East China (Nanjing) Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Port is located in the core area of Nanjing National Agricultural and High-tech Zone, east of Baima Avenue and west of Baima Lake. It is an important carrier of collaborative innovation in Agricultural and high-tech Zone. The total construction area is about 600,000 square meters, and the first phase is about 240,000 square meters. Four major functional zones will be created, namely, innovation AND R&D zone, enterprise R&D Zone, university R&D zone and comprehensive service zone, forming an overall structure of "three zones at one heart" and providing a "harbor" service platform for agricultural entrepreneurship and innovation talents.

The university R&D area includes the Agricultural Machinery Research Institute of Jiangsu University and the Future Food Research Center of Jiangnan University. Innovation R&D zone and enterprise R&D center mainly provide start-up platform for small and medium-sized enterprises; The comprehensive service zone mainly provides the platform of comprehensive service and science and technology exchange for the innovation Port and even the whole agricultural and high-tech zone.