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Suzhou Industrial Park
Updated: 2006-04-19 10:48
The Suzhou Industrial Park is the biggest cooperative project between the
governments of China and Singapore. The Park is now composed of an IT
park, an international technology park, a life science park, a national
software park and a SME park.
Geographical Location
Sitting beside Lake Jinji (Golden Rooster) in the eastern suburb of the
Suzhou city, and eighty kilometers away from Shanghai, the Suzhou
Industrial Park lies in the center of the Yangtze River Delta and the
juncture of China's coastal economic open areas and the Yangtze River
economic development belt.
Climate
The Park is favored by its subtropical monsoon oceanic climate with four
distinct seasons. Its average temperature is 15.8 centigrade with the
highest being 35 centigrade and the lowest -3 centigrade.The average
annual rainfall is 1076.2 millimeters.
Communication and Transportation
Airport
Suzhou is 80 kilometers away from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport and 120
kilometers away from Shanghai Pudong International Airport; 200
kilometers away from Nanjing International Airport, 40 kilometers away
from Suzhou Shuofang Airport and 10 kilometers away from Suzhou Guangfu
Airport.
Harbor
100 kilometers away from Suzhou is the Port Shanghai with 104
10,000-tonne berths, 165 million tones of handling capacity annually;
Port Zhangjiagang, a comprehensive port, is 96 kilometers away from
Suzhou, with 8 million tons of annual handling capacity and 18
10,000-tonne berths: 70 kilometers away, Port Taicang, is a petroleum
handling port with 30 10,000-tonne berths; Port Changshu, a chemical
port, 60 kilometers away, is capable of handling 1.5 million tones
annually at its 120,000 TEU container wharf and the 300,000-tonne wharf
for general purposes.
Road
Presently, the total length of highways in the area of Suzhou reaches
2,025 kilometers, with a density of 21.46 km per square kilometers. The
main roads connecting Suzhou with other places include: national highways
No. 204 (Yantai-Qingdao-Suzhou-Shanghai), No. 312
(Shanghai-Suzhou-Xinjiang), and No. 318 (Shanghai-Suzhou-Tibet),
Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, the Airport Expressway linking Suzhou with
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport,Beijng-Jiangshu-Shanghai
Expressway and Suzhou-Jiaxing-Hangzhou Expressway.
Railway
Suzhou is a stop along the national trunk line of Beijing-Shanghai
Railway.
Human Resources
At present, there are 9 universities, 46 schools for adult further
education and 63 independent research institutions. Its 310,000
professionals are joined every year by around 50,000 newcomers with
middle and higher education backgrounds. There are now more than 20,000
people working or studying here including those from Hong Kong, Taiwan
and Macao and foreign countries and regions..
Industrial structure
Such burgeoning industries have become the pillar of the Park as
electronics, biopharmaceuticals and new materials, accounting for 75
percent of the gross industrial output of the Park.
Administration Committee
Tel: 86-512-62880114
Fax: 86-512-62881899
Email: sipisc@sipac.gov.cn
Website: http://www.sipac.gov.cn/cgi-bin/odb-get.exe?WIT_template=BI00000
(Source: Ministry of Commerce)
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