In 2025, the market saw 271,000 new market entities, including 105,000 newly established enterprises.
By the end of the year, the city was home to 1.002 million enterprises.
Deepening its reform of the investment and financing system, Suzhou established the Suzhou Investment Promotion Center, featuring 3 specialized teams for industrial, sci-tech, and service sector investment promotion.
The 2nd Global Investment Conference and the International Science and Technology Innovation Conference were held in the city.
The "AI+ Policy Guide Cards" were launched to help enterprises better understand and access supporting policies. Efforts were intensified to clear arrears owned to enterprises, further solidifying Suzhou's reputation as the premier business destination. Policies to assist and ease burdens on enterprises were fully implemented, with tax cuts, fee reductions, tax refunds and special support funds totaling 88.9 billion yuan.
Hengli, Shenghong and Shagang have been listed among the Fortune Global 500 for many consecutive years.
A total of 26 enterprises were included in the 2025 Top 500 Private Enterprises in China.
26 enterprises were listed in China's 2025 Top 500 Private Manufacturers.
Suzhou ranked first among prefecture-level cities for the comprehensive evaluation of its development environment for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Suzhou has been awarded the title of "City with the Best Reputation for Business Environment" nationwide for 6 consecutive years.
