Reflections on a double act in the park

"One park, two mindsets" could easily be the motto of Suzhou Industrial Park, which drew on the inspiration of China and Singapore for its creation 20 years ago and draws on them to keep it ticking today.

Further than that, Zhao Zhisong, president of the park's operator, China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development Group Co Ltd, reckons it mirrors reform and opening-up.

"It is just like the thinking behind China's reform and opening-up, which is to learn from the outside world. The thing that makes our company unique is that right from the start it has been based on a balance of Singaporean experience and Chinese thinking," says Zhao, 44, in his 19th-floor office in the park.