In July 2006, the Administrative Commission of Wuhan East Lake Development Zone and Dalian Software Park invested jointly in building Wuhan Optics Valley Software Park.
The Government provided the enterprises in the Park with preferential policies and support, and Dalian Software Park brings in management experience in development, investment, services and others.
Optics Valley Software Park Stage 1 is situated at Wuhan Optics Valley Heart Guanshanyilu Road aand has a total construction area of 600,000 square meters, Now more than 60 enterprises have opened there such as EDS, Shenzhen Huawei, China Merchants Bank Credit Card Center, Beijing Transportation, ZONDY CYBER, Jiang Toon Animation and others.
The businesses generally are involved in services outsourcing, animation industry, financial services, network communication software, manufacturing information software, embedded software and geographic information. There are more than 6,000 employees .
Business Radar reports that Optics Valley Software Park Stage 2, situated south of Jiufeng Hill Wuhan Science and Technology New Town Center, has a planned area of 9 square kilometers and that the total construction area is 4 million square meters.