Industrial Park

1. The business status of this area. The industrial park was developed in cooperation with Singapore and is beautifully planned. In particular, the infrastructure such as transportation and greening is very well done, which also lays a good foundation for the development of business. At present, the business in the industrial park is still mainly community business (neighborhood center), mid-to-high-end catering, and entertainment. There are few street shops and residential businesses, and the business is relatively concentrated. There is no department store. There are seven neighborhood centers: Hudong, Xincheng, Guidu, Qinyuan, Linglong, Hanlin, and Shihui, which meet the living needs of residents in the surrounding communities. Areas A and B on the left bank of the lake in the west of the park, Xingdu Center, and Lakeside Xintiandi are mainly mid-range catering (a small amount of public catering), while Ligongdi is mainly focused on high-end catering and entertainment. The Hudong area of ??the park has few businesses and is not popular enough. Only the southern area of ??Jinji Lake Commercial Plaza and Modern Plaza have some mid-to-high-end catering and entertainment.

2. Future development trends. In the future, the industrial park will have a CBD, two major business districts and two shopping malls with stores as the main stores, and there will also be a large number of department shopping malls. The CBD is located in Hudong. The framework of the CBD blueprint constructed by the park administrative center, Yuanrong Times Square, Jinji Lake Commercial Plaza, Science and Culture Center, International Expo Center, as well as four- and five-star hotels and high-end office buildings is already very clear; The two major business districts are the Jinji Lake Business District and the Xinghai Street and Suhua Road Business District along Huxi. Two shopping malls with stores as their main stores are the RT-Mart and Wal-Mart shopping malls at the intersection of Modern Avenue and Donghuan Road.

New District

1. Commercial characteristics of this area. The new district is also a new urban area in Suzhou. It is opposite to the park and is located on the two wings of the ancient city. The development model is similar to that of the park. However, the overall planning is not as scientific and beautiful as the park, and the business is relatively scattered. (Except for the area at the intersection of Shishan Road and Binhe Road, which has relatively concentrated and high-grade businesses in Green Treasure Plaza, the rest of the area has no characteristics at all.) The intersection of Shishan Road and Binhe Road is the current commercial center of the new district, surrounded by It is a high-end residential and office building, as well as mid- to high-end restaurants. Lvbao Plaza on Changjiang Road is the first Shopping Mall in Suzhou, so its positioning naturally needs to be high-end. Therefore, the planned business formats include not only mid- to high-end department stores, restaurants, and entertainment, but also high-end hotels. and office buildings. However, the location of the project is a bit remote, with a large number of low-end consumers gathered around it (near Fengjin Bridge, where foreigners gather), so it is a bit difficult and needs to be adjusted before it can achieve profitability. However, Green Treasure Plaza has obviously realized this, so it has introduced a food court on the first floor, which has brought a lot of popularity. Huaihai South Road in the New District should belong to the declining "nobles". It was once very glorious and business was prosperous. However, due to the obsolescence of the property and the serious lack of parking spaces, it has been unable to keep up with the needs of modern business.

2. Future development trends. There will be three commercial belts in the new area in the future, namely along Shishan Road, Changjiang Road (middle section) and Jinfeng Road, all of which will be large-scale shopping malls.

Old Town District

1. The commercial characteristics of this area. The ancient city still hosts major commercial functions, especially department stores, which are all located in this area and occupy a dominant commercial position. For example, Taihua in South Gate, Metro, People's Shopping Mall, First Department Store, Golden Eagle, Ocean Department Store, Yuyuan Mall, Changfa in Guanqian business district, International Mall and Chengtai Department Store on Shilu. The two core business districts of Guanqian Street and Shilu are even more popular, especially Guanqian Street. The rent is almost the same as that of Nanjing Road in Shanghai and Wangfujing in Beijing. The ancient city not only has several world-famous classical gardens, but also the very distinctive Shiquan Street, Fenghuang Street, Shantang Street, and Pingjiang Road with small bridges and flowing water and full of classical charm.

2. Future development trends. Although businesses are concentrated in the ancient city, traffic is congested and business development has encountered a bottleneck, making it difficult to break through. And with the commercial development of other urban areas, its commercial dominance will be diluted. Of course, blocks with centuries of history like Guanqian Street and Shilu will not decline. (At least within 20 years and things after 20 years, it is impossible to predict)

Wuzhong District

1. Commercial characteristics of this area Wuzhong District has a relatively concentrated business on Dongwu North Road , the rest are mainly street shops, with scattered businesses and almost no high-end businesses. The newly opened Soochow International Mall is also sparsely popular. Jinshiliu District in Wuzhong District still has some characteristics (in a relatively remote area, low-cost industrial plants were rented for mid- to high-end entertainment, coupled with strong marketing, the business was once very booming), which can be regarded as one of the areas in this area. Business Highlights.

2. Future development trends. In the future, the Yuexi area will be dominated. With the construction of medium and high-end residential buildings along Yuehu Road, a city sub-center will be formed there. However, Wuzhong District has always been a fringe area of ??the city in the minds of Suzhou citizens, so there is still a long way to go for commercial upgrading.

Economic development has achieved new results. The city's regional GDP was 345 billion yuan, an increase of 17.6% over the previous year based on comparable prices; local fiscal general budget revenue was 21.96 billion yuan, an increase of 28.8%, an increase of 45.9% after excluding factors such as export tax rebates; the fixed asset investment of the whole society was 1554.8 billion, an increase of 10.3%. Agriculture achieved an overall bumper harvest.

The total grain output reached 1.177 million tons, an increase of 4.4%. Deepen the market-oriented reform of grain purchase and sales, build commercial grain production bases, grain wholesale markets and reserve systems, and effectively guarantee grain supply. Efforts were made to combat the avian influenza epidemic and ensure the steady development of the animal husbandry industry. Increased production and income of aquatic products, vegetables, sericulture, horticulture, etc. The quality improvement of agricultural products has been solidly advanced, and the total number of pollution-free agricultural products, green food and organic food remains the first in the province. The quality of industrial operations continues to improve. The city's total industrial output value increased by 36.4%, and the sales revenue and total profits and taxes of industrial products above designated size increased by 35.5% and 30.5% respectively. The output value of high-tech products accounted for 38.7% of the total industrial output value above designated size, an increase of 1.3 percentage points from the previous year. Suzhou was listed as one of the first batch of national electronic information industry bases. The advantages of the high-tech industrial belt along the Shanghai-Nanjing line have emerged, the basic industrial belt along the river is rising, and the work of municipal industrial enterprises to "retreat from the city and enter the district" has made a good start. 6 new Chinese well-known trademarks and 5 Chinese famous brand products were added. Efforts were made to promote the leapfrog development of the service industry, and the added value of the service industry increased by 14.5%. The implementation of the high-quality tourism strategy was intensified, and total tourism revenue increased by 42.4%. The Taihu Lake area has become a new highlight in the development of tourism, leisure and vacation industries. The total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 18.8%, and prices remained basically stable. The modern logistics industry has grown rapidly. The construction of professional logistics parks such as Suzhou Industrial Park Bonded Logistics Park and Su High-tech Logistics Park has accelerated. The cargo throughput of Suzhou Port has increased by 44.2%. The balance of deposits and loans at the end of the year increased by 21.1% and 24% respectively from the beginning of the year, and the annual premium income increased by 11.4%. Real estate, postal communications, information consulting, intermediary services, exhibitions and other industries are developing well. The private economy take-off plan was vigorously implemented. The tax paid and investment completed by the private individual economy accounted for 27.3% and 28.9% of the city's total respectively, an increase of 1.6 percentage points and 5.4 percentage points over the previous year.