2010年,国务院批准吉林、甘肃天水和山东日照等23家省级经济技术开发区升级为国家级经济技术开发区;2009年,国务院批准江苏泰州与湖南湘潭两家省级高新区升级为国家级高新区。截至到目前,全国国家级经济技术开发区数量已经增至79家,国家级高新技术开发区数量增至56家。事实上,我国从20世纪80年代就开始建立各类国家级开发区,包括经济技术开发区、高新技术开发区等。 In 2010, the State Council approved 23 provincial-level economic and technological development zones, including Jilin, Gansu Tianshui and Shandong Rizhao, to upgrade to national-level economic and technological development zones. In 2009, the State Council approved the provincial-level high-tech zones of Taizhou, Hunan and Xiangtan in Hunan Province to upgrade to national High-tech Zone. Up to now, the number of national-level economic and technological development zones has increased to 79 and the number of national-level high-tech development zones has increased to 56. In fact, all kinds of state-level development zones, including economic and technological development zones and high-tech development zones, have been established in our country since the 1980s.