The Guangdong Wengyuan Economic Development Zone was established in August 1992 with the approval of the Guangdong Provincial People’s Government. In July 2014, the zone was relocated to Wengcheng Town; the adjusted area is situated in Wengcheng Town and Xinjiang Town, with an approved total area of 405.61 hectares.In April 2016, with provincial approval, a provincial-level industrial transfer park was established within the existing boundaries of the development zone. The zone is traversed by National Highway 106 and the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway, Shankun Expressway, Wushen Expressway, and Shaoxin Expressway, forming a “three vertical, one horizontal” expressway network. It is part of Guangdong Province’s expressway economic corridor and the “Pearl River Delta” one-and-a-half-hour economic circle, making it an ideal location for industrial clustering and low-cost expansion.

The Development Zone is an agency dispatched by the Shaoguan Municipal Government (at the deputy-division level) and is administered by Wengyuan County. It comprises nine internal departments: the General Office, Investment Promotion Division, Construction Division, Finance Division, Emergency Management Division, Investment Enterprise Service Center, Asset Management Center, Human Resources and Social Security Service Center, and the Work Safety and Emergency Rescue Center.

Following a “one zone, multiple parks” development model, the Development Zone has established specialized parks including the Innovative Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Technology Industrial Park, Huacai New Materials Industrial Park, Power Electronics Industrial Park, New Energy Circular Economy Industrial Park, and Tielong Green Recycling Industrial Park. It focuses on developing key industries such as biomedicine, new materials, next-generation electronic information, and the circular economy. To date, it has attracted more than 200 enterprises,with a total contracted investment exceeding 80 billion yuan. Among these, 136 enterprises have commenced production, including 60 enterprises above designated size and 21 high-tech enterprises.

In 2023, the Development Zone signed 24 new projects with a total value of 3.9 billion yuan. For the year, industrial output value of enterprises above designated size reached 8.751 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.75%; industrial value-added of enterprises above designated size reached 1.987 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%; and tax revenue reached 358 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.2%.