Yangling District was established with the approval of the State Council in 1997. It is located 82km west of the world famous historical city Xi, and is the only national agricultural high-tech industrial demonstration zone in China. More than 4,000 scientific and technological talents from 64 disciplines including agriculture, forestry, water and animal husbandry have gathered here. Over the past decades, more than 60,000 agricultural science and technology talents have moved from here to the whole country; More than 5,000 agricultural scientific and technological achievements were born here; The economic benefits generated by the promotion of achievements and industrial transformation have accumulated over 200 billion yuan. At present, Yangling's research in wheat breeding, dry farming, water-saving agriculture, plant protection, soil fertilizer, livestock reproductive endocrine and embryo engineering, comprehensive control of soil erosion in the Loess Plateau, desertification control, forest cultivation, landscaping, processing and comprehensive utilization of fruit trees and horticultural materials, plant resource protection, development and comprehensive utilization has reached the national leading level, and some of its research has reached the international advanced level.

The State Council's decision to set up Yangling District is an important measure to fundamentally change the agricultural landscape of arid and semi-arid areas in China, implement the western development and realize the transfer of national development strategic focus to the central and western regions with a view to the 2 1 century and relying on scientific and technological progress. The demonstration area is included in the sequence of national high-tech industrial development zones, and consists of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, the Development Planning Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Cooperation, the Ministry of Education, the Economic and Trade Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Water Resources, the State Environmental Protection Administration, the Forestry Bureau, the Taxation Bureau, the General Administration of Customs, the Bureau of Foreign Experts Affairs, the China Academy of Sciences, the the State Council Development Research Center, the People's Bank of China, the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Shaanxi Provincial People

Since its establishment more than two years ago, with the support of relevant state ministries and commissions, the demonstration area has developed rapidly, the urban infrastructure construction has been improved day by day, a major breakthrough has been made in the reform of science and education system, the agricultural industrial pattern has taken shape initially, and foreign cooperation and exchanges have been expanding. It has formed environmental advantages, talent advantages, institutional advantages and capital advantages in developing agricultural high-tech industries, and established convenient channels for scientific and technological exchanges at home and abroad and an efficient mechanism for transforming achievements. The demonstration area implements a brand-new operation mechanism, implements the "first inquiry responsibility system", the limited time commitment system for handling documents and the "one-stop" office service, and attracts more and more investors with preferential policies, high-quality services and beautiful environment. Now, the city has complete facilities, beautiful and quiet environment, convenient traffic information, complete agricultural disciplines, superior production conditions, and the industrial development has begun to take shape. It has become the bridgehead for the development of western China and the implementation of beautiful mountains and rivers.