Changzhou National Hi-tech District

Established in 1992, Changzhou National Hitech District (CND) is among the first group of state-level high-tech zones in China and is also the first national-level district in Changzhou. It covers an area of 508.94 km² with a population of 903,000. The comprehensive strength of CND ranks 3rd in the whole Jiangsu Province. Its GDP in 2024 has reached CNY 220 billion; the total import and export volume has achieved CNY 130 billion.

INVESTMENT PARTNERS

CND is home to about 160,000 enterprises, including over 2,000 foreign enterprises from 68 countries and regions, like Rosenberger, thyssenkrupp, Bomag, Leoni, Lanxess, Erdrich, Hoerbiger, Wilo, Felsomat, Aumann, Ruhrpumpen, HEINZGALS, Guhring, and Mixaco from Germany; GF, Rieter, Reishauer, Medela, Mettler Toledo, Magna, Ypsomed, and Agrana from other German-speaking countries.

SOLID INDUSTRIAL BASE

The pillar industries of CND are equipment manufacturing industry and advanced material industry. For now, CND is developing six industry clusters: high-end intelligent equipment manufacturing, new energy automobile and kernel components, new medicine and medical devices, photovoltaic and smart energy, carbon fiber and composite materials, and new generation information technology.

RICH HUMAN RESOURCES

Changzhou is a dynamic city full of young and energetic high-level talents, famous as “the cradle of silver collars”. There are six universities, 11 colleges and 19 junior schools. The city is adopting the German AHK and IHK Dual Training System with plenty of SIEMENS training centers here. The companies in CND are encouraged to cooperate with the schools to cultivate talents according to their requirement. Changzhou Technician College of Jiangsu Province, a technical school located in our district, is the first technical school in China to launch Sino-German classes.

CONVENIENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

Located in the center of the Yangtze River Delta, CND is the first state-level high-tech district in China that integrates transportation infrastructure of ocean-going port, airport, high-speed railways (Shanghai-Nanjing Intercity Railway and Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway), highways (S39 Beijing-Hangzhou Expressway and G42 Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway) and metro. It takes 40 minutes to Shanghai by high-speed train.

PLEASANT LIVING ENVIRONMENT

As the sister city of Roth, Herford and Essen, CND enjoys international living conditions. The hospitals in CND provide English-speaking service and green channels for foreigners and we have international schools for expats’ kids. A strong atmosphere of German lifestyle has been created here. CND hosts the German Beer Festival and International Family Day every year. Statistically, there are over 1,000 foreigners settled in CND.

GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES AND TRILINGUAL TEAM

Located close to Shanghai, CND has land, workshop solutions, and favorable policies to welcome enterprises from German-speaking countries that intend to develop in East China. A series of tailored incentives will be provided according to the situation of each project. Moreover, a professional trilingual (Chinese, English, and German) team from CND will provide one-stop service from site selection, company registration to normal operation. Working with the relevant national and provincial departments, CND took the lead in establishing the Administrative Examination and Approval Bureau in Jiangsu Province with the optimization of company registration procedures, project approval, EIA approval, and construction application.

GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS

In 2024, in the process of deepening the new paradigm of “benchmarking Germany”, CND has strengthened the in-depth docking with German enterprises, enhanced the exchanges and cooperation with German cities, and promoted the accelerated landing of German projects. Leoni, Rosenberger, Nanotec, and other companies increased investment to expand their business in China; Mixaco, WAB, and other Hidden Champions in this area launched their first production and research and development base in China. The delegations from Essen, Herford, and Roth visited CND, and the investment promotion team from CND also went to Roth for a two-week study. The two sides have carried out extensive exchanges in the fields of economy, culture, science and technology, education, and other fields, which has become the epitome of cooperation between CND and its sister cities in Germany.

Industry Index

• Smart Manufacturing
• Biomedical/Life Sciences
• Electronic Information Technology/Digital Economy
• New Energy