This will eventually be the site of Science City, a high-tech park covering nearly 20 square miles, where the Hefei government is offering massive financial incentives to high-tech companies, both local and foreign.

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But the city already has a smaller high-tech park which has been incubating small companies for several years and is now attracting big hitters like Microsoft, which has opened a research center here, and US videoconferencing company WebEx.

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According to recent reports in Hong Kong newspapers, the SAR's Disney park is likely to be in two parts: a high-tech park similar to one at Orlando, Florida, and next to it, a Magic Kingdom, the traditional style of Disney theme park.

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It is one of many labs in the biochemistry research gulch of Shanghai's 15-square-mile high-tech office park.

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Mr Baldwin is one of five investors who have built a high-tech research park on Maui in hopes of luring information-technology firms to the state.

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Zhu says he is looking for ways to open up a private industry park somewhere in Zhejiang that would provide a bridge for high-tech entrepreneurs doing business between China and America.

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Mr. Park said he has been thinking about ways to bring sewing machines into the high-tech world for 30 years.

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