On January 12th, the city of Suzhou held a conference on talent work, making concerted efforts to promote the brand "Only when people come to Suzhou can they make achievements."

Attendees included Ding Lixin, Secretary of the District Party Committee; Gu Xiaodong, Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee and District Governor; members of the District Party Committee; leading officials from the District People's Congress Standing Committee, the District Political Consultative Conference, and the District Government; deputy district governors; leaders responsible for resort areas, economic development zones, and high-tech zones; secretaries of party committees at various towns (streets, communities); key officials from relevant departments and units in the district; representatives from research institutes, innovative research and development institutions, and key financial institutions; representatives of talents; and deputy directors of the District Committee Office and the Government Office, who attended the meeting at the Wuzhong sub-venue.

The Municipal Committee convenes a talent work conference, and Wuzhong District has made significant achievements. Come and join Xiao Wu to take a look!

The Most Beautiful Suzhou Talent

Yang Haofang

Chairman and General Manager of Jiangsu Gairui Health Technology Co., Ltd.

To support basic medical and health care for people's livelihoods, we have served nearly 60,000 grassroots health stations in 28 provinces nationwide, covering a total population of over 150 million. We deeply engage in the construction of five major platforms, including the Suzhou Municipal Residents' Health Big Data Platform and the Municipal Remote Medical Service Platform.

During the epidemic, we built the city's remote medical command and supervision platform, real-time screening and monitoring platform for epidemic prevention and control, and a comprehensive scene nucleic acid testing information platform. We also created efficient tools such as the "5G Digital Mobile Vaccination Booth" and the nucleic acid collection cabin laboratory, effectively aiding epidemic prevention and control efforts.

Best Employer

Suzhou Huichuan Technology Co., Ltd.

The company has a comprehensive platform for major innovation, including a provincial engineering and technology research center, a provincial enterprise technology center, a provincial engineering center, a provincial high-tech enterprise, and an advanced technology research institute for leading enterprises in the city. It has been repeatedly listed in the top 100 innovative enterprises in Jiangsu Province.

The company has established talent cultivation platforms such as a provincial postdoctoral innovation practice base and the first batch of provincial pilot enterprises for industry-education integration. It has close cooperation with top universities such as Tsinghua University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in industry-academia research collaboration. It has also set up Huichuan scholarships in multiple universities, undertaken major provincial scientific and technological achievements transformation projects, and won the first prize of provincial scientific and technological progress awards.

The scale and proportion of high-end talents and postgraduates within the company have continuously increased. It has established a highly competitive salary system and a scientific talent self-evaluation system. It has been awarded the Suzhou Gu Su Major Innovation Team and honored as one of the "2015 China's Top 100 Best Employers." It has been listed multiple times in the Lierong Extraordinary Employers List and the Top 10 Best Employers in Suzhou by Zhaopin Recruitment.

Best Talent Landing Platform

East Taihu Lake Science and Technology Financial City

The city has established a full chain of entrepreneurial carriers, ranging from international innovation spaces, national-level technology enterprise incubators, offshore incubators, to technology industrial parks, Taihu Lake Software Park, and headquarters economic parks. It also has supporting facilities such as talent apartments and North American international high schools.

It has built Asia's largest drug safety evaluation platform, a national-level information creation platform, a national-level international science and technology cooperation base, and a provincial-level comprehensive service base for venture capital. It gathers industry resources from companies like Wuxi AppTec, Inspur Financial, Microsoft Innovation Center, and the CCID Research Institute. It has incubated over 40 leading talent projects at or above the municipal level and nurtured unicorn enterprises such as Zhumiao. The total output value of enterprises in the region has exceeded 10 billion yuan, contributing over 1 billion yuan in taxes.

In addition, Wuzhong District has been awarded the title of the innovative and progressive area for talent and technology work in Suzhou.

After the meeting, talent workers from Wuzhong District and talents from various industries promptly studied the spirit of the conference. Everyone expressed their determination to earnestly study and implement the spirit of the Municipal Committee's talent work conference, systematically optimize the talent policy system, accelerate the construction of a high-level talent platform, continuously improve the talent ecological environment, and contribute the strength of Wuzhong to the slogan "Only when people come to Suzhou can they make achievements."

Xu Dan

Deputy Secretary of the Party Working Committee and Executive Deputy Director of Wuzhong High-tech Zone

At the beginning of the new year, the Suzhou Municipal Committee held a conference on talent work, which vigorously sounded the assembly call of "Only when people come to Suzhou can they make achievements," anchoring the goal for our future talent work and pointing out a new direction. As the main battlefield for scientific and technological innovation and talent incubation, Wuzhong High-tech Zone will thoroughly implement the spirit of the conference, fully promote the construction of major scientific and technological innovation carriers such as the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences University's "Number One Project" and the headquarters base of the third-generation semiconductor group. We will enrich the soil for "gathering talents," optimize talent support measures, maximize the integrated effects of talent policies, provide a fertile ground for outstanding talents to make achievements, and create a paradise for those with aspirations.

Bao Qinkang

Party Secretary of Jinting Town

The Municipal Committee has set the goal of "building a national-level talent platform and constructing a modernized strong city of talent development in China" and released three phased targets for 2025, 2030, and 2035. This meeting can be said to be both a "mobilization order" and a "construction drawing." In line with the goal of transforming "Taihu Ecological Island" into a model area for implementing the "Two Mountains" concept and a model area for common prosperity and modernization, we will continue to align with research institutes and expert teams that signed contracts at the Suzhou Taihu Ecological Island construction promotion conference, focusing on solving the problem of "who the future development relies on" and attracting talents from all over the world to "add more beautiful colors to Taihu Lake." We will welcome the successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Party with outstanding achievements.

Li Qun

Party Secretary of Guoxiang Street

The Municipal Committee's talent work conference has proposed the goal of "building a national-level talent platform and constructing a modernized strong city of talent development in China," vigorously promoting the work brand of "Only when people come to Suzhou can they make achievements." Guoxiang Street will firmly establish the development concept of "talent is the primary resource," closely focus on the tasks of constructing the "Number One Project" development center, and fully leverage the role of dual innovation carriers such as the biopharmaceutical industrial park, Wusongjiang Science and Technology Industrial Park, and Zhongbo Science and Technology Park to serve the enterprises in the jurisdiction wholeheartedly. Through government-enterprise cooperation, we will build an innovative entrepreneurial ecosystem; improve the "full-chain" management and service of talent attraction, cultivation, utilization, and retention to promote the in-depth integration of industry, academia, and research. We will vigorously create a strong atmosphere of respecting and loving talents, optimize the business environment with various measures, stimulate regional technological innovation vitality, and play the role of talents leading industries and industries gathering talents, promoting the transformation from talent "aggregation" to industrial "fusion." We will effectively transform the advantages of talents into development momentum and provide strong technological support and powerful kinetic energy for the high-quality development of Wuzhong!

Shen Yubao

Director of the District Science and Technology Bureau

Talent is the primary resource, and high-level talents are the core support for scientific and technological innovation. The Wuzhong District Science and Technology Bureau will take this municipal talent work conference as a new starting point, continuously innovate talent work concepts, mechanisms, and methods, meticulously create a "double attraction and double retention" core engine, accelerate the construction of a strong area for scientific and technological talents, and provide more powerful technological support for striving for new advantages in the high-quality development of Wuzhong.

Representatives of Talents and Research Institutions

Chu Wenqiang

Deputy Chief Engineer of Suzhou Huichuan Technology Co., Ltd.

At the beginning of the new year, the Suzhou Municipal Committee held a conference on talent work, vigorously promoting the brand of "Only when people come to Suzhou can they make achievements," and proposing a new concept of comprehensively advancing the modernization of talent teams, talent efficiency, and talent development governance. The government's attention and care are both affirmation and motivation. I will adhere to the correct political direction and play a leading exemplary role. We will lead the construction of high-level innovative teams and experimental centers, cultivate and introduce more high-level talents from domestic and international sources, and enhance the research and development capabilities and levels of the company and related industries. We will organize more collaborative innovation projects with universities, research institutes, and large-scale enterprises.

He Yong

Executive Deputy Dean of Suzhou Intelligent Manufacturing Research Institute

As a new type of research and development institution cooperating with Zhejiang University and Wuzhong District of Suzhou, we have always insisted on building a high-quality team mainly composed of master's and doctoral students to achieve breakthroughs in original technology and empower the development of regional industries. The Municipal Committee's talent work conference proposed the construction of a national-level talent platform, which further confirms our determination to gather first-class talents, break international monopolies, and join hands to strengthen the intelligent manufacturing industry cluster in the digital economy era, with confidence in achieving "great accomplishments."

Sun Ke

General Manager of Suzhou Cornigs Polyols Co., Ltd.

As a young entrepreneur, we must adhere to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese characteristics for a New Era, deeply study and implement the important speeches of General Secretary Xi Jinping at the Central Conference on Talent Work and the spirit of the Provincial and Municipal Talent Work Conferences, and actively play the role of the enterprise as the main body. We will insist on combining independent cultivation with the introduction of talents, strengthen cooperation between universities and enterprises, promote in-depth integration of production, education, and research, improve the transformation of achievements in industry-university-research cooperation, and create a larger research and development platform and talent platform. We will adhere to self-reliance in science and technology, strive to make the company stronger and better, and practice the oath of "self-reliance in science and technology, self-improvement" with enthusiasm. We will adhere to the development path of "specialization, refinement, and novelty," lead the industry, establish industry benchmarks, and strive to become a new generation worthy of the mission of national rejuvenation with a high sense of political responsibility and historical mission, strive to forge ahead, and shoulder the glorious mission of "being a model, being a demonstration, and leading the way."

Wang Xiaotian

General Manager of Suzhou Binzhi Technology Co., Ltd.

I am honored to attend the Suzhou Municipal Committee's talent work conference as a representative of talents and deeply feel the importance attached by the Municipal Committee and various districts and departments of the city to talent work. Adhering to General Secretary Xi Jinping's guidance that "talent is a strategic resource for achieving national rejuvenation and gaining the initiative in international competition," the Municipal Committee has created a new situation in talent work in Suzhou with unprecedented vigor. Secretary Cao required comprehensive strengthening of the Party's leadership over talent work, the establishment of a talent work pattern with Party committees taking unified leadership, organization departments taking overall responsibility, and various departments closely cooperating, effective measures in all districts and departments to increase manpower for talent work, assigning specific personnel to be responsible for talent work, and appointing dedicated personnel to be responsible for connecting with talents, enabling talents to feel more affinity and sense of belonging. Hearing this, I feel very warm and grounded. Only by not forgetting our original aspirations and forging ahead can we live up to society and the times.

Currently, Wuzhong District is closely focusing on the development strategy of "building a strong industrial zone and leading innovation." It strengthens talent cultivation, innovation policy measures, and optimizes talent services. The efficiency of innovation and entrepreneurship of scientific and technological talents has achieved new improvements, and the work of scientific and technological talents has gained momentum!

Since 2021, Wuzhong District has witnessed an accelerated aggregation of high-level talents in innovation and entrepreneurship, with the number of newly introduced scientific and technological talents and startups doubling.

8 provincial-level entrepreneurship talents, a year-on-year increase of 100%;

33 leading talents in GuSu District of Suzhou City, a year-on-year increase of 83%;

85 leading talents (teams) in Dongwu District of Wuzhong District, a year-on-year increase of 158%;

8 technology-leading talents founded companies selected as "unicorn" incubation enterprises, a year-on-year increase of 167%, accounting for 80% of the total selected in the district.

Next, Wuzhong District will deeply implement the spirit of the Municipal Committee's talent work conference, adhere to the comprehensive leadership of the Party in talent work, promote the brand of "Only when people come to Suzhou can they make achievements," comprehensively enhance the construction level of talent teams in the digital economy era, and make contributions to Suzhou's efforts to build a national-level talent platform and construct a modernized strong city for the development of Chinese talents.