Suzhou aiming for further regional integration

Suzhou, Jiangsu province, will devote more effort to further opening up and better serving the national strategy of integrating the Yangtze River Delta region, said Li Yaping, mayor of the city, during the ongoing annual session of the National People's Congress in Beijing on Tuesday.

Li, also an NPC deputy, said solid measures have been taken in the delta region for integration, including plans to construct a new industrial park in neighboring Jiashan county, Zhejiang province.

"The China-Singapore Jiashan Modern Industrial Park will learn from the existing Suzhou Industrial Park and become the first important industrial platform after the integrated development of the delta region was elevated to a national strategy," he said. Construction of the new park will cost 20 billion yuan ($3 billion). It is intended to be an intelligent sensor industry cluster to help develop high-end industries by 2025.