The Nantong Economic and Technological Development Zone has more than 50 of the world's top 500 companies.
The city of Nantong, on China's coast in Jiangsu province, is on its way to greater prosperity, the local government has reported.
This is thanks, in no small part, to the Nantong Economic and Technological Development Zone. In 2010, the region had a GDP of 26 billion yuan, or almost four times that under the Tenth Five-Year Plan (2001-2005).
The Nantong Economic and Technological Development Zone was one of the first State-level development zones in China, approved by the State Council in December 1984. It now covers a more than 146-square-kilometer area.