Advantage
Superior and Convenient Location & Transportation
① Located in the core of the Yangtze River Delta economic belt, close to three major international airports: Shanghai Pudong, Shanghai Hongqiao, and Sunan Shuofang.
② Within the area: Intersection of multiple main roads like G524 Suchang Expressway, Kuncheng Expressway, Xitai Highway, and Qingduntang Expressway; Changshu East Interchange and High-tech Zone Interchange on the Changtai Expressway are open to traffic.
③ Achieves: Half-hour transportation circle within Suzhou, one-hour transportation circle to key cities like Shanghai, Nanjing, and Hangzhou; 10 minutes to the highway, 5 minutes to the expressway within the zone. *Additionally, it is served by the Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Railway, the Shanghai-Nanjing Riverside High-Speed Railway, and the under-construction Nantong-Suzhou-Jiaxing-Ningbo Railway, reaching Shanghai Hongqiao in 30 minutes, Nanjing and Hangzhou in 1 hour, and Beijing in 5 hours. The planned light rail lines S3 and S10 will further shorten commuting times to Wuxi and Suzhou.
Continuously Growing Industrial Clusters
① Thousands of enterprises from over 20 countries and regions have settled in the zone, including nearly 60 projects invested by more than 35 Fortune Global 500 companies, among them German-speaking region enterprises such as Continental (including Ohmway, ContiTech), Heraeus, Siemens, etc.
② Among the global top 100 automotive suppliers, 11 have invested in 19 projects within the zone.
③ In 2024, the total industrial output value of large-scale enterprises reached 127.79 billion RMB, a growth of 2.3%. Emerging industries such as new energy, low-altitude economy, and life sciences are accelerating their agglomeration, forming several ten-billion-yuan industrial clusters.
Technological Innovation Empowering Development
① It is home to the first national university science park in a county-level city in China.
② It has established innovation platforms with Peking University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute, Suzhou Institute of Technology, etc., incubating 520 industrial projects.
③ The single crystal blade and high-temperature alloy projects have been included in the first batch of demonstrations at Suzhou Laboratory and have achieved industrialization, breaking through the "bottleneck"
technology in aero-engines.
④ Currently, there are 4 national-level maker spaces, 2 national-level technology business incubators, 150 R&D
institutions at provincial level and above, 319 high-tech enterprises, and 3,142 invention patents. *Various types of scientific innovation carriers exceed 1 million square meters.
⑤ Zenergy was selected as the city's first Chinese unicorn company.
Abundant Talent
① A total of 667 individuals have been recognized as national leading talents, provincial innovation and entrepreneurship talents, Gusu talents, and Changshu leading talents.
② It is home to the United World College (UWC) – the only one in Mainland China – cultivating international talents. In addition, it has applied talent training bases such as Suzhou Institute of Technology and Changshu Vocational Education Center.
Livable Environment
① Twin Lakes: Developing southward centered on Kuncheng Lake, creating a boutique lake district with "one lake, two bays, three axes." Kuncheng Lake, after ecological treatment, has become the "green lung of the city."
② The zone features high-quality educational resources including UWC, CWA Shihua School, ECNU No.2 High School Changshu Experimental School, and Lunhua Foreign Language School.
③ High-end medical care: Medical institutions such as Hygeia Hospital; international clinics offer dedicated services for foreigners.
④ Commercial facilities: Aeon Mall, Kuncheng Lake Fengmaoli, Nikko Hotel, Kuncheng Lake Hyatt Hotel, etc.
⑤ Culture, sports, and leisure: Kuncheng Lake Sailing Regatta, Kuncheng Cup City Football League, etc.
Abundant Talent
① A total of 667 individuals have been recognized as national leading talents, provincial innovation and entrepreneurship talents, Gusu talents, and Changshu leading talents.
② It is home to the United World College (UWC) – the only one in Mainland China – cultivating international talents. In addition, it has applied talent training bases such as Suzhou Institute of Technology and Changshu Vocational Education Center.
