Donghu New Technology Development Zone (), also referred to as Optics Valley () or Guanggu, is a New Technology Development Zone in

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province in the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the List of cities in China ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. It was established in 1988. In 1991 it was approved as one of the

National Economic and Technological Development Zones The National Economic and Technological Development Zones () are the special areas of the People's Republic of China where foreign direct investment is encouraged. They are usually called the "Economic and Technological Development Zones" or simp ...

of China. In 2011 it was designated as a New Technology Development Zone for

Optical technology Optical engineering is the field of science and engineering encompassing the physical phenomena and technologies associated with the generation, transmission, manipulation, detection, and utilization of light. Optical engineers use optics to solve ...

, and since then self-labeled as the "

Optics Valley Optics Valley is a region in southern Arizona, centered on Tucson, that is home to a high concentration of optics companies spawned by research at the University of Arizona. Based on the idea of a technology cluster such as Silicon Valley, Optics ...

" of China.武汉东湖新技术产业开发区
，湖北省民营经济网，2008年5月28日查阅。 The Development Zone is situated east of

Wuchang District Wuchang forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China. It is the oldest of the three cities that merged into modern-day Wuhan, and stood on the rig ...

in Wuhan, west of

Ezhou Ezhou () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Hubei Province, China. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 1,079,353, of which 695,697 lived in the core Echeng District. The Ezhou - Huanggang built-up (''or metro'') area was home t ...

, north of

Jiangxia District Jiangxia District () is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, China, situated on the eastern (right) bank of the Yangtze River. Jiangxia district has an area of and a population of 680,00 ...

, south of Donghu (East Lake). The authority of the Development Zone has registered "Guanggu" as its trademark since 2009.

External links

Official Website of Donghu New Technology Development Zone

References

{{coord missing, Hubei Economy of Wuhan Special Economic Zones of China 1988 establishments in China