page_title: Zhongguancun
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Zhongguancun / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The southwest scene of Zhongguan plaza, Beijing, China. Original photos were pictured by sony H50, HDR. 中文（中国大陆）‎: 中关村广场西南景致，北京。H50拍摄，由三张HDR合成。
context_page_description: Zhongguancun is a technology hub in Haidian District, Beijing, China.
  Zhongguancun occupies a band between the northwestern Third Ring Road and the northwestern Fourth Ring Road, in the northwestern part of Beijing. Zhongguancun is sometimes known as "China's Silicon Valley".
context_section_description: Chen Chunxian envisioned Zhongguancun, which then became a well-known technology hub 30 years later. Chunxian, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), conceived of a Silicon Valley in China following a government-sponsored trip to Boston and Silicon Valley, United States.
  Zhongguancun became known as "Electronics Avenue" (simplified Chinese: 电子一条街; traditional Chinese: 電子一條街; pinyin: Diànzǐ Yītiáojiē) from the early 1980s on, due to its information technology markets along a central, crowded street.
  Zhongguancun was recognized by the central government of China in 1988, and officially named "Beijing High-Technology Industry Development Experimental Zone". In 1999, Zhongguancun became the "Zhongguancun Science & Technology Zone", with seven parks: Haidian, Fengtai, Changping, Electronics City (in Chaoyang), Yizhuang, Desheng, and Jianxiang. The original Zhongguancun became known as Haidian Park of the Zhongguancun Zone.
caption: The southwest landscape of Zhongguan plaza.
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