Wuxi, the historical city with eye-catching scenery located in East China's Jiangsu province, is revving up development in innovative industries such as the internet of things and intelligent manufacturing, Mayor Huang Qin said during a media interview on the sidelines of the Boao Forum for Asia.
The forum, hosted by the Wuxi Municipal People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, is part of the 2019 Wuxi International Cherry Blossom Festival, which has become not only a festival for cherry blossom admiring, but also a platform for boosting cooperation between Wuxi and foreign countries.
Wuxi has attached great significance to ecological conservation while driving its economy in the developmental fast lane.
Wuxi achieved fruitful results in implementing the strategy of innovation-driven growth by setting up 602 platforms of sci-tech innovation above provincial level, ranking second in Jiangsu province.
Wuxi Municipal Economic Development Zone held an industrial summit in Beijing on March 11.
Jabil Electronic launched its cloud computing and radio frequency (RF) technology R&D center in Wuxi on March 5, aiming to develop a 5G communication equipment manufacturing industry.
A project signing ceremony for the Wuxi Intelligent Medical Industrial Park was held in Wuxi National Hi-tech District (WND) on Feb 28.
Wuxi city had 25 enterprises make it into the incubation program of leading provincial innovative enterprises, according to a list recently announced by the Department of Science and Technology of Jiangsu province.
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