The Jinan High-tech Development Zone is located in the well known "city of springs" Jinan, the provincial city of Shandong province which is a big economical city in China and one of the important coastal opening-up provinces. As the political, economical and cultural center of the Shandong province, Jinan is among the top 50 cities of strong economical comprehensive strength and the top 40 cities with an excellent investment environment. At the same time, as one of the important famous historical cultural cities and one of the excellent tourist cities, Jinan is situated north of the Mount Tai which is esteemed as prior to other four ancient renowned mountains and beside the Yellow River. At the cross point of Beijing-Shanghai railway and the Jiaoji railway, Jinan belongs to the warm temperate zone, it has a continental monsoon type climate with an annual average temperature of 14 ℃. 　　

　　Among the first group of national High-tech Development Zones, holding a tenet to facilitate the commercialization, industrialization, and internationalization of the hi-tech products, the Jinan High-tech Development Zone has been dedicated to the construction of a sound envirnment for the innovational development of the hi-tech enterprises since its establishment in March 1991. There has formed an industry pattern with electronic information, biopharmaceutical, and the new materials as the leading industries. Situated in the High-tech Development Zone are The National Software Industry Base---The QiluSoft Park, Qilu Software Institute, The national Hi-tech Business Establishment Service Center, The Business Establishing Park of the Returned Overseas Scholars, The national University Science and Technology Park, The Central Business Area, The Environmental Protection Science and Technological Park, The Qilu Machine and Electrical Park, and the Export processing zone. Jinan High-tech Development Zone is an important base for the industrialization of the hi-tech products in Shandong and throughout China.

　　Jinan High-tech Development Zone is the major project under the Jinan municipal government''s "extend the two wings with the hi-tech as the leading industries" strategy. It consists of the completed area and the new development area with the former covers an area of 6.64 km2 and the planned coverage of the latter is 22 km2. With the round-the-city highway cutting across it from the north to the south and the Jinan-Qingdao super highway, the Beijing-Shanghai super highway and the Beijing-Fuzhou super high closely connected with it, the transportation for High-tech Development Zone is rather convenient. It is within 15 minutes drive from the Jinan international airport, and the No 104, No 309 and No 220 national road formed a transportation network beside it.

　　Infrastructure: with the construction of an ecological technological park as the goal, the High-tech Development Zone is planned with a high standard. There have formed a neat environment with complete supporting facilities and a potential for the sustainable development.

　　● The road, water line, drainage line, heat line, electricity line, gas line, and communication line have been in place.

　　● With a 1,000M-capacity optical fiber broadband connection of the China Telecom

　　● Covered with a lot of trees, the High-tech Development Zone has a greening rate of 40% which is pleasant for the life there.

　　● With perfect supporting facilities of school, hospitals, markets, hotels etc..

　　Supporting services: The Jinan High-tech Development Zone sets up perfect supporting service network and the service supervision system to meet the needs of the investors.

　 ● "One-station business management" and "A continuous line service"

　 ● Provide high quality all around services, including commercial & industrial service, tax, finance, insurance, commercial inspection, custom, auditing, legal advisory, arbitration, notarization, attestation of the technological products etc..

　　● The "148 advisory hot line" has been opened to resolve problems arise in the operation.