Ankang High-tech Zone started in 2000. After the transformation from the original Ankang Biotechnology Industrial Park and Shaanxi Ankang Industrial Park, it was upgraded to a provincial high-tech development zone with the approval of the provincial government on February 3, 2009, enjoying the right of municipal economic management, and can integrate the resources of the whole city for development and utilization. 65 kinds of metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources have been discovered in the city, with a potential value of over 900 billion yuan. Known as the "natural biological gene bank", it is rich in biological resources, with more than 6,000 species in China, ranking first in the province and leading the country; It is the best planting area of Gynostemma pentaphyllum and Dioscorea zingiberensis in China, the main producing area of tea and sericulture in northwest China, an important producing area of lint products and Chinese herbal medicines in Shaanxi, and an important water conservation area of the Middle Route Project of South-to-North Water Transfer, with a total water resource of 25.2 billion cubic meters, which contains huge green energy resources mainly based on water. 2065438+August 2004 Shaanxi Provincial Government supported Ankang High-tech Zone to be upgraded to a national high-tech zone. 120151kloc-0/On October 22nd, the State Council officially approved the upgrading of Ankang High-tech Zone to a national high-tech zone.