Regional governments in Jiangsu province are endeavoring for higher goals in 2019 as the annual sessions of the local people’s congress and the CPPCC are ready to take place in late January.
Suzhou is expecting its regional GDP in 2018 to reach about 1.85 trillion yuan, an increase of about 7%.
In the new year, Suzhou will focus on improving quality and efficiency, technological innovation, reform and opening up, regional integration, rural revitalization, pollution prevention, enriching the people and benefiting the people, and enhancing security and stability.
It will also accelerate the construction of 228 municipal-level key projects with a total investment of more than 1.1 trillion yuan, step up the construction of a self-controllable modern industrial system, and foster the development of 10 billion-level emerging industrial clusters such as high-end equipment, automobiles and parts, and integrated circuits.
In the meantime, Suzhou will actively integrate into the construction of world-class urban clusters in the Yangtze River Delta for the creation of a unique international metropolis. Efforts will be made to ensure that 150,000 new jobs will be created throughout the year and 100,000 jobs will be created for college graduates.
In 2019, Suzhou is expected to register a year-on-year growth of about 6.5% in its GDP while maintain stable growth in its import and export volume. The per capita disposable income of the residents will increase faster than the GDP.
