Jiangsu city charts hi-tech future

Wuxi, one of China's top 10 cities as ranked by GDP in 2009, hopes to transition from a manufacturing hub to a hi-tech city by expanding cooperation with domestic and overseas businesses.

As a major city in the Yangtze River Delta, Wuxi, Jiangsu province, landed 12 new projects last month including those in electronic information, biopharmaceutics, new energy and materials and outsourcing, totaling 715.7 million yuan.

Wuxi's development district has already inked an agreement with consumer electronics maker Beijing Huaqi Information Digital Technology Co Ltd, to invest 30 million yuan in a hi-tech manufacturing base.