Changsha High-Tech Industrial Development Zone is a national high-tech industrial zone in Changsha City, Hunan Province, China. It is the original Changsha Technology Development Experimental Zone (长沙科技开发试验区) founded in July, 1988. It was renamed to the present name, meanwhile the zone was upgraded to one of first batch of national HTZs. In March 1991, and became a national innovative technology pilot zone approved by the Ministry of Science & Technology in 2009. Its core area is situated in the west of Changsha on the west shore of the Xiang River, and the north side of Yuelu Mountain Scenic Area.