A model of the project, including the project of the Polytechnic Institute at Zhejiang University (ZJU)-Quzhou and the Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou [Photo/WeChat account: quzhoufb]

The total land area of each phase of the projects in the Quzhou Smart Industry Park – located in Quzhou city in East China's Zhejiang province – reached 41.5 hectares in the first half of the year, with total investment of about 12.35 billion yuan ($1.9 billion), according to local media on July 7.

In the year to June 15, the business tax revenue generated in the park hit 1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 106.41 percent, while revenue reached 638 million yuan, up 94.34 percent. The park posted the highest tax revenue since its establishment and it published an economic report, which boasted high scores in Quzhou city's competition for excellence.

Intelligent technology renews smart manufacturing industry

Phase ll of the project – including the project at the Polytechnic Institute at Zhejiang University (ZJU)-Quzhou and the Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou – was completed in December 2020, while the casting of the basement floor and roof was subsequently carried out.

Wang Feng, a young man born in Quzhou, was the founder of the well-known hotel brand Chinese Home. In 2018, he invested a platform on the short-video sharing platform Douyin in Shanghai.

However, after years of hard work, he chose to return to his hometown Quzhou last year to start up his own business and founded a company in the Quzhou Smart Industry Park. Wang said he chose to return because the business environment in Quzhou was extremely favorable.

Share new life in smart city

In addition to the construction of the Hangzhou-Quzhou high-speed railway and the high-speed rail station in Quzhou, an urban integration pattern of development between Hangzhou and Quzhou will be formed.

It is expected that as a result, Quzhou will become a strategic node of the Greater Bay area, a core "big-garden" city in Zhejiang, the gateway to western Zhejiang province and a green metropolis.