Located in the south east of Jiangsu province, Suzhou is adjacent to Shanghai in the east and Zhejiang in the south. It embraces the Taihu Lake in the west. With a total area of 8488 square kilometers and a population of 6.24 million, Suzhou has become one of the key central cities of the Yangtze River Delta, a famous historical and cultural city and an important scenic tourist city. During the past 20 years, Suzhou has achieved the average annual growth of 15 percent, successfully introduced 118 enterprises of the World Fortune 500 to settle down in the city, increased the registered foreign capital by RMB 18520 million, realized the Per Capital GDP 6 times the national average level and 3 times Jiangsu average level in 2007 and maintains a sound momentum for economic development.

Suzhou Industrial Park is located in the east of Suzhou with the planned total area of 288 square kilometers, among which 80 square kilometers is the planned area for Sino Singapore collaboration. The three districts surrounding the Jinji Lake including the central business district, the Dushu Lake Science, Education and Innovation District and the Yangcheng Lake International Recreational Tourism Vacation District have led the modernization and at the same time, the park endeavors to improve the function of the districts such as the Modern Logistics Park, International Science Park, Dushu Lake High Education District, Creative Industry Park, Biology Nanometer Science ＆ Technology Park and Zhongxin Science and Technology City etc.

According to the overall planning for the city, the central urban area will be developed in the east, the CBD of urban area in the park and the new city to the east of the lake. Directed by the planning, Suzhou has concentrated on the industrial park’s development and the city’s interconnect development with Kunshan and Shanghai. As a result, Suzhou Industrial Park has been equipped with a brand new starting point integrated with the world. Currently, total 14500 famous enterprises from both domestic and abroad have settled down in the park and formed a high-tech industry cluster with the main industries such as integrated circuit, software, game and animation, biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences and new material as its representatives. In addition to this, the park has attracted 8 nation industrial bases and 50 risk venture capital institutions and guarantee institutions. It has become the first demonstration park for intellectual property in Jiangsu province.

According to the overall planning for the city, the central urban area will be developed in the east, the CBD of urban area in the park and the new city to the east of the lake. Directed by the planning, Suzhou has concentrated on the industrial park’s development and the city’s interconnect development with Kunshan and Shanghai. As a result, Suzhou Industrial Park has been equipped with a brand new starting point integrated with the world. Currently, total 14500 famous enterprises from both domestic and abroad have settled down in the park and formed a high-tech industry cluster with the main industries such as integrated circuit, software, game and animation, biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences and new material as its representatives. In addition to this, the park has attracted 8 nation industrial bases and 50 risk venture capital institutions and guarantee institutions. It has become the first demonstration park for intellectual property in Jiangsu province.

With the supporting of nearby central finance and commerce center and the four to five star hotels such as Kempinski Hotel, Jinji Lake Hotel, Renaissance Suzhou Hotel and Kaiyue International etc. and the achievements of many mature commercial projects such as Li Gong Di, SIP Neighborhood Center Development Co., Ltd, Zuo’an Commercial Street, Hu Bin Xin Tian Di and Xinghai Square etc., the ten large noble communities and the large public buildings such as Suzhou International Expo Center, Jinji Lake International Golf Club and Suzhou Science & Culture Arts Centre (SSCAC) etc., the commerce circle surrounding Jinji Lake has come into being.