About KunShan

  Located at east longitude 120°, 57' and north latitude 31°, 25' in China, there is a prosper city boasting long history. It is the original birth place of Kunqu, which is not only the ancestor of all Chinese operas but the masterpiece of non-material heritage in the form of dictation. Kunshan is also the birth place of Gu Yanwu, a renowned thinker and educator. Within the city, there is a town called Zhouzhuang famously known as “the best water town in China", with a history over 1000 years.Hairy crabs produced in yangcheng Lake makes the name of the city as “town of fish and rice” even more famous. It is so called “the No. 1 city of the divine land”.

   Twenty years ago, it was merely an ordinary agriculture county. By 2006, it has attracted 1,357 investment projects, 10.881 billion USD worth of contractual investments. Actual capital received is 5.856 billion USD, which is ranked the top 1 among 54 national development zones. Investors from over 41 countries and regions such as Japan, Korean, European and North American countries, Taiwan come to invest in the development zone. Value of average investment project is 8.02 million USD. There are 431 projects whose investment amount each reaches 10 million USD. Solo foreign capital projects account for 82% of total projects. There are 20 enterprises as ones ranked in top global 500 come to make investments in the development zone.

What amazing changes have happened here over the past 20 years?

    Establish in 1985, the Kunshan Economic and Technological Development Zone was listed as a key provincial development zone by Jiangsu People’s Government in January 1991. In August 1992, approved by the State Council, the Kunshan Economic and Technological Development Zone was upgraded to a state-level development zone. After 20 years of development and construction, Kunshan Development Zone has made remarkable achievements and become the window opening to the outside world, the leader of economic development, the pilot of scientific and technological progress, the base of promoting overall development, the spotlight of the city. Its overall investment environment is ranked one of the best state-level development zones.