Suzhou is one of the cities with the most complete manufacturing system in China, having a total of 35 industrial divisions and involving 167 industrial categories and 491 industrial sub-categories.
It has an apparent keen competitive advantage in terms of thriving industrial clusters and gives full support to its advanced manufacturing industries -- including biomedicine, aerospace, new displays, high-end equipment, optical communications, new materials and new energy products.
Its biomedical industry is competitive nationwide, with its biomedical cluster selected as a national strategic emerging industry cluster. Its nanotechnology and new material cluster was also selected as a national advanced manufacturing cluster, while the development levels of its intelligent manufacturing among the top in the country.