The first neighborhood center in Suzhou Industrial Park was designed by Feng Zhenggong, chairman and dean of the Park Design Institute. In order to make the neighborhood center truly a place for residents' leisure, activities, shopping and consumption, the design team planned and built the entire center on the river, and at the same time rationally arranged schools, parks, shopping malls and other carriers to echo each other and coordinate *** , and won rave reviews. Currently, the park has a commercial area every 3 square kilometers and a neighborhood center every 5 square kilometers. Even former Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan Keng Yam couldn't help but feel envious after seeing it, praising that the neighborhood center in the park is "more beautiful and more complete" than the one in Singapore.
After 15 years of rapid development, a top international development zone has emerged on farmland. Suzhou Industrial Park is the "ideal city" in Yi Zhongtian's heart. It is also the "dream city" of millions of "old Suzhou" and "foreign Suzhou".
Install a "green filter valve" for high-speed GDP
When you come to Suzhou Industrial Park, the most exciting thing is not the legendary wealth myths, but the wisp of wealth. The fresh air smells slightly sweet.
After 15 years of development, the park still surprisingly maintains fresh water and air, which is unimaginable in development zones.
Behind the unimaginable lies an insurmountable ecological red line.
Wang Jinhua, Chairman of the Suzhou CPPCC and former Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Suzhou Industrial Park, recalled that the first regulatory document formulated after the establishment of the park was the "Interim Measures for Environmental Protection Management of Construction Projects", which established a complete set of Green development concept. The first thing that merchants who invest in the park must pass is environmental protection. In the past 15 years, 300 projects have been vetoed by the environmental protection vote, with the total intended investment exceeding US$2 billion.
The invisible red line is invisible and intangible, but it is deeply rooted in the hearts of CEOs of park companies all the time. Pollution prohibition - ecological buffering - rainwater and sewage interception - central heating - garbage disposal, if you touch any of them, you will be "out". Over the past 15 years, Suzhou Industrial Park has invested a total of more than 30 billion yuan to implement comprehensive and whole-process control on more than 300 key enterprises in the zone, and has closed down more than 80 polluting enterprises left over from history.
15 years of ecological persistence have resulted in clear water, blue sky and green space praised by Chinese and foreign people. Among all development zones in the country, Suzhou Industrial Park has created the best in the country, including full coverage of environmental protection infrastructure, full coverage of green towns, and the highest density of ISO14001-compliant enterprises. In 2008, the comprehensive environmental quality index of the park reached 97.1, 17.1 points higher than the target value of Jiangsu Province's comprehensive environmental quality index for a well-off society.
A new version of "The Internationale" was performed by the Jinji Lake
One night in May, on the "World's First Canopy" pedestrian street in Yuanrong Times Square, Suzhou Industrial Park, a man named Ai Zheluo's Finnish Iranian played the tambourine and sang a Pingtan version of "Night Mooring on the Maple Bridge". Under the blue "canopy", passers-by stopped one after another, with yellow skin, black skin, white skin, blue eyes, black eyes, and brown eyes, singing softly to the sound of drums.
It was this "Old Ai" who received a notice from the Finnish headquarters to be sent to the park more than ten years ago. He was still unwilling to do so, and always thought about being transferred back as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, after the original two-year term ended, "Lao Ai" actually didn't leave. He worked for ten years. He retired a few years ago and simply settled down in the park, forming a "Happy Family Club". Last year, he also founded an English horn. "Lao Ai" said that he fell in love with the park, fell in love with Suzhou, and his whole family fell in love with this beautiful oriental city.
In Suzhou Industrial Park, more than 3,000 foreign-funded enterprises exist harmoniously, more than 20,000 high-tech talents are passionate about starting businesses, and 13,000 foreigners live happily. Eastern and Western civilizations met and reorganized here, and people of different races and cultures blended in and interacted with each other, ultimately creating a wonderful "foreign Suzhou" where ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign, complemented each other.
"In our unit, it is difficult to have an environment where we can speak our hometown dialect." said Ma Minglong, secretary of the working committee of the park. In the park management organization, all staff have been trained abroad, and 30% are international students. One department or one office often has returnees from several countries and cities.
On the east bank of Jinji Lake, there is an "Earth Learning Village" - Suzhou Middle School Campus.
With a campus building that combines Chinese and Western elements, and three "returnee" principals with different overseas education backgrounds, children from different countries grow up happily in a "bilingual" atmosphere. This is in line with the famous saying of Wu Dawei, general manager of Emerson Environmental Optimization Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. and an American: "We are all family in SIP." (In Suzhou Industrial Park, we are all one family).
In the park, Chinese and Western civilizations are harmoniously integrated, giving birth to countless "good stories in the world".
The former general manager of Andrew Telecom Equipment Co., Ltd. in the United States had a "crosstalk adventure". This tall American has been fascinated by Chinese crosstalk ever since he came to the park. He became a disciple of crosstalk master Ma Ji, Liu Xiyao, and became a "Mamen disciple". During his ten years in Suzhou, Bai Maigao learned dozens of crosstalk sections, partnered with many comedians, and even appeared on CCTV. Today, this China expert has been promoted to the chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce, but he still misses the days of working and living in Suzhou Industrial Park.
Wealth is here, entrepreneurship is here, and life is here. Standing at a 15-year historical milestone, Suzhou Industrial Park, with its extraordinary economic achievements and poetic residential life, has become an "Oriental New Europe" that entrepreneurs yearn for, Suzhou people are proud of, and foreigners envy.