Hsinchu is now world famous as Taiwan's "technology city." Its Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and industrial park, added to the science and engineering orientated National Chiao Tung and National Tsing Hua universities, all come together to create a complete system.
新竹目前以台灣的「科技城」馳名世界，工研院、科學園區、加上理工科學術重鎮交通大學及清華大學，匯聚成完整的體系。