Dalian High-tech Zone is the first batch of national high-tech industrial parks approved by the State Council in March 1991. With superior natural endowment, it is bordered by mountains and valleys in the north, blue sea and blue sky in the south, with a coastline of 41.6 kilometers and a forest coverage rate of nearly 60%. It is a veritable "lung of Dalian" with Dalian tourist business cards such as Yingge Stone Botanical Garden, Sanhuan Ranch, Longwangtang Cherry Blossom Garden and Hengshan Temple. Since its establishment 31 years ago, it has developed into an industrial city, a city of quality and a city of vitality with an area of 153 square kilometers, a regional GDP of over 40 billion yuan, a resident population of over 300,000, numerous buildings and suitable for industry and living. It has jurisdiction over Lingshui, Longwangtang and Qixianling streets. There are 9 universities in and adjacent to the region.

Since its establishment, the High-tech Zone has been awarded all honors to the software industry by countries such as "National Software Export Base" and "National Software Industry Internationalization Demonstration City". In recent years, it has been awarded the "National Demonstration Base for Integration of Culture and Science and Technology", "National Intellectual Property Pilot Park", "National Double Innovation Demonstration Base", "National Innovative Talent Training Demonstration Base", "National Innovative Industrial Cluster Pilot Unit", "National Industrial Cluster Regional Brand Construction Pilot", "National Digital Service Export Base", "National Enterprise Innovation Points System Pilot High-tech Zone", "National Entrepreneurship Innovation Demonstration Block Construction Pilot Park" and other honors .

In April 2016, the High-tech Zone was approved to build the core area of Dalian Area of Shenda National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the Municipal Party Committee decided to "take the high-tech zone as the core, plan to build Dalian Innovation New City, and build a science and technology innovation center city with global influence and industrial demonstration value". The task given to the high-tech zone by the 13th Party Congress of the city is to promote the "high and new" development of the high-tech zone, build a northern science and technology innovation base with national influence, and form a billion-level digital technology industrial cluster and clean energy, life and health, intelligent manufacturing and other tens of billions of industrial clusters; Accelerate the Construction of National Digital Service Export Base in High-tech Zone; To plan and build Yinggeshi Science City at a high level with the strength of the whole city, it is necessary to "take shape in two years and realize full operation in five years".

On August 29, 2013, when General Secretary Xi visited Dalian, he inspected the high-tech zone, and profoundly pointed out that "the high-tech zone is 'high and new '" and "innovation drive should start from the high-tech zone". In recent years, the high-tech zone has always adhered to the "high and new" development, and various economic indicators have been at the forefront of the whole city. In December 2020, Dalian High-tech Zone was approved as one of the first batch of 13 pilot high-tech zones for enterprise innovation points system in China; In 2021, Dalian High-tech Zone was reported and praised by the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Ministry of Natural Resources as one of the six "industrial transformation and upgrading demonstration parks with obvious results" in 2020; In 2021, Dalian High-tech Zone ranked 38th among the "Top 100 High-tech Zones with High Quality Development (2021)" in China, ranking first in Northeast China. At present, there are 1,834 registered small and medium-sized scientific and technological enterprises in the whole region, including 1,068 high-tech enterprises, 6 unicorn enterprises (2 potential unicorns and 4 seed unicorns) and 60 gazelle enterprises. At present, there are 4 domestic and overseas listed enterprises, 24 listed enterprises on the New Third Board, 43 listed enterprises in total, and 100 listed reserve enterprises are planned to be cultivated. There are 8,355 effective invention patents, and the turnover of technology contracts reached 14.68 billion yuan in 2021, ranking first in the city. IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Ericsson, Dell and other more than 130 Fortune 500 and global leading enterprise projects have settled in the high-tech zone.

High-tech zones give full play to the comparative advantages of software and information technology services, and promote the vertical application of digital technology in eight major fields, such as metaverse, Internet of Vehicles, clean energy, life and health, cultural tourism, intelligent manufacturing, smart ocean and digital trade, forming a new pattern with digital technology as the leading factor and nine major industries developing together. Focus on building "one city, six districts and multiple parks". "One City" is Yingge Stone Science City, Facing the major needs of national and regional development, Focusing on the overall goal of building an "innovation policy source center with international influence", we will build a key hub with high concentration and free circulation of high-end innovation elements in China, highlight the "1"-clean energy main line, expand into "X" emerging fields such as intelligent manufacturing, life and health, and ocean engineering, and become the world's leading clean energy innovation center and scientific research economic source. The "Six Districts" are Lingshui-Software and Information Technology Service Zone, Qixianling-Digital Technology Development and Application Zone, Xiaoping Island-Modern Service Zone, Huangnichuan-Intelligent Manufacturing Industry Zone, Longwangtang-Leisure Tourism Zone and Longtou-Intelligent Equipment Manufacturing Zone. The six districts work together and go hand in hand. "Multi-park" means giving full play to the role of the high-tech zone as the source of scientific and technological innovation, and boosting more industrial projects to land in Changxing Island Sub-park, Jinpu Sub-park, Ganjingzi Sub-park, Lushun Sub-park and Wafangdian Sub-park according to the model of enclave economy, so as to realize integrated development.

High-tech zones have complete policies of benefiting enterprises. In 2020, the High-tech Zone issued and implemented "Several Policies on Gathering Innovation Elements to Promote" High and New "and High-quality Development", and empowered enterprises with "real money and silver". In 2022, the High-tech Zone successively issued a number of policies for cultivating science and technology enterprises, such as Guiding Opinions on Promoting Investment Promotion, Implementation Plan for Cultivating Science and Technology Enterprises in Dalian High-tech Zone in 2022, and Policy for State-owned Three-level Chain Incubation Site in Dalian High-tech Zone, playing a combination of "subsidy + reward + reduction and exemption" policies, which really helped enterprises to solve problems. High-tech zones are rich in human resources. It is a national overseas high-level talent innovation and entrepreneurship base, a national innovative talent training demonstration base and a pilot unit of Liaoning Talent Special Zone. High-tech Zone has a perfect business incubation system. In 2021, it was approved as one of the three innovative demonstration blocks in China, creating a community, networked and open innovation highland. At present, the total incubation area of the high-tech zone exceeds 800,000 square meters, and there are more than 4,000 transportation enterprises in total, constantly promoting the creation of space to "do work", incubators to "do excellent" and accelerators to "enlarge". High-tech zones have a scientific innovation and cultivation system. The "Enterprise Growth Roadmap" realizes that the growth path of enterprises is clear at a glance, and scientific and technological activities are targeted; "Menu Customization" Cultivates Courses to Meet Different Needs of Enterprises; Enterprise innovation points guide enterprises to check for deficiencies and fill in gaps at any time; Accompanying growth runs through the development of enterprises. In 2021, "Innovation Points Loan" provided more than 700 enterprises with a credit line of 800 million yuan. High-tech Zone has a sound service system in technology and finance. Invested 1 billion yuan to establish a government guidance fund for industrial venture capital; Established angel investment fund, venture capital fund, industrial development fund and M&A fund and other sub-funds; At the same time, more than 140 financial and financial service institutions have gathered to provide full-chain financial services for enterprises in the region. High-tech Zone strives to create a first-class business environment in Northeast China. Adhere to the construction goal of "convenient handling, good rule of law, strong cost competitiveness and ecological livability", innovate and implement innovative services such as "5G full coverage + intelligent government service", "only entering one door, doing everything", "asking me to do it" and "cloud help", and focus on improving the satisfaction of market players and the masses.