On July 27, Chinese athlete Sheng Lihao from Zhangjiagang, Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province won the first gold medal of the Paris Olympics, which was also Zhangjiagang's first-ever Olympic gold medal.
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 19, the opening ceremony of an Olympic carnival and the International Street Dance Elites Challenge was held in Zhangjiagang, a county-level city in Suzhou, Jiangsu province.
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).
Once a tidal flat area along the Yangtze River, Yonglian village, Zhangjiagang has since developed into a prosperous community, pioneering a model that ensures both material and spiritual abundance for villagers.
Zhangjiagang Port achieved a cargo throughput of 122.98 million metric tons and handled over 559,000 standard containers.