BeijingApril 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On April 20, the economic performance of Beijing Yizhuang for the first quarter was officially announced. Data shows that Yizhuang New Town achieved a gross domestic product (GDP) of 95.67 billion yuan in the first quarter, a year-on-year increase of 6.2% (at constant prices, same below). Multiple indicators reflecting high-quality development, such as investment in high-tech industries and R&D expenses of large and medium-sized key enterprises, maintained double-digit growth, demonstrating a steady and improving development momentum. In the first quarter of the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, it successfully delivered a solid performance report.
Industry as the Foundation Building the Core Engine of Economic Development
In the first quarter, the industrial added value of Beijing Yizhuang increased by 5.9% year-on-year, further consolidating its role as the cornerstone of the capital’s real economy.
From the perspective of industrial structure, leading industries continue to demonstrate strong momentum. Not only are new achievements from enterprises emerging like a spring tide, driving industry upgrades—for example, Changmugu’s globally first “six-in-one” AI-powered full orthopedic surgery robot platform, ROPA6, received approval for market launch—but landmark projects are also advancing in an orderly manner, expanding the industrial landscape. Sanofi’s insulin API project is expected to see some key buildings take shape by the end of the year, and the high-end auto parts industrial park has officially broken ground.
Particularly noteworthy is that Beijing Yizhuang has achieved new breakthroughs in optimizing and upgrading its industrial structure, with new growth poles being rapidly cultivated, providing solid support for regional economic growth. In the first quarter, the productive service industry showed strong growth vitality, with revenues in information services, technology services, and leasing and business services maintaining rapid growth. The net income of the financial sector achieved double-digit growth, up 25% year-on-year.
Innovation-Driven Enhancing Economic Resilience
From January to February, R&D expenses of large and medium-sized key enterprises in Beijing Yizhuang reached 11.89 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 33.2%, leading the city in growth rate. Data indicates that innovation has become a key code for enterprises to enhance their core competitiveness, with continuous increases in R&D investment constantly transforming into a source of vitality for industrial development, promoting deep integration of technological and industrial innovation.
Behind the continuous breakthroughs and implementation of cutting-edge technologies is Beijing Yizhuang’s systematic thinking and precise policy implementation, striving to build a “rainforest-style” innovation ecosystem, forming a full-cycle support chain from incubation platforms and cultivation models to policy systems. Currently, as a main platform of the Beijing (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei) International Science and Technology Innovation Center’s “Three Cities and One District” initiative, Beijing Yizhuang adheres to leading industrial innovation through technological innovation. Since the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, it has undertaken and implemented over 1,200 “Three Cities” scientific and technological achievements, with the “Cabbage Heart Project” achieving breakthroughs in over 100 key technologies.
Forward-Looking Layout Mapping the Future Blueprint of Economic Development
This year marks the beginning of the “15th Five-Year Plan” period. Looking ahead to the “15th Five-Year Plan” era, Beijing Yizhuang is adopting a longer-term strategic vision and more systematic planning, optimizing industrial layout and strengthening policy support to map out a future blueprint for high-quality regional economic development, striving to turn the strong start in the first quarter into sustained success throughout the year.
In terms of optimizing industrial layout, Beijing Yizhuang is accelerating the construction of the International Medical Innovation Park (BioPark), using it as a platform to attract global medical and health innovation resources. Since the beginning of this year, the Harbour Biomed-AstraZeneca Innovation Laboratory and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s first innovation center in China have been successively launched, and supporting talent rental housing projects are also progressing rapidly. Additionally, the Yizhuang Comprehensive Bonded Zone is becoming a frontline for Beijing Yizhuang to deepen its opening-up, with the first batch of processing and R&D industrial space projects passing completion acceptance in the first quarter.
In terms of strengthening policy guidance, in the first quarter, Beijing Yizhuang introduced a special policy to support the development of brain-computer interfaces, outlining 15 specific measures across three major directions: technological product breakthroughs, building innovation platforms, and cultivating an industrial ecosystem. This aims to seize opportunities in brain-computer interface technological innovation and industrial transformation, using a full-chain policy guarantee to drive technological breakthroughs and application implementation. In this track, Beijing Yizhuang has achieved landmark results, with the Beijing Frontier Brain-Computer Interface Research Institute already established and expected to begin operations in the second half of the year, aiming to accelerate the clinical translation of brain-computer interface technology and benefit patients sooner.
A relevant official from the Economic Development Bureau of the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area stated: “The solid performance in the first quarter has laid a good foundation for Beijing Yizhuang’s high-quality development during the ’15th Five-Year Plan’ period. Moving forward, we will continue to strengthen innovation-driven development, build a modern industrial system, promote the flourishing of leading and future industries across multiple fronts, accelerate the cultivation and expansion of new quality productive forces, and contribute more Yizhuang strength to the high-quality development of the capital’s economy.”