From January 15th to 16th, 2008, the acceptance test & new area review was organized in Beijing by the Department of Social Development, MOST and Office of National Experimental Zone for Sustainable Development.

Through comprehensive review, six provincial-level experimental zones were selected as national zones, namely, Xiacheng District of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, Langfang Municipality of Hebei Province, Huairen County of Shanxi Province, Wuxi City (urban area) of Jiangsu Province, Huarong County of Hunan Province, Luliang County of Yunnan Province. Five national experimental zones, which have been established for more than six years, passed the acceptance test, including Dagang District of Tianjin Municipality, Xuhui District of Shanghai Municipality, Weibin District of Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, Qilin District of Qujing City, Yunnan Province, Yao Autonomous County of Gong City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.