On July 19, the opening ceremony of Israel Chemicals Ltd's (ICL) food ingredient factory was held in the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone, Suzhou, Jiangsu province.
At the Suzhou Entrepreneur Innovation and Development Conference held on July 21, 17 enterprises from Zhangjiagang, a county-level city of Suzhou, were included in the "2024 Top 100 Private Enterprises in Suzhou" list, and six were recognized among the "2024 Top 100 Innovative Private Enterprises in Suzhou".
Under the "Policies Supporting Innovation and High-Quality Development of Industries" issued in 2022, the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province has allocated 17.8 million yuan ($2.47 million) to local enterprises.
On July 24, a signing ceremony was held for the strategic cooperation between the Yangtze Metallurgical Industrial Park (YMIP) in Zhangjiagang and the Materials Academy of Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (JITRI).
Zhangjiagang Port achieved a cargo throughput of 122.98 million metric tons and handled over 559,000 standard containers.
On July 18, Weng Yuren, vice-mayor of Zhangjiagang, a county-level city in Suzhou, East China’s Jiangsu province, met with Markus Kloke, chief executive officer of German precision parts manufacturer E. Winkemann, to discuss business cooperation.
On July 16, an event marking the agreement signing of or start of construction or production on 36 projects was held in Zhangjiagang High-Tech Development Zone. The groundbreaking ceremony for the intelligent equipment headquarters of Huashijie Environment Technology Co Ltd was also held.
The groundbreaking ceremony for Quaker Houghton's 600-million-yuan ($82.75-million) advanced industrial process fluids project took place in the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone on July 10.