银川经济技术开发区于2001年7月27日经国务院批准成立，2001年10月9日正式挂牌运行。
　　面对西部大开发和中国加入WTO的历史性机遇，银川经济技术开发区采用新的理念，新的管理运行体制，并且用新思路、新模式推动高新技术产业化，充分实行市场化运作，利用国际国内的力量推动开发区后来居上，实现跨越式发展。
　　
　　一、坚持符合时代发展要求的运作理念。
　　
　　突破开发区仅有几平方公里的区域概念，把开发区作为宁夏经济发展和高新技术产业发展的平台和载体进行运作；要大力实施“天下”战略，用天下人的智慧和力量来兴办宁夏开发区；把金融运作和资本运作作为开发区发展建设的重要战略思想贯穿始终；产业发展以信息技术为先导，把开发区建成电子商务开发区和现代经济的电子港口，缩小与东部的时空差距，带动高新技术产业发展。
　　以现代企业制度特别是现代产权制度，吸纳天下的人才、项目、资金、技术到宁夏，与宁夏特色优势资源进行有机结合，特别是吸引天下高水平的创业者和战略投资家来宁夏创业投资，既发展了自己，也繁荣了宁夏，实现多赢；注重培育开放式发展的龙头企业，积极进行有效的资本运作，推动高新技术产业化，龙头企业在全世界发展，但高新技术产业化基地在宁夏；资本运作在国内外两个市场进行，但产业链条和项目实业优先伸到宁夏。银川经济技术开发区投资控股公司是开发区新模式的载体，也是开发区发展的龙头和旗舰，同时也是我们实施“天下”战略的一个成功范例。
　　
　　二、按照跨越式发展的要求创新管理体制。
　　
　　银川经济技术开发区实行“两个代表、一个实体”的管理体制，开拓三位一体的运行新模式。开发区管委会是行政管理的代表；宁夏综合投资公司是开发区国有资产经营的代表；银川经济技术开发区投资控股有限公司是开发区经营运行的实体。按现代企业制度建立起来的投资控股有限公司，在东部沿海发达地区甚至国外进行资本运作，为开发区扩大影响，为开发区招商引资；在宁夏市县投资创业，参与科技创业者行动，带动全区经济发展；在开发区内经营产业，吸引自治区内外风险投资，进行高科技企业投资孵化，建设科技创业园。
　　
　　三、科学合理制定开发区的产业政策。
　　
　　银川经济技术开发区规划建设将按照“统一规划、分步开发、滚动发展”的原则进行。产业园区定位和产业布局主要突出高新技术产业化，以及用高新技术改造提升有比较优势的传统产业。产业园区初步规划发展六大产业：以信息技术为主的信息产业，以生物工程为主的特色医药产业，以现代化工为主的天然气产业，用高新技术改造的传统产业，以现代金融及其产品为主的金融服务业，以社会主义市场服务经济体系为主的中介服务业。
　　
　　四、营造符合WTO规则的投资软环境
　　
　　加强五大服务。一是加强金融支持、物流配送、人力资源保护和电子商务等服务；二是建立企业投诉调解中心网络，为投资企业排忧解难，努力做到投诉有门，纠纷化解有道；三是建立投资软环境监控、测评、反馈系统。四是保护企业合法权益，对投资企业执法检查需提前报告管委会批准；五是实行“一个窗口收费”，或由管委会代缴，不许乱拉赞助，乱摊费，实现“零费区“。
　　
　　New Concepts to Promote Development of Yinchuan ETDZ
　　Administrative Committee of Yinchuan ETDZ
　　The Yinchuan Economic and Technological Development Zone in northwest China‘s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region will follow new modern corporate concepts and laws governing development of the market economy in a determined effort to catch up with other development zones in China.
　　The Yinchuan Economic and Technological Development Zone was founded in October of 2001, a latecomer among development zones across the country. Despite that, the zone is sparing no effort to catch up with its counterparts in economic development by applying new, scientific management methods, luring in more hi-tech enterprises and improving its market operations.
　　The most pressing task for the Yinchuan ETDZ is to attract scientific and technological talents and capital input from all over the country, according to officials on the zone‘s administrative committee. To this end, they told Business World, emphasis will be put on the zone‘s financial and capital operations, with development of information technology taking the lead in the zone‘s industrial development as a whole. Meanwhile, development of electronic business will be promoted as a part of an effort to narrow the gap between this region in west China and the relatively developed east regions.
　　The development zone, which is a part of the capital city of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, will also integrate modern corporate and asset management systems with regional resources to attract scientific and technological talents, projects, funds and technology to the autonomous region.
　　To promote the development of positive and effective capital operations, the Yinchuan ETDZ will develop some key hi-tech companies that are good enough to lure in capital from both domestic and foreign markets. These are expected to develop into international companies while serving as local R&D centers.
　　Shareholding companies in the Yinchuan ETDZ will be the carriers of this new coporate concept and will take the lead in its implementation.
　　In line with the new development concept, the zone will put emphasis on six industries -- information industry, biological engineering based on pharmaceutical industries, modern chemical industry based on natural gas resources, as well as traditional industries. New technologies will be used to upgrade the zone‘s traditional industries, as well as the sectors of financial and intermediary services.
　　The zone will also strive to build up the kind of investment environment that conforms to rules and principles of the World Trade Organization. First of all, the development zone will improve the services in financial support, logistics and transportation, development of human resources and electronic business. Secondly, the zone will strive to set up a system under which investors will find it easier to lodge complaints and have disputes settled through mediation. Thirdly, a monitoring and appraisal system will be set up to evaluate the services rendered to investors. Fourthly, no organization or individual will be allowed to conduct inspections of companies‘ operations without prior approval of the Yinchuan ETDZ Administrative Committee. Collection of administrative fees will be improved, and all illegal charges will be revoked to reduce the financial burden of enterprises in the zone.