中国西部重镇、古都西安确立新世纪发展蓝图，全力打造国际一流的高科技产业园区，力争在“十五”期间达到国际水平，2010年达到国际一流水平。
　　据西安市市长助理、西安高新区管委会主任张龙虎介绍，西安高新技术产业开发区是中国APEC科技产业园区，最近又被国家科技部列为“十五”期间至2010年中国5个示范高新区之一。
　　
　　坚实基础
　　
　　西安是中国承东启西、连结南北的地理中心，是中国东西大动脉和新亚欧大陆桥上最大的枢纽。西安拥有全国第三位的科技优势，是中国机械、电子、航空航天、仪器仪表和国防科技工业的重要研究开发和生产基地。作为中国西部中心城市，西安是中国西部地区最大的交通、通讯、信息和金融中心之一。
　　
　　西部中坚
　　
　　西安高新区集中了西安大批优势科技资源。经过十年的发展，已完成12平方公里的开发建设，初步建成了一个设施配套、功能齐全的现代化科技产业园区。西安高新区与城市融为一体，交通十分便利。区内已建成装机容量12万门电信分局，3个光纤环网，可以提供10兆--100兆光纤接入、ADSL接入及局域网接入。西安市电信分局网络容量可达到10万个端口。


　　在创建良好硬环境的同时，西安高新区着力建设了符合市场经济规律和国际惯例的管理体制和运行机制，建设了一个卓有成效的技术创新体系，这些都是西安高新区保持快速发展的根本保障。西安高新区建设了主要指标在全国居第一位的科技企业孵化器----创业服务中心、建立了针对不同发展阶段企业的投融资服务体系、建立了企业经营管理体系和社会化服务体系等，为科技企业快速发展创造了良好的环境，受到入区企业的肯定和好评。目前，区内有14家金融机构，收贷率100%。有风险投资机构119家，注册资本21.2亿元。
　　现在，西安高新区已发展成为中国中西部地区最大的科技产业园区。连续三年拉动西安GDP增长4个百分点以上，占增长总量的1/3。2001年，西安高新区的建设被评为20世纪西安十件大事之一。10年来，西安高新区技工贸总收入年均增长72%，2001年实现技工贸总收入357.2亿元，工业总产值251.6亿元，电子信息、光机电一体化、生物医药三大主导产业等得到快速发展。到2005年，西安高新区将基本建成空间达34平方公里、就业30万人，人口高素质、产业高效益、环境高质量的现代化科技城区。
　　
　　无线巨人
　　
　　面对国家西部大开发的宏伟战略，已有十年积累的西安高新区可谓“天时地利人和”。西安高新区已全面启动一批专业科技产业园，其中包括国家级软件产业园、中国西部信息产业基地、光电子科技产业园、生物工程科技产业园、新材料科技产业园、新医药科技产业园、国家级火炬创业园、国家级西安交通大学科技产业园、国家级西北工业大学科技产业园和西安电子科技大学科技产业园等。现在，西安高新区又将筹建西安无线通信科技园，并已展开全面招商。


　　西安是中国在无线通信领域内拥有最强的技术实力、完整的产业链和相当产业规模的城市。有国家信息产业部、航天部等部属研究所7家，其中包括全国惟一的无线电频谱管理研究所。西安电子科技大学、西安交通大学、西北工业大学、西安邮电学院等一批高校在无线通信领域内的研发实力都处于全国前列。数字无绳电话国家工程中心、信息产业部无线产品质检中心、微波通信国家重点实验室等五个国家重点实验室和工程研究中心都设在西安。西安已形成了从芯片设计开发到元器件生产、安装调试、器材集散的完整产业链，并且有雄厚的人才储备。西安高新区也已形成了在全国无线通信行业较有影响的一个产业群体。
　　张龙虎介绍，西安无线通信科技园将建立无线技术与产品的交易、技术支援中心、国外市场推广与国外直接投资促进中心等，提供频谱研究和咨询服务，测试设备服务及中试基地等多种专业服务，实现西安高新区在无线通信领域内产、学、研、商的系统配置，在西安高新区形成专用高频芯片制造以及以天线、无源器件、ODU等为主的器件和部件，以蓝牙、手机、无线宽带接入系统等为特色的系统和设备，以嵌入式软件和服务性软件为主的软件产品以及无线通信设备的工艺安装，形成无线通信（含移动通信、微波通信、和卫星通信）的产业聚集地，并吸引更多的外资进入西安高新区。
　　张龙虎说，以全新机制充分整合西安优势科技资源建设专业园区是西安高新区的特色，这些园区中有的还是由中国两院院士领衔创办的，它们是西安高新区实现跨越式发展，全力打造国际一流园区的中坚力量。
　　
　　Xi‘an Sets to Build First-Class Hi-Tech Industrial Zone
　　
　　By our staff reporter
　　Northwest China‘s Xi‘an City, capital of Shaanxi Province, has set for itself the target of developing into a high-tech development zone recognized as of internationally first-class by 2010.
　　The hi-tech industrial zone, officially known as Xi‘an High and New Technology Industrial Development Zone, is China‘s APEC scientific and technological industrial base, according to Zhang Longhu, assistant mayor of Xi‘an City and director of Xi‘an High and New Technology Industrial Development Zone.
　　It was recently listed by the Ministry of Science and Technology as one of the five model hi-tech industrial zones under the country‘s Tenth Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development (2001-2005), whose construction is to be completed by 2010.
　　
　　Solid Foundations
　　
　　Xi‘an is the largest hub of communications between east and west China and on the new "Eurasia Continental Bridge" - a network of railways starting at Lianyungang on Chian‘s east coast to European port cities on the Atlantic coast. It ranks the third in the country in terms of available scientific and technological resources. It serves as an important research, development and production base in the fields of machinery, electronics, aviation and aerospace, industrial and scientific apparatus and instruments, and is also a national defense production center.
　　Meanwhile, Xi‘an is one of the largest and most important transportation, communications, information and financing centers in West China.
　　
　　Largest in West China
　　
　　After ten years of development, Xi‘an has basically built up a 12-sq.-km modern technological industrial zone with complete sets of facilities and performances. The Xi‘an Hi-Tech Industrial Zone is now a part of the city proper, suggesting that it enjoys easy access to transport.
　　So far, the industrial zone boasts a 120,000-gate telecommunication sub-office and three optical fiber circular networks, which are eligible to provide 10-100M optical fiber switch-in, ADSL switch-in and LAN switch-in services. And the Xi‘an Municipal Telecommunication Sub-Bureau has a network capacity of 100,000 terminal ports.
　　On the basis of fine material conditions, Xi‘an Hi-Tech Industrial Zone strives to establish management systems and operation mechanisms in conformity to laws governing the development of the market economy and international practices, along with a technological innovation system. These are the most essential elements ensuring sustainable and rapid development of the industrial zone, says Zhang Longhu.
　　With these favorable conditions, Xi‘an Hi-Tech Industrial Zone has boosted the development of technology-intensive enterprises. To date, it has established an innovation service center, which is actually a technological incubator with all main indexes ranking the first in the country; an investment and financing service system that helps enterprises have their needs met at the various stages of development; and an enterprise operation and management system; and a market-oriented logistics system.
　　At present, the industrial zone has 14 financial agencies that all realize 100 percent collection and loan rates. Besides, it has 119 venture investment institutions with combined registered capital to the value of RMB2.12 billion yuan.
　　According to Zhang Longhu, Xi‘an Hi-Tech Industrial Zone has developed into the largest technological industrial zone in the central and western parts of China. In the past three successive years, it has driven the GDP growth of Xi‘an by four percentage points, and been responsible for one third of the city‘s total economic growth.
　　In the past ten years, the gross income of the industrial zone has grown 72 percent annually. In 2001, the annual income of technological and industrial production and trade reached RMB35.72 billion yuan, including industrial gross earnings to the value of RMB25.16 billion yuan. During the period, the three leading industries in the zone, namely, electronic information, optical-mechanical-electronic integration have grown exceptionally fast along with the bio-pharmaceutical industry.
　　It is expected that in 2005, Xi‘an Hi-Tech Industrial Zone shall build into a 34-sq-km highly efficient and environment friendly modern scientific and technological town with 300,000 employees.
　　
　　Wireless Communications Giant
　　
　　Thanks to the fast expansion in the past ten years, Xi‘an Hi-Tech Industrial Zone is now home to a number of industrial parks. These include the state-level Software Industrial Park, West China Information Industrial Base, Photoelectron Technological Industrial Park, Biological Engineering Technological Industrial Park, and New Material Technological Industrial Park. At present, it is preparing to establish the Xi‘an Wireless Communication Technological Park, which is now busy for business invitation.
　　Compared with other cities in the country, Xi‘an is particularly known for its most powerful technological strength, integral industrial chains and fairly large business scales in the field of wireless communications. It has seven research institutes under the Ministry of Information Industry and the China National Aerospace Industry Group Corporation, including the Radio Spectrum Management Research Institute, which is the only one of its kind in the country. And it has a number of universities and institutes that top the country in terms of wireless communications, including Xi‘an Jiaotong University and Northwest China Industrial University. Besides, the city has five state-level labs and engineering research centers, including national digital cordless phone engineering center and national key lab of microwave communication. So far, Xi‘an has established an integral industrial chain from chip design and development to components and parts production, installation, shakedown tests, and equipment delivery. And it has large pool of talents. With such conveniences on hand, Xi‘an Hi-Tech Industrial Zone has also become a fairly influential industrial base in the wireless communications sector in the country.
　　According to Zhang Longhu, Xi‘an Wireless Communication Technological Park will establish a number of centers for trades of wireless technologies and products, technological supports, domestic market promotion and direct investment promotion from both home and abroad. In the meantime, the park will provide multiple professional services, including frequency spectrum research and consultation and equipment tests.
　　In addition, Xi‘an Hi-Tech Industrial Zone plans to build itself into an industrial center of wireless communications, including mobile communications, microwave communications, and satellite communications. They include production of special-purpose high-frequency chips; apparatuses and components of antennae, passive devices and ODU; systems and devices of mobile phones and wireless broad-band switch-in system; and technological installation of flush-type and service software products and wireless communication facilities. With such blueprints, the industrial zone expects to attract more foreign investments.
　　According to Zhang Longhu, Xi‘an Hi-Tech Industrial Zone is most famous for its practices of applying completely new mechanism to integrate advantageous technological resources of Xi‘an to build up professional parks. Many of these parks are established or led by academicians of China Academy of Sciences and China Academy of Engineering, which are expected to play key roles in boosting the industrial zone into an internationally first-class industrial base.