The Liyang High-Tech Zone in Jiangsu Province (also known as the Jiangsu Zhongguancun High-Tech Industrial Development Zone) is located west of downtown Liyang and covers a planned area of 118.08 square kilometers.In January 2012, Zhongguancun and the Changzhou Municipal Government signed an agreement to establish the Jiangsu Zhongguancun Science and Technology Industrial Park, which was the first science and technology industrial park established by Zhongguancun outside of Beijing.In 2015, it was incorporated into the Southern Jiangsu National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone. In May 2016, the park was approved to begin preparations for establishing a provincial-level high-tech industrial development zone, with a core area of 4.97 square kilometers. In September 2018, the provincial government approved its establishment as a provincial-level high-tech industrial development zone.It has successively been recognized as a National Green Park, a Jiangsu Provincial Demonstration Base for Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation, an Outstanding Science and Technology Park in the Southern Jiangsu National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone, a Jiangsu Provincial Specialized and Demonstration Industrial Base for High-End Equipment Manufacturing, a Jiangsu Provincial Intellectual Property Demonstration Park, a Jiangsu Provincial Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation Demonstration Base, a Jiangsu Provincial Mass Entrepreneurship Community for the Energy Storage Industry, a Jiangsu Provincial Industry-Academia-Research Collaborative Innovation Base for the Energy Storage Industry, a third-batch Provincial Characteristic Town(Liyang Lithium Enjoy Town), and National New Industrialization Industrial Demonstration Base. In 2018, 2019, and 2020, the park ranked first among Jiangsu’s provincial-level high-tech development zones in the comprehensive evaluation for three consecutive years. In 2021, it was successfully designated by the Ministry of Science and Technology as a pilot for upgrading county-level provincial high-tech development zones to national-level status.

The park has consistently adhered to a development philosophy centered on high-end, distinctive, and cluster-based growth. It has now established four pillar industries, notably two nationally renowned specialty sectors: new energy power batteries and power transmission and transformation.Led by enterprises such as Shangshang Cable, Huapeng Transformer, and Ankai Smart Power, the power transmission and transformation industry has rapidly enhanced its core competitiveness through innovation-driven development. With an industrial scale approaching 39 billion yuan, it has become a nationally renowned manufacturing base for power transmission and transformation equipment.By focusing on the development of strategic emerging industries, the park has formed a full industrial chain for power batteries led by CATL and SAIC Motor, bringing together more than 60 well-known domestic projects such as Putailai, Beixing New Materials, Kedali, and Zichen.with a total investment exceeding 90 billion yuan. Products span the entire industrial chain—including cathode and anode materials, battery separators, electrolytes, battery cells, battery packs, structural components, smart lithium-ion battery equipment, and battery recycling—forming a cluster of power battery enterprises with strong international competitiveness.The high-end equipment manufacturing industry, led by companies such as Zhengchang Group, Bühler Machinery, and Jinwei Machinery, and the automotive and parts industry, led by companies such as SAIC Maxus, Kehua Holdings, and CETC 28th Research Institute, also possess strong industrial competitiveness.

In terms of high-end innovation platforms, the park has attracted and established several major research platforms, including the Yangtze River Delta Physics Research Center, the Tianmu Lake Advanced Energy Storage Technology Research Institute, the Electric Vehicle Joint Innovation Center, the Southeast University Liyang Research Institute, the Chongqing University Smart City Research Institute, and the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Intelligent Manufacturing Research Institute. It has also attracted 13 academicians—including Chen Liquan, Xie Sishen, Yang Guozhen,Yang Deren, as well as a large number of top industry researchers such as Professors Li Hong, Wu Fan, Hu Yongsheng, Chen Jiangping, and Zhao Jianfeng. It has also been approved to establish a national-level postdoctoral workstation. The park is forging ahead toward its goal of “becoming a national high-tech zone and advancing toward a science and technology city.”