http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6662128.html
People's Daily Online, 21 May 2009
Suzhou Industrial Park
becomes model of China-Singapore cooperation
As an important cooperation project between the two governments of
China and Singapore, the accomplishments of Suzhou Industrial Park
in last 15 years have caught worldwide attention: the annual
revenue increased from 30 million yuan in the beginning, to nearly
10 billion yuan now. The gross regional product exceeded 100
billion yuan, increasing nearly 100 times compared to the early
days of exploration. The level of per capita GDP in the
park is close to that of
Singapore.
In the past 15 years, the annual increase of major economic
indicators of Suzhou Industrial Park reached 30%. It handed in a
total of more than 100 billion yuan in tax revenues, and utilized
foreign funds of nearly 16 billion U.S. dollars. Its registered
capital was more than 130 billion yuan, and created 500,000 job
opportunities. The comprehensive Development Index
of Suzhou Industrial park has taken up the leading position among
the national level development zones for many years. Now, the
Suzhou Industrial park has already become an important window for
China's opening to the world and also a successful example of
Sino-foreign economic and technical cooperation.
As China's "experimental field, for reform and opening-up and
demonstration zone for international cooperation", Suzhou
Industrial Park learned advanced techniques from developed
countries such as Singapore, and initially finalized the
construction of ten systems such as planning and construction
management, environmental protection, investment, logistics
services and so on.
From the beginning of April 1994,
the Suzhou Industrial Park organized more than 2000 people to go to
Singapore for training and worked out more than 80
regional management approaches in line with the direction of
China's reform and conforming to international conventions. In the
meantime, a large number of experts, officials and entrepreneurs
from Singapore have come to the park to understand China's national
conditions, nurturing a great many talented people.
At present, the Suzhou Industrial Park has become a model for many
areas of China. The China Development Association held two seminars
here, training more than 200 cadres from domestic development
zones. In recent years, more than 30,000 people have come here to
study annually. The high standard of urban planning, the efficient
services for the concept of pro-business and the high threshold of
environmental protection measures of Suzhou Industrial Park have
now spread to all parts of the country.
In Jiangsu Province, the City of Suqian planned to spend 10 years
cloning a Suzhou Industrial Park. Recently, the Sino-Singapore
Suzhou Industrial Park Development Company Limited signed a letter
of intent with the Nantong Economic Development Zone, planning to
spend 10-15 years building an international technology New District
and an ecological business Park on the north wing of Sutong
Bridge.
The most significant symbol was the birth of "Sino-Singapore
Tianjin Eco-City" project, the second major cooperation project
between China and Singapore. Adopting the practice of Suzhou
Industrial Park, it forms a Joint Coordination Council and
separates the management body and development body. A number of
responsible officers from Singapore in the Tianjin Eco-city project
have already worked in the Suzhou Industrial Park for a long time.
In this regard, the Singapore side expressed that the park was not
only a brand for Suzhou and China, but also a worldwide
brand.
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