Title：Suzhou National New & Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone (“SND”)
Status：approved by China's Central Government as a “National Level Hi-tech Park” in 1992
Location：west of the city's old town, eat of Lake Taihu. SND’s natural hills and waters, together with Lake Shihu, Dongshan and Xishan Scenic Area, Tianping and Lingyan Scenic Area, Hanshan Temple, Tiger Hill, have made SND a perfect combination of natural landscape and ancient Wu culture.
Population： 320,000 (registered permanent population)
Area: 258 km2
Milestones
Year 1990 Inaugurated
Year 1992 Approved by China's State Council as a “National Level Hi-tech Park”
Year 1997 One of the first four Chinese industrial parks recommended APEC members
Year 1999 First ISO14000-certified industrial estates in China
Year 2001 First “National Environmental Protection Industrial Park”
Year 2003 “SND Export Processing Zone” officially established
Year 2005 First “National Circular Economy Demonstration Park”
Suzhou Technopolis initiated by Ministry of Science and Technology
“Bonded Logistic Park” officially inaugurated
“Suzhou Auto Parts Manufacturing Base” under the Torch Plan approved
Year 2007 The only National Hi-tech Park that implements Circular Economy
Year 2008 First National EcoIndusty Demonstration Park