外高桥保税区新发展信息产业基地经过几年的精心培育，逐步发展壮大，呈现持续发展的态势。1997年，该基地的工业总产值为22．53亿元，产品出口额为2．93亿美元，分别是1996年的4．7倍和5．3倍；1998年的工业总产值达到48．4亿元，产品出口额6.5亿美元，同比增长115%和122%；今 Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, the new development of information industry base after several years of careful cultivation, and gradually grow and develop, showing a sustainable development trend. In 1997, the base’s total industrial output value was 2.253 billion yuan, with a product export volume of 293 million U.S. dollars, 4.7 times and 5.3 times that of 1996 respectively. In 1998, the total industrial output value reached 48. 400 million yuan, exports 650 million US dollars, an increase of 115% and 122%;