Leadership Insights | Xi's Stories: Jiangsu-New Practices of Local Governments in the New Era

Playing an exemplary role in promoting Chinese modernization 

The fertile land of Jiangsu has nurtured abundant natural resources, economic prosperity, and splendid culture. A place with developed culture usually takes the lead in economic development. Today, cutting-edge technologies and future-oriented industries are becoming the pivotal forces driving Jiangsu’s future industrial development. 

The added value of Jiangsu’s manufacturing sector reached 4.66 trillion yuan, accounting for 36.3% of its GDP. 

The high-quality development index of its manufacturing sector reached 91.9, ranking first in the country. 

The output of strategic emerging industries and high-tech industries in the province accounted for 41.3% and 49.9% of the total output of industries above the designated size, respectively. 

All 13 prefectural-level cities in the province were ranked among China’s top 100 cities in the advanced manufacturing industry. 

The intensity of R&D investment in the whole society in Jiangsu was about 3.2%.

The number of invention patents owned by 10,000 people reached 62.1, ranking first in the country for eight consecutive years. 

The deep-sea manned submersible “Striver”, developed under the leadership of by Taihu Laboratory, completed the extreme deep dive. 

The high-efficiency all-perovskite tandem cell developed by Jiangsu was listed as one of the top 10 scientific advancements in China. 

The province has 94,000 small and medium-sized tech enterprises, of which 795 have been newly rated as national-level “little giant” enterprises, both ranking first in the country. 

There are more than 51,000 high-tech enterprises and more than 15.6 million talents. 

(Source: Jiangsu Municipal Government Work Report 2024)

Adhering to the primary task of high-quality development, Jiangsu is taking solid steps and making unremitting efforts to develop developing new quality productive forces in line with local conditions. Along the new journey, Jiangsu not only shows a brand-new outlook, but also leads Chinese modernization by providing more powerful scientific and technological support.