China has invested 15 billion yuan ($2.25 billion) to build the first national-level Geographic Information Industrial Park, which covers a total area of about 66.7 hectares. The venture will further develop the geographic information industry in the country, said government officials. The park, which has garnered investment from the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping and the Beijing municipal government, is scheduled to be operational by 2013. More than 100 companies in the geographic information industry will enter the park by then.