As the capital of Shaanxi province, the economy in Xi'an has been developed quickly. Now, there are major two industrial zones including Xi'an Economic & Technological Development Zone and Xi'an High-tech Industries Development Zone.

 

For software industry in Xi'an, it is advanced by the growing economy of Xi'an. Now, the city is a pioneer in software industry in China. In recent years, service outsourcing industry in Xi'an has kept growing robustly. The outstanding contractor enterprises, rich human resources and preferential policies have paved a solid foundation for Xi'an to becoming a capital for service outsourcing. As a second-tier city in China, following Beijing and Shanghai, Xi'an has a track record in the Business Process Outsourcing field. The local government is using tax and other incentives to encourage companies and professionals to relocate there.

 

Xi'an is the most important engineer training base of China. The universities and local companies of Xi'an have provided Chinese telecommunication industry with hundreds of thousands of engineers. Xi'an possesses more advantage in radio and wireless communication. Therefore, many domestic and multinational telecommunication vendors including Huawei, ZTE, CATT, NEC, Fujistu and Siemens have set up their R&D centers and/or factories in Xi'an.

 

In 2008, the initial aerospace center in Shanghai was launched. Shortly after that, another civil aerospace center of China is constructed China in the Shaanxi province. The planning of Xi'an National Civil Aerospace Industrial Base was approved by the State Development and Reform Commission on December 26, 2007. The National Civil Aerospace Industrial Base of Xi'an, covering an area of 23 square kilometers, will focus on developing satellites, new materials, energies, IT and other technologies for civil applications.

 

In November 2006, Xi'an and the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation jointly set up Xi'an Aerospace Science and Technology Industrial Base. From its establishment, the base has focused on the development of the civil space industry, including equipment manufacturing, software and service outsourcing, new materials and solar photovoltaic. Apart from the core area, the base will cover Xi'an and the Guanzhong area (the central China) and the expansion zone will reach Northwest China and Southwest China.

 

It is expected that by 2012 the total industry output can reach 2.8 billion us dollars with about 10 to 20 brand products with intellectual property rights and 5-8 products with global competitiveness.