The Zizhu National Hi-Tech Industrial Development Park is located in the southeast of Minhang district in Shanghai and next to Shanghai Jiao Tong University with convenient transportation. It has a planning area of 13 square kilometers, and consists of the University Park, R&D Base and Zizhu supporting area. The park opened in June 2002 and was granted a higher rank as a national high-tech industrial development zone in June 2011.

Zizhu High-Tech Park attaches importance to developing the following six industries: information software, digital audio-visual, life science, intelligent manufacturing, avionics, new energy and new materials. It aims to attract regional headquarters, R&D centers, venture capital companies and high-tech manufacturing enterprises.

Zizhu High-Tech Park is home to globally influential enterprises and R&D institutions such as Microsoft, Intel, Coca-Cola, Infosys, Comac, CGN and Neusoft. It has nurtured many small and medium-sized sci-tech enterprises such as PNC, Shenlian Biotech and Genetech. It has also cultivated influential  and innovative enterprises such as Coo Tek, Friendess Electronics, ZStack, Firstbrave, and Eques.

The innovative entrepreneurial ecosystem in Zizhu consists of the Zizhu Entrepreneurship Center, the Zizhu Business Incubator, and the Zizhu Seedlings Equity Investment Fund, aiming to build a national science and technology business incubator with a size of 12,000 square meters. It has set up a Zizhu Seedlings Fund of 1 billion yuan ($136.7 million), and has incubated more than 600 small-sized technological enterprises.

Zizhu High-Tech Park boasts comprehensive industrial service systems ranging from HR services, intellectual property, shared-platform service, laboratory sharing, financial services, urban management and property management, aiming to serve diversified demands of enterprises.

In the future, Zizhu National High-Tech Industrial Development Park will strive to become a leading high-tech park, platinum industry service provider and technology industry leader, to accelerate enterprise development and industrial progress and to contribute to the integration between the industry and city.

The park features comprehensive supporting services and facilities including residential property, education and training, medical service, healthcare, leisure tourism, business institutions. For example, Zizhu High-Tech Park has built Zizhu Purple Bay Residential Area, Zizhu Elementary Education Park, Orchid Lake Hotel, Healthcare Hub, and Fin-tech Hub, aiming to promote the integration between industry and city, and become a "city of life".