 The development zone is the manufacturing center of 8th Division of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and Shihezi City, it was established in December 1992 with the approval of the Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and in 1996 the Science and Technology Commission of the Autonomous Region approved the establishment of an industrial technology park in the area.On April 24, 2000, it was upgraded to a national economic and technological development zone with the approval of the State Council.It was identified as the ""Third Batch of Processing Trade Gradient Transfer Base"" () by the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and General Administration of Customs on November 5, 2010, and the ""A-Class National New Materials High-tech Industrialization Base"" () by the Ministry of Science and Technology on March 14, 2014.