Nanjing Jiangning Riverside Economic Development Zone has successively won the honorary titles of Jiangsu New Industrialization Demonstration Base and Jiangsu Characteristic Industrial Park. It is an important sector in the layout of strategic emerging industries in Jiangning and even Nanjing, and has gradually formed three leading industries, namely, a new generation of information and communication technology, green smart cars and high-end intelligent equipment, and two strategic emerging industrial systems, namely, modern service industry and health industry. Adhere to the overall orientation of "building a new gateway to the Yangtze River in Jinling, a new riverside in a production city and a new oasis with ecological priority", realize the integrated development of ecology, production and life, promote the integration of production and city, and build a development zone with distinctive industrial characteristics, developed modern logistics, beautiful urban environment, harmonious ecological civilization and first-class international standards.
The development zone was founded in June 2003 and approved as a provincial development zone by the National Development and Reform Commission in May 2006. Binjiang Development Zone is positioned as an eco-friendly modern industrial new city and is committed to building a world-class advanced manufacturing base focusing on equipment manufacturing. Under the guidance of the overall planning of Binjiang New Town, an urbanized road system has been built with high speed and high quality. The pipelines are underground synchronously, and the greening, beautification and lighting are in place synchronously, with a beautiful regional environment. Power supply, water supply, heating and gas supply facilities are complete. Four 10,000-ton wharves in Binjiang Port will be put into operation soon, and the industrial carrying capacity will be rapidly improved. During the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period, the Development Zone will focus on developing machinery and equipment manufacturing, automobile industry, electronics industry, electric power industry, light industry and textiles, new materials and new energy sources, and simultaneously promote modern service industries such as modern warehousing and logistics, commercial real estate, port services, finance and insurance, information consultation, etc. Finally, Nanjing and Jiangning District will be built into space carriers for comprehensively promoting urbanization, fully functional industrial new cities, and strategic growth areas connecting east and west and radiating south of the Yangtze River.