On April 26, the 2025 Suzhou Global Investment Conference with the theme of "Invest in Suzhou, Win the Future" was held. 417 projects with a total investment of 341.57 billion yuan were signed. Governor Xu Kunlin attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Liu Xiaotao, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee, made a speech and introduced. Vice Governor Fang Wei, Secretary-General of the Provincial Government Lu Deming, Director General of the Department of Foreign Investment Administration of the Ministry of Commerce Zhu Bing, and Executive Vice President of the China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment Peng Wei attended the meeting. Wu Qingwen, deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and mayor, presided over the meeting, and Li Yaping, director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, and Zhu Min, chairman of the CPPCC, attended.

Xu Kunlin welcomed the guests at home and abroad who participated in the conference, and expressed his gratitude to friends from all walks of life who have supported Jiangsu and the development of Suzhou for a long time. He said that today's Jiangsu is not only a land of fish and rice with smart water charm and abundant products, but also a hot land for investment that creates miracles and fulfills dreams. We keep in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's earnest entrustment, resolutely shoulder the major mission of "taking the lead and demonstrating in promoting Chinese-style modernization", implement the "four focus points" that major economic provinces should grasp well, make solid progress in high-quality development, and take solid new steps in the modernization of "strong, rich, beautiful and high" new Jiangsu. Suzhou, as a "double-sided embroidery" city where traditional culture and modern civilization complement each other, has increasingly demonstrated the graceful poetry of "Pingjiang Road", the open mind of "Oriental Gate", the ingenuity inheritance of "Su Gong and Su Zuo", and the first-class environment of "entrepreneurial paradise". Enterprises can link high-end resources, enjoy high-quality services, win development opportunities, and achieve infinite possibilities by deploying and investing in Suzhou. Chinese and foreign entrepreneurs are welcome to continue to care about Jiangsu, further invest in Jiangsu, take root in Jiangsu, lay out more high-quality elements, emerging businesses and high-end projects in Jiangsu and Suzhou, deeply integrate into the new practice of Chinese-style modernization in Jiangsu, join forces with us, complement each other's advantages, share high-quality development opportunities, and create a better future. We will continue to create a market-oriented, law-based, and international first-class business environment, strengthen strategic docking, provide convenient services, help solve difficulties, "know the needs of enterprises", and promise to "talk counts" for enterprises, so that all kinds of enterprises can achieve better and greater development in Jiangsu.

Liu Xiaotao made a speech and introduced. He said that on this day last year, the first Suzhou Global Investment Conference was held here, and 367 projects were signed on the spot. Over the past year, the implementation of cooperation projects has accelerated, reflecting the "Suzhou speed" of dry words, the "Suzhou heat" of open cooperation, and the "Suzhou concentration" of the integration of industry and innovation. Along the way, the majority of entrepreneurs and investors have written a good story of two-way travel and mutual achievement with Suzhou. At present, Suzhou is deeply studying and implementing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech when he met with representatives of the international business community, and unswervingly expands high-level opening up. We sincerely invite you to join the "Global Industrial Innovation Partnership Program" in Suzhou, and look forward to working with global partners to climb the peak of scientific and technological innovation, chase the wave of industrial innovation, and share open innovation opportunities. We will further enhance the convenience of investment and trade, market access, and work and life, create a transparent, stable and predictable policy environment, help develop international and domestic markets, and prove with practical actions that Suzhou is always worth believing and investing in Suzhou is investing in the future.

At the meeting, Jin Liqun, President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Jia Borui, CEO of Royal Philips, Mitsubishi Electric Co., Ltd., Kii Uruma, Executive President of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Lim Boon Heng, Chairman of Temasek Holdings, Bo Lè, Global CEO of BioMérieux, Eli Lilly Eufa, Executive Vice President of Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals, Christoph Krak, CEO of Krones Group, Hermann Simon, the German "hidden champion" theorist, and Julie Sawyer Montgomery, Executive Vice President of Danaher Group, delivered video speeches. Li Nan, Director of the Investment and Enterprise Division of the United Nations Trade and Development Organization, Liu Mohan, Global Vice President of Walmart, Fu Meijing, President of Jurong Group, Tetsuro Honma, President of the Japan Chamber of Commerce in China and Global Vice President of Panasonic Holdings Co., Ltd., and Cui Zhicheng, General Manager of General Technology Group, delivered speeches on the spot. They expressed their firm optimism about China's development prospects and their willingness to continue to expand investment in Suzhou, deepen innovation cooperation, expand the global market, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

The conference has sub-venues in Australia, Germany, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. Representatives of diplomatic missions to China from 10 countries; responsible comrades of relevant ministries and commissions of the state and relevant provincial departments; relevant city leaders; Representatives of the world's top 500 companies, China's top 500 companies, the top 5 in the industry, global unicorn enterprises, well-known business associations, and representatives of investment and financing institutions attended the conference at the main venue.(This article is from the official website of Jiandao www.seetao.com it may not be reproduced without permission, otherwise it must be investigated, please indicate Jiandao.com + original link) Jiandao.com strategic column editor / Sun Fengjuan