China is planning to develop high-technology industries...
China is planning to develop high-technology industries by setting up six “silicon valleys” throughout the country, according to the official New China News Agency.
The advanced industrial zones will be located in Peking, Shanghai, Canton, Tienjin, Wuhan and the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, near Hong Kong. They will concentrate on areas including computers, robots, microelectronics, optical-fiber communications and lasers, said the agency.
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