"Jiangnan Blessed Land" blooms with the glory of the times, and Changshu has gone through 40 years of responding to the "market". Changshu | Changshu | Era
Time flies, forty is not confused. On June 17th, the 40th anniversary of Changshu's withdrawal from the county and establishment of a city, as well as the 2023 Changshu Elite Entrepreneurship Alliance Conference, were held to summarize and commemorate the 40 year struggle process, and to consolidate the joint efforts of high-quality development. On that day, Changshu issued appointment letters to the second batch of 10 high-quality development consultants. In addition, it also signed contracts for 103 projects with a total investment of 55.34 billion yuan, and released the "Xinglin Spring Warmth Yucheng Appointment" Famous Doctor Benefiting the People project.
As one of the first county-level cities in China and the first in Jiangsu Province after the reform and opening up, Changshu has created a magnificent and brilliant chapter in the "Jiangnan Blessed Land" with one "pioneering" and "first" after another since it was abolished as a county and established as a city in 1983. Wu Qingwen, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Suzhou Municipal Committee and Mayor of Suzhou, said that Changshu should always maintain the "pathfinder" attitude, continue to take the lead in promoting high-quality development, make greater contributions to Chinese path to modernization as the vanguard of Chinese style modernization, and hand over new excellent answers to history and the people on the new road to the exam.
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On site, Zhou Qindi, Secretary of the Changshu Municipal Party Committee, reviewed the 40 year development process of Changshu. For the past 40 years, the people of Changshu have continued to struggle, daring to venture and work, and their comprehensive strength has always maintained the top position among the top 100 counties and cities in the country. They have painted a poetic picture of "mountains and waters in the city, and people in the mountains and waters". "A city with mountains and waters and a comfortable life" has become a desirable "poetry and distance", and the new era of "abundant fields, clear water, smooth roads, beautiful scenery, and harmonious people" is accelerating the presentation of the beautiful Jiangnan Fish and Rice Township.
Over the past 40 years, Changshu has embarked on a nationwide transformation from agriculture to industry, taking advantage of the well-known "Bixi Road", to achieving "internal to external" transformation through the development and opening up of Pudong, and then to promoting "quantity to quality" around high-quality development. In 2022, the gross domestic product and total fiscal revenue of Changshu region were 314 times and 336 times higher than 40 years ago, respectively, with a per capita disposable income of 68421 yuan.
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Qin Meng, Deputy Secretary of the Changshu Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, stated that the brilliant future of Changshu belongs to and relies on every Changshu person. Standing at a new starting point of creating a higher quality "Jiangnan Blessed Land", Changshu is carrying a new mission of "urban southward, industrial riverside, and old city renewal". It is embarking on a new journey of beautiful Changshu construction with the integration of science and technology innovation and manufacturing, integration as the direction, and high-quality development as the pursuit.