How powerful is the Zhengzhou metropolitan area's core?

郑州都市圈的“圈心”有多“硬核”？

Zhengzhou boasts a robust electronic information industry, with an intelligent terminal industrial base established in the Airport Economy Zone, an intelligent sensor industrial base in the High-Tech Zone, and an information security industrial base in Jinshui District. The city has successively cultivated leading enterprises such as Henan Great Wall, Unicompute Technology and Superfusion. In 2023, the city's smartphone production exceeded 140 million units, accounting for approximately one ninth of the global total. 

郑州市电子信息产业实力雄厚，形成以航空港区为主的智能终端产业基地、以高新区为主的智能传感器产业基地、以金水区为主的信息安全产业基地，先后培育了河南长城、紫光计算机、超聚变公司等龙头企业。2023年，全市智能手机产量超过1.4亿台，约占全球的1/9。

In terms of equipment manufacturing, Zhengzhou has fostered a number of key enterprises including Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery, China Railway Engineering Equipment and Yutong Heavy Industry. Statistics show that the shield tunneling machines produced by China Railway Engineering Equipment have been the top seller globally for six consecutive years, and the smart hydraulic supports built by Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery have set new world records. There are 137 major technical equipment products that are the first of their kind in Henan Province.

在装备制造方面，郑州先后培育了郑煤机、中铁装备、宇通重工等一批骨干企业。据统计，中铁装备盾构机产销量连续六年全球第一，郑煤机高智能化液压支架刷新世界支护新高度，拥有137个河南省首台（套）重大技术装备产品。

Zhengzhou's biopharmaceutical resources are highly concentrated in and around Zhongyuan Medical Science and Technology City in the Airport Economy Zone, supported by the Auto Biological In-Vitro Diagnostics Industrial Park in Economic Development Zone, Tianjian Lake Life and Health Technology Park in High-Tech Zone, and Chemical Pharmaceutical Industrial Park in Xinzheng City, encompassing nearly 500 pharmaceutical industrial enterprises.

郑州生物医药资源集中，形成了以航空港中原医学科学城为“核心”，经开区安图生物体外诊断产业园、高新区天健湖生命健康科技园、新郑市化学医药产业园为支撑的“一城多园区”的产业布局，拥有医药工业企业近500家。

In addition, Zhengzhou is home to 135 large food industry enterprises, with a scale exceeding 100 billion yuan. The jujube product industry ranks first nationwide, the instant noodle industry accounts for approximately 20% of the national market share, and the frozen food industry has a market share of over 60% across the country.

除此之外，郑州市规上食品工业企业135家，规模超1000亿元，枣制品行业规模全国第一，方便面行业约占全国20%的市场份额，速冻食品行业在全国市场占有率超60%。

Zhengzhou also boasts 172 large aluminum processing enterprises along with one national-level and fifteen provincial-level engineering technology research centers, creating a complete industrial chain that spans the aluminum production process from mining, refining, electrolyzing, and processing to final production.

郑州还拥有铝加工制品规上企业172家，建有铝工业国家级工程技术研究中心1个、省级工程技术研究中心15个，形成了“开采-提炼-电解铝-铝材加工-铝终端制品”完整产业链条。

What is the current state of transportation within the Zhengzhou metropolitan area?

郑州都市圈交通一体化发展现状如何？

Situated at the intersection of the Eurasia Continental Bridge corridor and the Beijing-Guangzhou corridor within China's strategic urban layout, the Zhengzhou metropolitan area includes Zhengzhou City at the center, Kaifeng City, Xuchang City, and some districts and counties of Xinxiang City and Jiaozuo City within a one-hour commuting range, with advantageous open platforms such as the Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone, Free Trade Pilot Zone, and Comprehensive Bonded Zone. The operation of China-Europe freight train ranks in the forefront of the country, and Xinzheng International Airport processes more cargo and mail than anywhere else in central China.

郑州都市圈位于中国“两横三纵”城镇化战略格局中陆桥通道、京广通道交汇处，以郑州为中心，1小时通勤范围内涵盖郑州市、开封市、许昌市、新乡和焦作2市的部分区县。此外，郑州航空港区、自由贸易试验区、综合保税区等开放平台优势凸显，中欧班列运营居全国前列，新郑国际机场货邮吞吐量稳居中部第一。

The Zhengzhou Metropolitan Area Comprehensive Transportation System Planning issued recently shows that a composite intercity transportation corridor will be created with Zhengzhou at the center, connecting the other cities in series and radiating the metropolitan area, along with a comprehensive, multi-node transportation hub system with the Zhengzhou international comprehensive transportation hub in the center, Luoyang national comprehensive transportation hub as a sub-center, connected to other regional comprehensive transportation hubs.

日前印发的《郑州都市圈综合交通体系规划》显示，打造以郑州为中心、串联其他城市、辐射都市圈“一环八放射五联”复合城际运输通道；形成以郑州国际性综合交通枢纽为中心、洛阳全国性综合交通枢纽为副中心、其他区域性综合交通枢纽为重要节点的“一主一副多点”综合交通枢纽体系。