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Xining at 2,261 m:
another way to grow

Capital of Qinghai and the most populous city on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. No air conditioning in summer, power and land far cheaper than in the east, abundant green electricity and a cool climate — exactly what data centres and highland agriculture need.

China's summer capital Capital of Qinghai Largest city on the plateau

Four advantages

Qinghai's "four bases" strategy, and the backbone of Xining's investment pitch

Clean energy hub

Qinghai has a high share of solar and wind capacity and abundant green power. Xining hosts a full photovoltaic and lithium-battery storage chain, from polysilicon and monocrystalline silicon through to modules.

Green organic farm produce

A cool plateau climate with clean soil and water suits deep processing and cold-chain export of yak, Tibetan sheep, highland barley, goji and sea buckthorn.

International eco-tourism

Qinghai Lake, Kumbum Monastery and the Qilian Mountains are all within reach. Summer averages around 17°C, making Xining a base for road trips — with room for boutique lodging and cultural products.

Green computing base

A cool climate cuts cooling costs and green power is supplied directly. Under the "Beijing data, Qinghai computing" programme, AI computing, supercomputing and data-labelling businesses are setting up.

Industrial system: 3 + 3 + 1

The backbone of the Xining development zone

Three RMB 100bn clustersPV manufacturing · lithium storage · new alloys
Two RMB 50bn clustersSpeciality chemicals · biomedicine and plateau bio-processing
One breakthrough areaA 100,000-GPU green computing cluster

This summary is drawn from public reports by the Qinghai Provincial People's Government website and the Qinghai Investment Promotion Network — click through to verify.

Qinghai Investment Network · parks →

One zone, four parks

Different industries, different parks

Dongchuan Industrial Park

13.64 km² · high-end alloys, electronic information materials, advanced composites

Nanchuan Industrial Park

31.38 km² · advanced PV, lithium and storage, green-power computing, zero-carbon park

Ganhe Industrial Park

39.07 km² · non-ferrous and ferrous metal processing, speciality chemicals

Biotech Industrial Park

23.5 km² · plateau biomedicine, medical devices, bio-resource processing

Park details and sources →

Location and transport

Air

Xining Caojiabao International Airport serves major domestic cities; international connections via Xi'an, Beijing and Shanghai.

Rail

The starting point of the Qinghai–Tibet railway and a stop on the Lanzhou–Xinjiang high-speed line: about 1 hour to Lanzhou and 4 hours to Xi'an.

Road

Connected to the Hexi Corridor and towards Tibet and Xinjiang, and a key staging point for goods heading into Tibet.

Market reach

Serves all of Qinghai and reaches Gansu, Tibet and Xinjiang — well suited as a regional warehousing and distribution node.

What Taiwanese businesses can do here

Given Xining's resource base, these four are the easiest to get off the ground

Farm produce processing and cold chain

Yak, Tibetan sheep, goji, sea buckthorn and highland barley — standardised cuts, ready meals, supplements and gift products, with cold-chain storage.

Tourism lodging and cultural products

Around the Qinghai Lake loop and summer visitors: boutique guesthouses, campsites, cultural products and travel-tech services.

Green computing services

Data-centre operations, compute scheduling software, data labelling and cleaning, and AI application delivery, close to the "Beijing data, Qinghai computing" projects.

Retail and lifestyle services

Taiwanese-style restaurants, bakeries, tea shops, education and cultural retail, and chain stores — core districts still lack these brands.

Come for a visit, or start straight away

The association can arrange study visits, introduce you to parks and government departments, and help with incentive applications. Tell us your situation and we will tell you which steps can actually work.

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