Kunshan taps entrepreneurs and innovators

Kunshan city in East China's Jiangsu province is hosting its signature Kunshan Entrepreneurship Week on July 11 to attract more entrepreneurial minds.

By pooling resources of labor, capital, knowledge, and technology, the annual event has been a pivotal platform for spurring innovation and entrepreneurship over the past eight years.

With a focus on new quality productive forces, this year’s event featured an opening ceremony and 10 activities, including exchange meetings, summer internships, and innovation and entrepreneurship competitions, aiming to attract global talents and infuse Kunshan with innovative energy.

An estimated 1,000 guests from home and abroad are attending, including academic and industry experts, skilled workers, and representatives from established companies and institutions.

At the venue, a comprehensive education practice base co-established by the municipal government of Kunshan and Southeast University was unveiled.

The base will blaze an innovative path by integrating government, industry, academia, and research, promoting the development of new quality productive forces and industrial innovation in Kunshan.

A talent development institute and several postdoctoral programs were also unveiled. Numerous projects and strategic agreements were signed, promoting the integration of industry and talents.

As a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou, Kunshan has ranked first among China's top 100 county-level regions in terms of overall competitiveness for 19 consecutive years, with its major industries including new-generation electronic information, high-end equipment manufacturing, healthcare, new energy and digital economy.

Thanks to a series of preferential policies in recent years, Kunshan now boasts a talent pool of 535,000, earning the title of “China’s best talent introduction city”.

By 2025, Kunshan plans to build and operate more than 50 innovation industrial parks, covering fields such as optoelectronics, high-end food, renewable energy, high-end equipment manufacturing, life sciences, low-altitude economy, and metaverse, offering abundant opportunities and potential.