CONSTRUCTION is starting on a number of high-tech projects in the city’s traditional industry base in the north, covering robotics, new-energy vehicles and information technology.

Laboratories, research centers and production lines for 37 projects, mostly involving hi-tech and startup enterprises, will be built on land formerly owned by iron-steel, glass and electrical machinery manufacturers in Baoshan District.

The work is part of the city government’s efforts to transform its northern industrial base, famous for its steel industry as well as air pollution, into a number of innovative parks in an improved environment.