Kunshan Yushan Town's GDP has exceeded 100 billion yuan, with Jiangsu accounting for 137 out of 86 in Zhejiang. It is listed as one of the top 500 towns in China
Recently, CCID Consulting, a subsidiary of the China Electronics Information Industry Development Research Institute under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, released the 2023 Top 500 Town Economy List. Jiangsu Province occupies 137 seats, with 37 towns in the top 100, ranking first in the country in terms of quantity. Among the Fortune 500, Zhejiang occupies 86 seats, ranking second in the country; Among the top 100, Zhejiang has 10 seats, ranking third in the country. From the perspective of the counties where the towns on the list are located, the characteristics of strong towns are obvious: among the top 500 towns, 257 administrative towns are located in counties ranked among the 2023 Saidi Top 100 Counties and Top 100 Districts, accounting for more than half. Among them, Yushan Town in Kunshan, Suzhou ranks first in the country. Its GDP in 2022 has exceeded 100 billion yuan, about 102 billion yuan, and its economic volume has exceeded many county-level cities and even prefecture level cities in the country. For example, Mount Huangshan City in the Yangtze River Delta has just exceeded 100 billion yuan in 2022. In addition, Yangshe Town in Zhangjiagang, which belongs to Suzhou, ranks fourth in the country. Last year, Yangshe Town's GDP was 99.55 billion yuan, just one step away from a hundred billion yuan town, while Jinfeng Town in Zhangjiagang ranks eighth in the country. As a result, among the top ten schools in the country, Suzhou alone holds 3 seats, with 5 towns in Suzhou ranking in the top 15. The park is the main battlefield for economic development in Jiangsu, and Yushan Town and Yangshe Town share a common feature - the system of integrating districts and towns. In February 2012, Kunshan High tech Zone and Yushan Town implemented a "district town integration, with the district as the main" management system. Kunshan High tech Zone is the first national high-tech industry development zone located in a county-level city in China. In the first half of this year, Yushan's GDP reached 50.9 billion yuan, surpassing the 50 billion yuan mark for the first time in half a year in history. In the 2023 government work report, the town clearly proposed to strive for Kunshan to build a "high-tech model" of Chinese path to modernization county demonstration. At the same time, Yangshe Town also implements a "district town integration" management system with Zhangjiagang Economic and Technological Development Zone. In 2011, Zhangjiagang Economic and Technological Development Zone was promoted to a national level. Suzhou, Wuxi, and other strong cities in southern Jiangsu have performed very well. Among the Fortune 500, Suzhou occupies 47 seats, Wuxi occupies 22 seats, and Changzhou occupies 20 seats, accounting for over 60% of the province's total. These three positions rank among the top three cities with districts in the province. Upon closer inspection of the list, it is not difficult to find that Kunshan, Jiangyin, Wujin, Changshu, Wujiang, and Zhangjiagang, located in the Suzhou Wuxi Changzhou region, are among the top six selected towns in various counties in Jiangsu Province. Among them, Kunshan, Jiangyin, Wujiang, and Zhangjiagang all have their respective towns on the list. Suzhong and northern Jiangsu also performed well, with 14 towns in Nantong on the list. Town economy is an important component of county economy. On July 25th, CCID Consulting released the 2023 Top 100 Chinese County Economy Rankings. Among the top 100 counties, Jiangsu and Zhejiang ranked in the top two, with 23 and 16 seats respectively. Among the top ten counties in the top 100, Jiangsu alone held 6 seats and dominated the top 4. The 2023 Top 500 Town Economy has set a "single threshold" for evaluation, which means that the general public budget revenue is ≥ 150 million yuan. At the same time, a comprehensive evaluation is conducted on the high-quality development of the town's economy from four aspects: economic strength, development level, industrial level, and consumption capacity. Meanwhile, relevant data shows that the n