Xi'an Economic and Technological Development Zone is a state

Sovereign state

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-level economic development

Economic development

Economic development generally refers to the sustained, concerted actions of policymakers and communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specific area...

 zone

Zone

-Places:France* Any of several divisions during the German occupation of France during World War IIGermany* The Zone , a derogatory term for the German Democratic RepublicGreece...

 in Xi'an

Xi'an

Xi'an is the capital of the Shaanxi province, and a sub-provincial city in the People's Republic of China. One of the oldest cities in China, with more than 3,100 years of history, the city was known as Chang'an before the Ming Dynasty...

, Shaanxi

Shaanxi

' is a province in the central part of Mainland China, and it includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River in addition to the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of this province...

, China

China

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. The zone was established in 2000. It is located at North Gate of Xi'an with its developed area of 4.9 square kilometres.
The zone attracts many foreign investments in there, such as Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola

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, General Motors

General Motors

General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...

, HP, Mitsubishi Electric

Mitsubishi Electric

is a multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group....

, ABB Group, Rolls Royce

Rolls-Royce plc

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, Taikoo Group

Swire Group

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, Siemens

Siemens

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 and Ting Hsin

Ting Hsin

Ting Hsin International Group is a Taiwanese-owned company based in Tianjin, PR China. It is China's biggest instant noodle maker, owning the Kang Shi Fu brand also known as Masterkong or Ting Yi through its partly holds associate Tingyi Holding Corporation for 33.20% .In July 2009, it became the...

. The pillar industries in there include mechanicals

Machine

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, electronics

Electronics

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, light industry

Light industry

Light industry is usually less capital intensive than heavy industry, and is more consumer-oriented than business-oriented...

, foods, bio-pharmaceuticals, new materials and high-tech products.

Link

• Xi'an Economic and Technological Development Zone (Chinese Version)