Their Stories
Elites make home in Wuxi National Hi-tech District
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Int'l companies gather in WND
Nine life science and tech companies on the Fortune Global 500 list have settled in WND: GE Healthcare, Siemens Healthcare, Merck KGaA, AstraZeneca, Danone, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Dupont, Mitsubishi Chemical and Johnson & Johnson.
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Tech innovation enterprises boom
One Nobel Prize R&D poject on bio-pharmaceutical
Nine projects under "1,000 Talent Plan"
Four projects under the Hi-tech Research and Development Program
Four innovative national-level medicine projects
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Many listed companies
Five companies were listed on the National Equities Exchange and Quotations
Fostering many innovative tech companies, with life science and tech the main force among those listed in WND.
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Johnson Han
Amway Botanical Research Center director
"I hope that more research companies will come to WND to build an industrial cluster and contribute to the globalization of TCM."
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Nakauchi Kiyoharu
Wuxi Yakult Co. vice-general manager
"WND provides us with an excellent platform for production and R&D, with which we hope to make great efforts to promote Wuxi residents' health."
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Zhang Bo
Buenobel Biological Technology CEO
"Life science and technology is good for social welfare. Engaging in this field, you can not only fulfill your career ambition, but also make a contribution to society."
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Shao Jinhua
Hisky Medical Technologies founder
"Popularize noninvasive liver fibrosis diagnosis, try to reduce liver disease."
Our Strengths
Why WND leads in life science and tech industry?
Scale
$3.06billion
WND's output value of life science and tech in 2015
$6.6billion
WND's revenue for life science and tech in 2015 exceeds
- Smart Health
- 44firms
- Bio-phar
- 80firms
- Medical Tools
- 50firms
- Phar Logistics
- 7firms
- Phar Farming
- 29firms
Talents
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Abundant educational resourceto ensure talent supply
Wuxi-based Jiangnan University ranks within the top 1 percent in food science, according to data from the Essential Science Indicators.
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Talent solutionsto promote recruitment
Wuxi rolled out Taihu Lake Talent Plan, which invites elites from home and abroad to boost its modern industries.
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Capital
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Co-opted funds
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Seed funding
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Industrial fund
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Follow-up policy
Your Chances
You can get support beyond your expectations.
Life science and tech is a key industry of WND, which is why the Wuxi Life Science and Technology Park was established.
History
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Apr. 2010
As a biology-featured industrial base, Wuxi Life Science and Technology Park is approved by the Jiangsu Science and Technology Department.
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Oct. 2011
Wuxi Life Science and Technology Park signs contacts with a string of companies, marking the groundbreaking of its R&D zone.
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Aug. 2012
Wuxi Center for Food and Drug Control is established, with seven types of monitoring abilities in food, medicine, medical apparatus and instruments, medicament packing material, dietary supplement, cosmetics and environmental monitoring.
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Sept. 2013
Wuxi IoT-based Medicare Research Institute opens, promoting Internet of Things’ application in the field of medical health.
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Nov. 2013
Its first Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) facility for pharmaceutical products goes into operation.
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Apr. 2014
Wuxi Life Science and Technology Park opens.
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Dec. 2014
Wuxi Life Science and Technology Park officially comes into service.
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Aug. 2015
The park is crowned as a bio-pharmaceutical and medical device industrial base by the Torch HighTechnology Industry Development Center of Ministry of Science and Technology.
Making the most of operation experience from both home and abroad, Wuxi Life Science and Technology Park consists of three parts – an innovative zone, R&D zone, and industrialization zone.
In the upcoming five years, WND will focus on the development of diagnostic imaging, medical high-value consumable materials, IVD (In-Vitro Diagnosis), smart health care, antineoplastic drugs, CRO (Contract Research Organization) and rehabilitation.
Innovative zone
With a planned construction area of 800 mu (53.3 hectares), the innovative zone focuses on IoT-based medical care, medical informatization and medical device and medical sensors.
R&D zone
With a planned construction area of 584 mu (38.9 hectares), the R&D zone is home to companies featuring bio-pharmaceutical , medical device and healthcare services . It has set up an base, including a platform integrating medical storage, logistics, sales, public technology service platform as well as comprehensive support service system.
Industrialization zone
With a planned area of 1,099 mu (73.2 hectares), the industrialization zone focuses on the commercialization of achievements in innovative medicine, medical device, high-end health products.
CONTACT US
Hefeng Rd. 28, Xinwu District, Wuxi, Jiangsu province
0086-510-68559016
0086-510-68559086
bizwnd@wnd.gov.cn