Labor productivity of high-tech zones quadruples national average
Xinhua, October 15, 2016 Adjust font size:
In 2015, the labor productivity of China's 147 high-tech zones was 2.9 times higher than the country's overall labor productivity, according to a report released on Saturday.
The Labor productivity of high-tech zones, measured by output per worker, stood at 303,000 yuan (around 45,118 U.S. dollars) per person in 2015, said the assessment report on innovation abilities of high-tech zones.
The report was jointly issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Research Center for China's High-tech Development Zones.
Last year, there were 41 high-tech zones whose output value accounted for more than 20 percent of that of the cities where they are located, the report said.
With an output value of 845.2 billion yuan, Beijing's Zhongguancun remained to be the largest one in terms of economic scale, according to the report. Endi