Lake Taihu is Suzhou’s calling card; its environment is its vitality, and its culture is its strength.Suzhou Taihu New Town combines picturesque landscapes with the rich cultural heritage of the Wu culture, making it one of Suzhou’s most promising areas for development. Building on its unique natural endowments, cultural heritage, and a once-in-a-lifetime development opportunity, Suzhou Wuzhong Taihu New Town has preliminarily defined three major development goals: First, with “cultural heritage” at its core, to become a model of a cultural new town that preserves and promotes world-class cultural traditions;With “service innovation” at its core, to become a model service city for the economic transformation and upgrading of the Yangtze River Delta region; and with the concept of “the city on the lake, the lake within the city” at its core, to become a world-class model of Taihu New City embodying the grandeur of Greater Suzhou.
In terms of industrial development, Suzhou Taihu New City will focus on high-end modern services and innovative creative industries. It aims to build regional-level centers for the Yangtze River Delta in the following areas: ecological living, innovation and creativity, culture and education, conventions and performing arts, tourism and leisure, business and commerce, and healthcare. This will showcase a brand-new image of “New City, New Industries, New Life.”