10 high-tech zones to be developed

The majority of new industrial areas will be in central and western regions

China will develop 10 new State-level high-tech industrial development zones, the Ministry of Science and Technology said on Wednesday.

The new zones have been selected and the majority of them are upgrades from provincial ones in central and western China, some of which will focus on specific industries and integrate with the Belt and Road Initiative, said Qin Yong, the ministry's director of high-tech development and industrialization.