Fortune Global 500 enterprises, top 500 Chinese enterprises, and top 500 Chinese private enterprises; 439 "Four-Above" enterprises, which refer to the industrial enterprises above designated size, the construction and real estate development and management companies with designated qualification or higher, the wholesale, retail, accommodation, and catering companies above designated size, and service enterprises above designated size; 289 industrial enterprises above designated size; and, 318 high-tech enterprises.
The zone focuses on developing the "two main and one characteristic" industries, namely intelligent terminals, new materials and advanced manufacturing, and food and healthcare. It has formed the intelligent terminal industrial cluster led by BYD Electronics and Leyard; the new alloy industrial cluster led by SNTO and CITIC Dicastal; the green food industrial cluster led by Want Want and Ausnutria; the pharmaceutical and medical equipment industrial cluster led by Jiudian Hongyang Pharmaceutical and Warrant Pharmaceutical; and, the advanced energy storage materials industrial cluster led by Jinchi Energy and Yongshan Lithium.
The zone has been successively recognized as six national-level platforms, including the National High-Tech Industrialization Base for Deep Processing of Nonferrous Metal New Materials, the National Demonstration Base for New Industrialization, the National Intellectual Property Demonstration Zone, the China Logistics Demonstration Base, the National Green Industrial Zone, and the Designated Industrial Internet Pilot Demonstration Zone Approved by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
(Updated on November 21, 2025)
Chinese source: Official Website of Wangcheng National Economic and Technological Development Zone