Wuxi New Area

WND has taken the second place in comprehensive evaluation among national development parks in Jiangsu for nine consecutive years. In 2014, its GDP reached 126.1 billion yuan. The industrial output value above designated size totaled at 287.4 billion yuan.[8] The Wuxi New District generates 15 percent of Wuxi's GDP with 4.6 percent land of the city and 6.8 percent of its population.[1]

As of 2012, the 20th anniversary of its establishment, WND has won 28 national-level titles for its brands and bases, including recognition as a national innovation park, national ecological industry demonstration zone and national pilot zone for intellectual property.[9][10]

According to the latest updates on the official website of Wuxi New District (bizwnd.gov.cn), high-end equipment manufacturing industry is the economic engine of WND. The district has more than 400 equipment manufacturing enterprises operating in fields including the whole machine equipment, auto parts, energy saving and environmental protection equipment, engineering machinery, and mechanical and electrical equipment.[11] It is the first industrial cluster in WND with the total output value exceeding 100 billion yuan.[12]

In November 2009, the State Council approved Wuxi as a national innovation and demonstration area for wireless sensor network. In 2013, the output value of Internet of Things (IoT) core industry in Wuxi New District exceeded 70 billion yuan, accounting for 38.4 percent of the output value of the whole high-tech industry in the district.[13] Wuxi New District has formed a cloud computing industrial distribution, featuring hardware, platform and application.[14]

The new material industry in Wuxi New District takes metal material, optoelectronic material and nonmetallic composite as its development priorities. Leading enterprises in the field such as Osram and Sharp are settled in the district.[15]

Wuxi New District is growing up to be a biological medicine industry cluster involving life sensor, biological pharmacy, medical instruments (including diagnostic reagent) and health services. More than 200 biological medicine companies, some of which are leading giants in their respective fields worldwide, have got their branches in the district. WND's annual industrial output from the biological medicine industry was 14.3 billion yuan in 2013.[16][17]

Wuxi was made the southern base of China's microelectronics industry during the 1980s. The overall size of its integrated circuit industry now takes up 25 percent of the country's total microelectronics industry. WND is the most conducive area in Wuxi for the development of integrated circuit industry with an industrial scale accounting for more than 70 percent of the city's total in the sector. The district ranks first in the development pace of the microelectronics industry in China as far as total industrial output, design and processing technology level and attracting professional talent are concerned.

WND is also one of the eight major integrated circuit design industrialization bases approved by the State Ministry of Science and Technology. The microelectronics industry operating carrier in the district includes three professional parks---the National Integrated Circuit Design Park, the Information Industry Science and Technology Park and Integrated Circuit Industry Park.[18][19]

WND is home to around 1,000 software and service outsourcing enterprises, including 25 world's top 500 enterprises, and 26 global service outsourcing top 100 companies, such as Microsoft, Intel, Oracle, IBM, NTT data, Fujitsu, Pactera, ChinaSoft International and Unissoft. In 2013, WND's output value of software and service outsourcing industry was 61 billion yuan.[20][21]

Wuxi New District, with Shuofang International Airport located in the area, houses an industrial logistics cluster involving airport logistics, newport logistics and high-tech logistics. A number of logistics companies such as Mapletree, ProLogis, Kerry, SF, Deppon and Kintetsu have their offices in the district. Its future development focuses on local logistics economy include port, bonded and e-business distribution logistics.[22]

Wuxi New District, the birthplace of the Wu Culture, has a history of 3,000 years. It boasts several cultural resources and famous attractions such as the Bodu River and Taibo Temple. According to the official update, the district now has 310 cultural enterprises and provides job posts to 13,000 people. The emerging cultural industry covers fields such as Internet advertising, e-commerce, Internet information services, video, animation and games.[23][24]

ISW has opened in Wuxi since 2007 and is part of the International Schools of China established in 1986. It is the only non-profit international school in Wuxi. According to the official website of the school, ISW is committed to serving the international community in Wuxi by providing a holistic education focusing on academics, character, and truth.[28] ISW is located in 300 Xing Chuang Si Road in Wuxi New District.[29]

Wuxi International School, WIS for short, was established in 2003. It is the only government-owned international school in Wuxi. It aims to provide an international education environment for children of foreign people living and working in China, as well as those from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.[30] The school features an integration of Asian and Western educational systems. It takes English as the primary teaching language supplemented with Mandarin Chinese. Curriculums are based on the textbooks of Singapore, drawing on the advantages of British and American educational programs with enhanced Chinese courses. It stresses science courses with special focus on math training.[31] Wuxi International School once had a campus in another part of the Wuxi New Area.[32][33] The Wuxi Japanese Saturday School (Japanese: 無錫(ﾑｼｬｸ)補習授業校 Mujaku Hoshū Jugyō Kō), a Japanese international school, as of 2008 was held at the Wuxi International School.[33]

EtonHouse is a Singapore-based educational group that provides educational services through international schools and pre-schools in 11 countries across Asia.[34] EtonHouse International School in Wuxi started operations in 2008.[35] It is located in Regent International Garden at the junction of Taishan Road and Xixing Road in Wuxi New District.

There are a number of international kindergartens located in Wuxi's New District, including the Victoria Bilingual Kindergarten on Changjiang North Road, Wuxi International Child Care on Xishi Road, and Kinderworld on Changjiang North Road.[31]