China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City

What China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City does

China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City Investment and Development Co., Ltd. (SSGKC) is a sino-foreign equity joint venture established in 2010 between Knowledge City Group, a state-owned enterprise under the Guangzhou Huangpu District government, and CapitaLand, the Singapore-listed real estate group whose ownership position was consolidated through its 2019 acquisition of Ascendas-Singbridge. The JV was created to develop and operate a 232 sq km bilateral cooperation urban zone located at the apex of Guangzhou's Science and Technology Innovation Axis within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, targeting strategic emerging industries including biopharmaceuticals (BeiGene, GE-Janssen, Akeso, Immunochin), semiconductors (CanSemi's 12-inch wafer line, Shennan Circuit), new energy vehicles and autonomous driving (XPeng Motors, Baidu Apollo), and nanotechnology.

The company's product surface is a multi-layered ecosystem rather than a single software product. Real estate assets include the 302m/400,000 sqm Knowledge Tower (topped out November 2023), the 180,000 sqm Zhongxin Smart Park flagship (opened June 2023, >1.4 billion CNY invested), the CapitaLand-developed Tengfei Park, the Longshi Jinglong Mansion residential community, and the Phase 2 China-Singapore International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Demonstration Zone. International cooperation platforms span the Sino-Singapore International Joint Research Institute (SCUT-NTU), NUS Guangzhou Innovation Institute, the LaunchPad (modeled on Singapore's one-north), the Sino-Singapore IP Innovation Service Center (with Singapore IPOS), the CEST Software Transfer Platform, and a Science Award Winners Innovation Base tied to the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, plus the Guangzhou Singapore Chinese School (K-12). Underlying technology centers on smart city infrastructure (intelligent energy, transportation, logistics and government services), green building (South Initial Area 3-star green ecological certification), zero-carbon community systems (with Vanke Foundation, SP Group, Keppel Energy), and South China's first point-to-point cross-border data line to Singapore (Yue-Xin-Tong, launched June 2023).

The business model is a government-guided, enterprise-led industrial park developer and operator generating revenue through managed services on flagship parks, property leasing, investment promotion/professional services for inbound Singapore and multinational tenants, software transfer and consulting fees (CEST), and IP service fees. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated case-by-case with government and tenant counterparts under preferential bilateral policy frameworks. Distribution is anchored in direct enterprise engagement by the JV's investment promotion team supplemented by referral channels through Enterprise Singapore, the Guangdong-Singapore Cooperation Council, the French Business Service Center, and annual high-level bilateral events. The project has accumulated over 2.4 million registered market entities, completed fixed-asset investment exceeding 813 billion RMB in 2021 alone, and was elevated to national-level bilateral cooperation status in 2018.

Name

China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City

Legal name

中新广州知识城投资开发有限公司

Website

https://ssgkc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City is a sino-foreign equity joint venture between Knowledge City Group (Guangzhou SOE) and CapitaLand that develops and operates a 232 sq km bilateral cooperation urban zone in the Greater Bay Area, serving biopharmaceutical, semiconductor, EV/autonomous-driving, and nanotechnology enterprises through flagship industrial parks, research platforms, IP and software-transfer services, and education infrastructure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Park Development and Management

akta.pro primary industry

Smart Cities & Urban Innovation Programs (Digital Planning, Civic Tech for Cities) (BPAIANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Urban & Regional Planning (Land Use, Zoning, Master Planning) (BPAIANAD), Sustainable Cities, Urban Development & Green Infrastructure (BPADALAL), Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD)

Keywords

• Industrial park development
• Urban development services
• Bilateral economic cooperation
• Science park management
• Knowledge city real estate

Headquarters

HQ city

Huangpu

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Industrial Park Development and Management: The joint venture company develops and manages industrial parks including the Sino-Singapore Wisdom Park, Tengfei Park, and the International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Demonstration Zone. Revenue is generated through land development, property leasing, and park management services.
2. Investment Promotion Services: Providing international investment attraction services for Knowledge City, connecting Singapore and international enterprises with the park through joint investment promotion activities under the Guangdong-Singapore Cooperation Council framework.
3. Software Transfer and Consulting: CEST (Software Transfer Excellence Center) provides training, consultation, and exchange programs, transferring Singapore's experience in urban planning, social governance, and administrative management to Chinese government officials and enterprises.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City is a bilateral urban development project that plans, develops, and operates a 232-square-kilometer knowledge city in Guangzhou's Huangpu District. It develops industrial parks (Knowledge Tower, Zhongxin Smart Park, Tengfei Park), international cooperation platforms (LaunchPad, Joint Research Institute), residential communities, and an international school to attract strategic industry tenants in biopharma, semiconductors, EV/ICV, and advanced manufacturing.

Product overview

China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City (中新广州知识城) is a bilateral China-Singapore urban development zone developed by the SSGKC joint venture (中新广州知识城投资开发有限公司). The company's portfolio is not a unified software product but a multi-layered ecosystem of real estate developments, industrial parks, education services, and international cooperation platforms. The portfolio comprises: (1) landmark infrastructure projects — most prominently the 302m Knowledge Tower (知识塔), a supertall office/landmark tower and the primary China-Singapore cooperation benchmark; (2) industrial parks — including the flagship Zhongxin Smart Park (中新智慧园, ~180,000 sqm, SSGKC-operated) and the CapitaLand-developed Guangzhou Knowledge City Tengfei Park (广州知识城腾飞园); (3) international cooperation platforms — the Sino-Singapore International Joint Research Institute, the Sino-Singapore IP & Innovation Service Center, the CEST Software Transfer Platform, the NUS Guangzhou Innovation Institute, and the LaunchPad youth innovation base; (4) educational services — notably the Guangzhou Singapore Chinese School (广州新侨学校), a 12-year international school co-managed with Singapore's Hua Nan Cultural Association; and (5) residential communities — such as Longshi Jinglong Mansion. These offerings collectively serve the knowledge city's role as a 232-sq-km, 1000,000-population urban development zone in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 知识塔 (Knowledge Tower): 302m supertall landmark building and China-Singapore cooperation benchmark project at the core of Jiulong Lake
• 中新智慧园 (SSGKC Smart Park)
• 广州新侨学校 (Guangzhou Singapore Chinese School)
• 中新青年创新创业基地 / LaunchPad
• 中新国际联合研究院 (SIC-JRI)
• 知识城腾飞园 (SSGKC Ascendas Park)
• 龙狮·璟珑府 (Longshi Jinglong Mansion)

Products and services

• Knowledge Tower

Quantifiable outcome

• Patent applications, authorizations, and PCT international applications have maintained double-digit growth for 5 consecutive years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Lindau Nobel Laureates Conference (林道诺奖得主大会)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Strategic partnership to establish Knowledge City as a Science Award Winners' Innovation Base. Attracts Nobel laureates for forums, exhibitions, and promotes their related projects settling in Knowledge City.
• Keppel Energy (吉宝企业)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Signed memorandum for comprehensive energy management and operation in Knowledge City. Will design and implement scalable, forward-looking sustainable integrated smart energy management solutions.
• Singapore Enterprise Singapore (新加坡企业发展局)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2023Singapore government agency that promotes Knowledge City to Singapore companies and organizes delegations to visit and invest in Knowledge City. Key partner in 'Sail to China' programs for Singapore enterprises.
• People's Bank of China/China CITIC BankminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Collaborated with Zhongnan Wisdom Park, LaunchPad, Minsheng Bank, and GBA Science and Technology Innovation Service Center to organize activities connecting enterprises with investment and financing opportunities.
• Singapore Energy Group (SP Group)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Asia Pacific's leading energy utility company partnered with SSGKC to create smart energy saving benchmark projects in Zhongxin Wisdom Park, injecting new momentum for high-quality green development.
• National University of Singapore (NUS) - Guangzhou Innovation Research InstituteflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021NUS's largest flagship overseas project, signed in 2021. The institute focuses on addressing technology and market demand for Greater Bay Area industrial upgrading, supporting NUS startups in the bay area, and cultivating international high-end talent in cutting-edge technology fields.
• Singapore Chinese High School Affiliated Schools (南洋华侨中学校群)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021First overseas cooperative school of the Singapore Chinese High School cluster. Guangzhou Singapore Chinese School (广州新侨学校) opened in September 2021 offering 12-year education from primary to high school.
• Vanke Public Welfare Foundation (万科公益基金会)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Partnership in establishing the Zero Carbon Community Development Alliance. Co-hosted the 2021 International Zero Carbon Community Urban Innovation Forum. Wang Shi (founder of Vanke) personally attended to support Knowledge City's carbon neutral development.
• CapitaLand (凯德集团)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Knowledge City's joint venture partner and primary developer. Through the 2019 acquisition of Ascendas-Singbridge (110 billion SGD), CapitaLand became the largest diversified real estate group in Asia. Signed 2019 JCBC agreement to jointly develop the International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Demonstration Zone.
• French Business Service Center (FBSC)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2019Established in Zhongxin Wisdom Park in 2019 to provide comprehensive support for French companies entering the Greater Bay Area including strategy, channels, legal, and talent services.
• South China University of Technology (华南理工大学)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Co-founded the Sino-Singapore International Joint Research Institute (SJTU-NTU-SSGKC) together with Nanyang Technological University and Knowledge City Management Committee. The institute conducts产学研 activities in six major fields and has introduced multiple international industrialization projects, incubating high-tech startups.
• Philips (飞利浦)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Smart LED lighting and central management control system for 14km of roads and pedestrian streets in Knowledge City. Jointly developing energy-efficient LED lighting products for demonstration in Knowledge City.
• Jurong International (裕廊国际)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Singapore government statutory board under Ministry of Trade and Industry. Provides master planning, architecture, and facility management services for Knowledge City's urban development.
• Singapore Institute of Technical Education (ITE)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013ITE Education Services introduced to Knowledge City Vocational Education Alliance to provide international vocational education teacher training, school management systems, curriculum design, and enterprise staff training programs.
• Singapore Action Community for Enterprise (ACE) - LaunchPadcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010International youth innovation community base modeled after Singapore's one-north LaunchPad. Provides enterprise registration, policy consultation, investment matchmaking, and legal/IP consulting services for global innovative enterprises and entrepreneurs.
• Singapore IP Office (IPOS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010Jointly established the Sino-Singapore International IP Innovation Service Center to provide one-stop international IP services, organize international IP exchange activities, and implement Sino-Singapore IP cooperation projects.
• Singapore National Library BoardminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010Collaboration to share Singapore's library management experience and best practices in reading services, supporting the development of library services in Knowledge City.
• Singapore Construction Authority (BCA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010Memorandum of understanding on green building cooperation signed in 2010. Jointly developed green building technical standards, design guidelines, and management regulations for Knowledge City. South Initial Area achieved 3-star green ecological district certification.
• CEST - Software Transfer Excellence CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010A bilateral exchange platform aggregating resources from Singapore and China. Organizes top forums, training programs, study missions, and provides business consultation and expansion advisory services. Implements 'Go Out' and 'Come In' software transfer training programs for government officials.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• CapitaLand: Asia's largest diversified real estate group and SSGKC's primary Singapore JV partner (since the 2019 Ascendas-Singbridge acquisition). Operates a much broader portfolio of industrial parks, data centres, and integrated developments across 40+ countries, of which the Tengfei Park development in Knowledge City is one. Positioned as a parent and as a comparable large-scale industrial-park operator.
• Xiongan New Area: State-designated千年大計 national-level new area in Hebei Province backed by central government policy and SOE relocation. Competes with SSGKC for premium multinational tenants and central-government preferential policies, particularly in AI, biotech and green industry verticals.
• Pudong New Area: China's most established national-level development zone in Shanghai, hosting Pudong's Lujiazui financial centre and Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park. While not a Sino-Singapore project, it competes for the same multinational tenants in biotech, semiconductors, and finance — offering a higher-order incumbent alternative to SSGKC in the Greater Bay Area vs. Yangtze River Delta comparison.

Emerging players

• Songdo International Business District: Master-planned smart/eco-city in Incheon, South Korea developed by Gale International and POSCO E&C with a similar Singapore-style urban planning template (via CPG/Jurong heritage). Comparable in scale, sustainability focus, and 'greenfield smart-city' positioning though serving Northeast Asia rather than Greater Bay Area.
• Masdar City: Abu Dhabi's flagship zero-carbon sustainable city project — closely comparable to SSGKC's South Initial Area 3-star green district and Zero Carbon Community Alliance positioning. Both combine master planning, green-building certification, and innovation-district objectives, though Masdar is smaller and earlier-stage.

Direct peers

• Wuxi-Singapore Industrial Park: A bilateral Chinese-Singaporean cooperation industrial park in Jiangsu Province, replicating the Suzhou/Singapore cooperation model at smaller scale. Shares the same Singapore-backed regulatory and investment-promotion framework as SSGKC and competes for the same Singapore-affiliated MNC tenants looking for premium Chinese industrial locations.
• JTC Corporation: Singapore's statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, master developer of Singapore's industrial estates including one-north and Biopolis. Many of SSGKC's planning, sustainability, and tenant-services frameworks (e.g., its LaunchPad base) are explicitly modeled on JTC-managed Singapore infrastructure, making JTC the Singapore-side functional peer.
• Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City: The second national-level Sino-Singapore cooperation project (since 2008), focused on sustainable city development. Shares with SSGKC the same bilateral cooperation model, Singapore-government-aligned JV partners, and eco-city positioning — and is its closest sibling-project in the same bilateral family.
• Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP): The first and most mature Sino-Singapore bilateral cooperation project (since 1994), also a national-level project. SIP and SSGKC share the same Singapore partner ecosystem (CapitaLand/Ascendas legacy, Temasek), the same bilateral cooperation framework, and the same JV structure with a Chinese SOE. They compete for similar Singapore-affiliated multinational tenants seeking China market access.
• one-north Singapore: Singapore's flagship 200-hectare R&D and knowledge cluster managed by JTC, hosting Biopolis, Fusionopolis, and the LaunchPad @ one-north startup campus that SSGKC's own LaunchPad is directly modeled on. Competes with SSGKC for cross-border biotech, AI, and deep-tech tenants seeking Asian footholds.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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