On May 22

Suzhou Daily

The report title is "A top-class business environment helps Industrial towns to accelerate development growth"

This paper reports the practice and effect of Weitang town on creating the most comfortable business environment.

Weitang is known as "The town of freshwater pearls", it is historically an industrial town of Xiangcheng district, Suzhou. In the January-April period 2019, Weitang’s industrial output grew by 2.5%. In the context of the global economy facing greater downward pressure, what is making the town's development "accelerate"?

Weitang enjoys geographical advantage and outstanding connectivity to Shanghai and neighbouring cities. Within a 10-minute drive, you can reach the circle thruway of Suzhou city, the north central expressway, and the National Highway 524. Besides geographical advantages, Weitang has actively seized the strategic opportunity of the integrated development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and actively participate itself into the development of Yangcheng International Ecological New Area (High-speed Railway New City).

Last year, Weitang also welcomed the opportunity of reforming the administrative system of the second batch of economically developed towns in Jiangsu Province. Weitang at last obtained it governmental discretion and able to unleash its full potentials. Building a industrial ecology of the whole industrial chain, creating a good innovation atmosphere, constantly refreshing the efficiency of government services, and continuously optimizing the business environment are gradually becoming the   strongest competitiveness edge of Weitang.