In 2003, GDP of Zibo New & High-tech Industrial Development Zone has reached 8.5 billion RMB, and the gross revenue of technology, industry, and trade have reached 24.6 billion RMB. The average annual growth of the major economic indices increases by over 40%.
The Zone has more than 2000 enterprises from various industries. There are 72 enterprises whose annual sales revenue is more than 10 million RMB, 22 of them exceeding 100 million RMB. There are 54 new technological enterprises in the Zone. Zibo has 11 companies listed home or abroad, among them there are 10 entering the Zone.
Excellent results have been achieved by attracting more joint ventures and capital through hospitable service, perfect facilities and preferential policies. 
In the recent years, the New & High-tech Industrial Development Zone has signed 600 million USD worth of contracts and realized 300 million USD of foreign capitals. Foreign investments have mainly come from the following countries and regions, such as USA, Korea, Japan, Australia, Italy, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Great Britain, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Currently, there are more than 200 foreign invested enterprises in the Zone.
DSM Company of Netherlands, Perrigo Company of USA, Pan Asia Group of Companies, Riken Corundum Cco., Ltd, Dr. Wirth Grafische Technik GMBH & Co. Kg, Hong Kong and China Gas Company Ltd. and Samsung of Korea have already started construction in the Zone.