In 2000, mainland policymakers turned their attention to developing China's western regions, and the culturally rich ancient capital Xi'an was anointed as the site of one of China's four future "Silicon Valleys," in addition to Beijing's Zhongguancun, Shanghai's Pudong, and the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.
西元二千年，北京政策轉而發展大西部，在北京中關村、上海浦東，和深圳特區之外，又欽點了人文薈萃的古都西安，同列為未來中國「四大矽谷」預定地。