Year 2011 features complicated macro economic environment and tense regional competition, yet Suzhou Industrial Park still managed to realize relatively rapid growth, accelerated economic transformation and innovation upgrading, improved livelihood, strengthened Party building, and more highlights, and made a good start for the 12th Five-Year Plan. This special coverage summarizes the big events in 2011.

SIP Honored as "National Demonstration Base of Service Trade Innovation"
 
     Under the theme of "New Industry, New City, and New Talents", the briefing of Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) on Outlined Development in the 12th Five-Year Plan Period was given in Beijing on January 6, attended by nearly 400 representatives from such relevant units as National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Commerce, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, s...
The Inaugural Business China Enterprise Award Goes to SIP
 
     The 1st Business China Awards of Singapore were announced on January 10, and the Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew personally presented the awards to the winning units and individuals, among which were Tao Shing Pee, founder of Shing Kwan Group, for Business China Excellent Award, China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park for Business China Enterprise Award, and Singapore's music icon Stefanie Sun Yanzi for Business China...
SIP to Promote Knowledge Economy and Recognizes 190 Talents
 
     In order to build Suzhou Industrial Park into a highland gathering high-end international professionals, to make it the top choice for them to start business and to contribute to local knowledge economy, to realize positive interaction between industrial upgrading and HR structural optimization by getting talents through projects and leading industrial growth with professionals, SIP authorities initiated Jinji Lak...
SIP Holds 2010 Summary and Citation Meeting
 
     Suzhou Industrial Park held a meeting on February 16 recognizing 68 units, 53 role models, and 282 individuals making outstanding contributions to transformation and upgrading during the last year of the 11th Five-Year Plan. At the meeting, Mr. Jiang Hongkun, Standing Committee Member of CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee and Secretary of CPC Suzhou Municipal Committee, made a keynote speech summarizing the achievem...
Chunxing Precision Mechanical Becomes the 55th Public Company in Suzhou
 
     On the morning of February, Suzhou Chunxing Precision Mechanical Co., Ltd. based at Weiting Town in Suzhou Industrial Park went public at Shenzhen Stock Exchange with the share code of 002547 and became the 55th listed company in Suzhou.
SIP People's Procuratorate Recognized as "National Advanced Grass-root Procuratorate"
 
     On February 25, Supreme People's Procuratorate of the PRC held a conference in Beijing to announce the 4th batch of civilized reception centers of procuratorates and national advanced grassroot procuratorates, and Suzhou Industrial Park People's Procuratorate was cited as a national advanced grassroot procuratorate.
SIP to Invest 11B Yuan in 70 Key Ecological Optimization Projects
 
     Ecological Optimization Campaign is one of the eight key projects during the 12th Five Year in Suzhou Industrial Park. At the theme meeting on SIP ecological optimization on March 2, Mr. Yang Zhiping, Deputy Secretary of SIP CPC Working Committee & Director of SIP Administrative Committee, said that SIP would initiated 70 key projects with total investment of 11 billion yuan from this year onward, covering the fou...
SIP Dushu Lake Sci-Edu Innovation Park Community Working Committee Unveiled
 
     On March 4,Suzhou Dushu Lake Sci-Edu Innovation Park Community Working Committee was set up officially. After the establishment of Huxi Community Working Committee and Hudong Community Working Committee, Dushu Lake Sci-Edu Innovation Park Community Working Committee becomes the third community working committee established in Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP), and SIP Social Development Bureau is responsible for the da...
SPH Successfully Issues 2,900-Million-Yuan MTN, Saving 67 Million Yuan
 
     On the afternoon of March 18, Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) State Property Holding Co., Ltd. (SPH) held the issuing ceremony for the 2-phase medium term note (MTN) to collect 900 million yuan, and thus it had so far collected 2,900-million-yuan MTN issued. It is reported that the 2,900-million-yuan MTN issued is the first MTN approved by the state-owned enterprise in Suzhou since National Association of Financial M...
University of Dayton China Research Institute (Suzhou) Settles in SIP
 
     On March 24, University of Dayton and Suzhou Industrial Park Administrative Committee signed an agreement on jointly founding University of Dayton China Research Institute (Suzhou) in Dushu Lake Sci-Edu Innovation Park, with the aim to build the research institute into a Chinese base for the transfer of Dayton's high-tech research results and the training base of high-end talents.
Brueckner Technology Co. Sets Up China Headquarters in SIP
 
     On March 28, Brueckner Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd, the globally prestigious package machine manufacturer, held a ground-breaking ceremony for its headquarters (China) on Suhong Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, in the stage of transformation and upgrading and accelerates the development of headquarter economy of SIP.
FCB Leasing (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. Opens in SIP
 
     On March 30, the opening ceremony of FCB Leasing (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. was held in Inter-continental Suzhou, Suzhou Industrial Park.
2011 Suzhou Jinji Lake Half Marathon Opens
 
     At 8 a.m. on the morning of April 9, 2011 Suzhou Jinji Lake Half Marathon started officially at Moon Harbor in Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP). With the firing of start gun, nearly 10,000 lovers of jogging from Suzhou and surrounding areas and other countries rushed off from the starting point.
First Sludge Drying Facility in Jiangsu Province Completed in SIP
 
     Suzhou Industrial Park Sludge Drying Project Phase One was completed on April 15 as the first facility of its kind in Jiangsu Province with a daily processing capacity of 300 tons of sludge and expected annual revenue of 19.438 million yuan from resource recycling and reusing.
2011 Jinji Lake Business Tourism Festival Launched
 
     After having been honored as China's first and sole "National Demonstration Zone on Business Tourism" in 2010, 2011 Jinji Lake Business Tourism Festival was unveiled in Suzhou Industrial Park Ferris Wheel Park on April 16 with the aim of promoting SIP's business tourism and creating the brand of "charming Jinji Lake, the destination of international business tourism".
Strategic Shared Services & Outsourcing Summit China Opens
 
     The two-day Strategic Shared Services & Outsourcing Summit China in Crowne Plaza Hotel Suzhou on April 19, organized by Suzhou Industrial Park and SSON, was attended by over 100 executives from internationally prestigious enterprises such as Johnson & Johnson, HSBC and UPS to discuss on shared services and outsourcing network.
World-class Hotel to Settle Down by Jinji Lake
 
     On April 19, Gate of the Orient, a landmark in Suzhou, signed a cooperation agreement officially with Conrad Hotels, an outstanding international brand of upscale luxury hotels owned and operated by the Hilton Worldwide, announcing that one of the most luxury and world's top hotel will open in Suzhou soon and settle by Jinji Lake in Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP).
Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conferences 2011 Opens in SIP
 
     Cold Spring Harbor (CSH) Asia Conferences 2011 started with 5-day High Throughput Biology, the first of 14 scheduled meetings, on the evening of April 19 at Dushu Lake Hotel in Suzhou Industrial Park.
The First Type-I Earthquake Emergency Shelter in SIP Completed
 
     After upgrading and optimization, Nanshi Park located in the intersection of Nanshi Street and Fangzhou Road has recently become the first type-I earthquake emergency shelter in Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP).
Foundation Stone Laid for Jinji Lake Neighborhood Center and Sam's Club
 
     Suzhou Industrial Park Neighborhood Center laid the foundation stone on May 24 for its 9th project in the area.

 
 
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