Zhangjiang Science City · Beicai Industrial Community (South District) is accelerating its construction, with a focus on the "metaverse"
From the golden central ring road, overlooking Beicai Yuqiao, towering skyscrapers are rising on the west side of Red Star Macalline and IKEA. The area will be transformed into a Zhangjiang Science City · Beicai Industrial Community with the "Metaverse" as its characteristic, and will become a new landmark in the Yuqiao area in the future.
The Zhangjiang Science City · Beicai Industrial Community, with a planned area of approximately 140 hectares, is a key area for the future development of Beicai. At present, this area has been recognized as one of the third batch of characteristic industrial parks in Shanghai. Among them, the "Zhangjiang Digital Chain Characteristic Industrial Park" has a total development area of about 1.78 million square meters, and plans to build urban research and development buildings, talent apartments, commercial buildings, hotels, and international schools. It will be completed and delivered in three phases starting from August this year.
In the "14th Five Year Plan" for the development of Zhangjiang Science City in Shanghai released in July 2021, the Yuqiao area was officially included in the expansion scope of Zhangjiang Science City. In 2022, Yuqiao Science and Technology Innovation Park was officially renamed as "Lujiazui Smart World", approved as a Shanghai municipal characteristic industrial park, and included in the Zhangjiang Digital Element Industry Cluster.
As an important component of the Zhangjiang Data Element Industry Cluster, Lujiazui Smart World focuses on the digital commerce ecology and metaverse industry, creating a "Data Industry Cluster, Headquarters Innovation Zone, Ecological Leading Zone, and Scene Demonstration Zone". At the same time, as one of the key industrial communities to be built within the expansion scope of Zhangjiang Science City, Lujiazui Smart World is also a key industrial park in Pudong guided by the integration of "science, industry, and city" development.
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The metaverse has been identified as one of the four "new tracks" in Shanghai, and its future development and application have broad prospects. Beicai Town seizes this development opportunity and actively supports the operation entities of the park in terms of park construction, policy support, and enterprise services. It accelerates the construction of characteristic parks, collaborates with Lujiazui Shuzhi Tiandi and Zhangjiang Pudong Software Park, takes the development of the "metaverse" industry as the main focus, focuses on key areas such as "metaverse" technology research and development, data services, digital innovation, and empowering applications, and creates an innovative ecosystem suitable for the development of the metaverse.
Previously, Beicai Town and Lujiazui Group had in-depth exchanges of views on regional positioning, investment attraction, and public infrastructure support. At the same time, we have also taken the lead in establishing a joint investment promotion team, strengthening collaboration and complementary advantages between the two sides, and deepening our efforts in the fields of metaverse, online economy, and information and innovation industry, continuously improving the investment promotion service level of Zhangjiang Science City · Beicai Industrial Community.
At present, the first phase of the project is about to be delivered, and some fintech companies plan to establish a research and development headquarters here, with a focus on laying out four major laboratories including blockchain, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and big data; The platform project focusing on the artificial intelligence track intends to focus on building artificial intelligence and metaverse related incubation and acceleration platforms here; The innovation center platform led by integrated circuit design and digital commerce will also be signed and settled.
Looking north from the Shuzhi Tiandi Exhibition Hall in Lujiazui, the western area of Beicai Wedge Green Space, connected by the Golden Central Ring Road, has also partially started construction. In the future, the Yuqiao area will not only become an industrial ecosystem that integrates headquarters innovation, scene demonstration, and industrial agglomeration, but also a new hot spot for sustainable and high-quality economic development in Beicai.
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*Reprinted from official WeChat account released by Pudong