With an area of 7,500 mu (500 hectares), the equipment manufacturing industrial park is a provincial industrial park approved by the Jiangsu Provincial Development and Reform Commission. It was awarded by the municipal government as “Characteristic Industrial Base of New Industrialization” in September in 2012. The park is mainly engaged in industries including port machinery, marine engineering equipment and accessory products, special ships, and ship engines and accessory products. Leading enterprises such as Zhenhua Heavy Equipment and Wison Heavy Industry are present in the park.
The NETDA Free Trade Zone got the original go-ahead, on Jan 3, 2013, from the State Council, for a 5.29-sq-km area, in two parts.
Suzhou-Nantong science & technology industrial park
Equipment manufacturing industrial park
Urban-rural commercial zone
Nengda central business district
New materials industrial park
Medical treatment & health industrial park
Sci-tech industrial park
Precision machinery industrial park