Beijing has made notable progress in the coordinated and integrated development of the "three science cities and one hi-tech area" in the past 10 years, as part of the city's efforts to become an international sci-tech innovation center.

The three science cities and one hi-tech area are respectively the Zhongguancun Science City, Huairou Science City, Beijing Future Science Park, and the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area. They serve as a major platform for Beijing's scientific and technological innovations and breakthroughs.

According to the Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission and the Administrative Commission of Zhongguancun Science Park, Beijing has achieved six "innovation leaps" over the decade. These include a fourfold increase in the number of invention patents per 10,000 people, a doubling of annual technology contract turnovers, and a doubling of the number of national high-tech enterprises. Moreover, the number of new technology companies established per day, the value-added of the high-tech industry, and the total revenue of enterprises in the Zhongguancun demonstration zone have all more than doubled.

For instance, domestically developed operating systems are rapidly gaining ground and narrowing the gap with their international counterparts in terms of technology, user experience, and ecosystem construction. The market share of UOS desktop operating systems, produced by a company at the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, has increased from around 1 million installations in 2019 to 6 million by the end of 2023. UOS is now compatible with over 5 million software and hardware products, spanning critical sectors such as government, finance, energy, telecommunications, and education.

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