At a recent meeting on promoting new industrialization and key projects, Suzhou New District (SND) put forward its goal for new industrialization in the next 3 years: the gross domestic product (GDP) of the district is expected to reach 200 billion yuan; the output value of its new-generation information technology industry and high-end equipment manufacturing industry will reach 200 billion yuan; it will foster three 100-billion-level industrial clusters of new energy, photonics and integrated circuits, and medical equipment & healthcare; the total output value of industries above the designated size will exceed 400 billion yuan; and there will be 5 newly listed enterprises every year, making the total number reach 50.
During the following 3-year period, SND will build a “0620” industrial chain system with 6 key industrial clusters and 20 key industrial chains, focusing efforts on the renewal and upgrading of leading industries, the expansion of emerging industries, and the forward-looking planning of future industries. Meanwhile, it will further improve the “1+3+X” enterprise service system to support the further growth of leading enterprises and spur the development of “specialized, refined, unique and innovative” enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises.
SND’s economic work in the next phase will give priority to the development of emerging industries, the cultivation of future industries, the expansion of investment and production, and the renovation of old industrial areas. The district government will make a number of action plans to drive new industrialization and use new productive forces to underpin high-quality development.
