An open-minded approach the key to park's success

Suzhou Industrial Park, in one of China's most economically developed areas, the Yangtze Delta, has grown into China's leading industrial zone, which continues to attract huge amounts of foreign capital.

The 28-square-kilometer park has attracted 91 Fortune 500 companies to invest and 220,000 people to live there. The zone's total GDP reached 190 billion yuan ($30.4 billion) last year, which was 9.4 percent higher compared with the previous year.

The park accounts for 3.4 percent of Suzhou's total area, 5.2 percent of its population and about 15 percent of its GDP.