Approved by the People’s Government of Jiangsu Province as one of the first bath of provincial level economic development zones, Suzhou Wuzhong Economic Development Zone (SWEDZ, the former Jiangsu Province Wuxian Economic Development Zone) is located to the south of the city proper of Suzhou.
SWEDZ is blessed with an extraordinary advantageous geographic location. It connects to the old city proper of Suzhou to the north, Sino-Singapore Cooperative Suzhou Industrial Park (SSCSIP) to the east, Suzhou New District (SND) to the west and Hangzhou City to the south. Being only 100km far away from Shanghai Pudong New District (SPND), it is one of the nearest Economic Development Zones to SPND to receive its impetus in Yangtze River Delta.
There is a smooth terrain with an average surface elevation over 3 meters high above the Yellow Sea in SWEDZ. Waterway, road and airline are easy to access: Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and No. 204 state highway run through SWEDZ, Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway and Suzhou-Jiaxing-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway pass by it. There is only 80km from SWEDZ to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport and 140km to Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
There builds a complete infrastructure within SWEDZ. Construction of roads, power and water supply facilities, sewage drainage systems, tele-communication facilities and leveling of land plots has been fully accomplished. Roads inside SWEDZ have been connected to State & Provincial highways, which forms a convenient road network linking each single site within and outside SWEDZ. Two transformer stations of 110,000 voltage supply power alternately inside SWEDZ. A 28,00 kilowatt thermo-electric plant supplies steam for heating. The tap water factory in SWEDZ daily supplies 150,000 tons of water. A programmed telephone net with a capacity of 60,000 telephone lines and ADSL net cover the whole area of SWEDZ. The infrastructure construction of the initial area of 10 square meters of “Wangshan Photic & Electronic High-tech Industrial Park?is now under operation. Supply of land plots, tap water, power and tele-communication can be fully satisfied inside SWEDZ.
The auxiliary facilities are becoming perfect: the Customs, the Commodity Inspection & Quarantine Bureau, Banks, Insurance Companies and the like have opened their offices inside the SWEDZ so that relevant procedures can be handled in the zone without difficulty. Inside the zone there are garden style residential districts, villa districts and employees?dormitory building districts, equipped with full-time schools, a hygienic epidemic prevention station, a post office, hotels and a shopping center, all of which contribute to an excellent residential and recreational condition for investors. There also build standard industrial factory buildings for rent or sale.
Up to now, there have established nearly 600 enterprises in SWEDZ. A lot of world famous multi-national companies have made their investments into SWEDZ with the business scopes concerning mechanic processing, electronics & IT industry, new construction materials, fine chemicals, bio-pharmacy, garment-making and so on.
With a brand new look, SWEDZ cordially welcomes investors home and abroad to make investment and start new business here. The Administrative Committee of SWEDZ will provide investors with excellent preferential policy service and other efficient services.