3 reasons to work and live in China’s Zhangjiang Science City, according to these tech-driven entrepreneurs
- Innovation hub in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area has been dubbed by tech industry watchers as the Silicon Valley of the East
- Many highly skilled professionals and tech start-ups are moving to Zhangjiang to grow their careers and businesses
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Since it began operations in 1992, China’s Zhangjiang Science City – located in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area and just a 15-minute drive from Shanghai Pudong International Airport – has attracted throngs of young professionals.
The more than 400,000 talents working there today come from a wide range of industries, including biomedicine, artificial intelligence and integrated circuits. All of them are eager to tap into this emerging scientific innovation hub, which spans an area of about 220 sq km (85 square miles) – equivalent to about 175,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
For a place dubbed by tech industry watchers as the Silicon Valley of the East and more, this kind of response perhaps comes as no surprise. Among the professionals who chose Zhangjiang as the place to live and grow their careers are Wu Di, CEO and founder of Mega-Phase Industrial Inspection Technology; Wen Danyi, CEO and founder of Shanghai Lide Biotech; and Gu Jie, CEO and founder of Fourier Intelligence.
The trio tell the South China Morning Post what motivated them to move to Zhangjiang Science City, and also discuss the highlights of their experiences there so far.