The 2012 China Top 100 Creative Enterprises Evaluation Conference was held on Nov 24. Fourteen enterprises in Nantong competed for recognition as the top 100 creative enterprises.
The conference was hosted by the China Enterprise Evaluation Association and Nantong mu-nicipal government. It was ad-vocated by the China Enterprise Evaluation Association. The evaluation focused on industries such as energy conservation and environmental protection, electronic information, biology, equipment manufacturing and engineering, and energy. A total of 100 creative enterprises in each industry competed to make the creative enterprise list.
The conference also praised the “China Top 10 Enterprise Creation Figures”. Xue Jiping, CEO of Jiangsu Zhongtian Technol-ogy, and Xu Xiulong, vice- general manager of Nantong Cosco shipyard, made the list. In addition, Jiangsu Zhongtian Technology won the “China Enterprise Research and Development Prize.” Nantong Economic and Tech-nological Development Area won a special prize.
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