Established in November 1995 with the approval of the Shanghai Municipal Government, Shanghai Qingpu Industrial Park is one of the nine municipal-level industrial development zones, covering a planned area of 56.2 square kilometers. Currently, it boasts two national-level development zones: Qingpu Comprehensive Bonded Zone and Zhangjiang High-tech Qingpu Park. Over the years, the park has evolved into a large-scale strategic emerging industrial park with an output value exceeding 100 billion CNY and tax revenue surpassing 10 billion CNY. It has been recognized as a National Demonstration Eco-industrial Park, National Circular Chemical Industry Demonstration Pilot Park, and National New Industrialization Demonstration Base (New Materials), all of which have received five-star evaluations. It is also designated as a Shanghai Characteristic Industrial Park (Biopharmaceuticals), among other accolades.

The park enjoys convenient transportation, complete supporting facilities, and a concentration of industries. It is traversed by six expressways, including the Shanghai-Chongqing and Shanghai-Changzhou expressways, and is adjacent to other industrial parks. It is served by the Shanghai-Suzhou-Jiaxing intercity railway, Jiaqing-Songjin Line, and Shanghai Metro Line 17, forming a comprehensive transportation hub with seamless connections and interchanges. The Songze Elevated Road runs through the center of the park, providing easy access to Hongqiao Airport and Hongqiao Railway Station within 15 minutes. The park is gradually building a three-dimensional transportation network of “large internal circulation and wide external connectivity".

After 26 years of development and construction, the park has attracted more than 3,400 domestic and international companies (including 20 companies with annual tax revenues exceeding one billion CNY). Among them, there are 23 Fortune 500 companies, 121 industry-leading enterprises, and 7 independently cultivated companies that have been listed. Additionally, nearly 20 companies are currently in the process of listing guidance. The park has successfully formed three ten-billion-CNY-level industrial clusters in high-end equipment manufacturing, new materials, and electronic information industries. Furthermore, the park will focus on the "3+6" dominant industries and prioritize the development of six major industrial clusters, namely civil aviation, biopharmaceuticals, hydrogen energy, artificial intelligence, electronic information, and new materials. The civil aviation industry is represented by enterprises such as Pratt & Whitney and China Eastern Airlines Center. In the biopharmaceutical sector, leading companies include Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Xinglin and Serum Bio-technology. The hydrogen energy industry boasts significant players like Sinopec Shanghai Hydrogen Energy and Shanghai Qing Hydrogen. Artificial intelligence finds representation through companies like Fanuc and Aishida. The electronic information sector features prominent enterprises like Unimos and Huace Navigation. Lastly, the new materials industry is represented by companies such as Höganäs and Invista.

In the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the park will plan its positioning on a larger scale, seek development goals centered around "integration", take the opportunity of building the "Five New Cities," and take the lead in creating two industrial communities in life sciences and digital manufacturing. It strives to become a vigorous growth pole for the Yangtze River Delta's development, a model area for high-quality development in the Yangtze River Delta, a leader in modernization, a demonstration area for regional integration development, and a new highland for reform and opening up in the new era.