On Nov 18, Taicang, a county-level city of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, signed an agreement with Germany's Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region on the Rhine-Neckar-Kreis Innovation Center, marking a new milestone in Taicang's collaboration with the region.

An aerial view of Taicang. [Photo/WeChat account: tcfbgw]

The Taicang Rhine-Neckar-Kreis Innovation Center will leverage Germany's talent and industrial resources to focus on the green economy, digital intelligence, and life health industries. The aim is to establish a leading innovation and entrepreneurship platform for emerging industries in Taicang, supporting industrial development and the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries.

The Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region, located in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, is home to Europe's most significant chemical industrial area and one of Germany's top three life science hubs alongside Munich and Berlin. Taicang and the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region became friendship cities in May 2019.