In 1999, the PRC State Council issued its "Document 14," on enhancing technical innovation and develop-ment. Fifty-three previously approved national-level high-tech development zones began an all-out effort to attract investors to locate in them.
一九九九年，中國國務院十四號文件出台（正式發佈），主旨是「加強技術創新與發展」，科技熱潮進一步從中央延燒到地方，早先獲得審定通過的五十三個國家級「高新技術產業開發區」更是全力招商引資，以期「築巢引鳥」。