Equipment Manufacturing
High-end equipment manufacturing is not only a traditional industry in the New District, but also the core driving force of the New District’s economy. At present, there are more than 400 excellent domestic and foreign equipment manufacturing companies in the area, and it is the first industrial cluster in Wuxi New Area with an output value exceeding RMB 100 billion. The company's business involves complete machine equipment, auto parts, energy-saving and environmental protection equipment, engineering machinery, electromechanical equipment and other fields.
Internet of Things and Cloud Computing
As China’s only national sensor network innovation demonstration zone, Wuxi New Area shoulders the important mission of developing the Internet of Things industry. The new district government has overall planned an area of ??approximately 8.4 square kilometers in the Wuxi (Taihu) International Science and Technology Park as the core area and main responsibility area for China's sensor network innovation demonstration. At present, a large number of IoT R&D institutions and companies have settled in the area.
New Energy and New Materials
Wuxi New District complies with the general trend of new material development and actively attracts high-quality new material companies at home and abroad, especially committed to the introduction of metal materials, optoelectronic materials and non-metallic materials R&D and production enterprise of composite materials. In terms of support policies, Wuxi New District will promptly incorporate major projects with advanced technology, obvious advantages, and strong driving and supporting functions into the city's key project planning and annual implementation plans, and give priority to land, credit and other support.
The development of the new area focuses on solar photovoltaics, with crystalline silicon solar cells as its core products, including monocrystalline pulling and polycrystalline ingot casting, slicing and polishing, solar cell and module production, solar application systems and photovoltaic manufacturing. A relatively complete industrial chain including equipment. The technical level of Wuxi New District's photovoltaic new energy industry ranks first in the country, and the crystalline silicon cell module conversion rate reaches 18.5, which is the world's leading level in the same industry.
Biomedicine
The life science and technology industry in Wuxi New District is mainly dominated by life sensors, innovative biomedical preparations, medical devices (including diagnostic reagents), biotherapy and health service industries. At present, the new district has initially formed a biomedical industry cluster, attracting more than 210 life science and technology companies, including many entrepreneurial projects of industry leaders. In 2013, the industrial output of Wuxi New District's biotechnology and new pharmaceutical industries reached 14.3 billion yuan, and the total sales of biopharmaceutical distribution enterprises reached 13.7 billion yuan.
Microelectronics
As early as the 1980s, Wuxi was recognized as the southern base of China's microelectronics industry. After more than 30 years of development, the overall scale of Wuxi's integrated circuit industry accounts for one-fifth of the country's total, ranking second in the country.
Wuxi New District is an important area for the development of Wuxi's integrated circuit industry, with the industry accounting for more than 70% of the city's total. Moreover, an industrial agglomeration pattern focusing on the integrated circuit design industry, manufacturing, packaging and testing industry and support industry has been formed. Regardless of the total industrial volume, design and processing technology level, or the concentration of professional talents, the new district ranks among the leaders in the development of China's microelectronics industry.
Software Information Services
Since the establishment of Wuxi New Area, the software and service outsourcing industry has flourished here. At present, there are nearly 1,000 such companies settled in the new area, including 25 of the world's top 500 companies, 26 of the top 100 global service outsourcing companies, and the top 50 domestic companies. Representative well-known domestic and foreign companies include: Microsoft, Intel , Oracle, IBM, NTT DATA, Fujitsu, Pactera, ChinaSoft International, Basis, Unisoc Software, etc.
Cultural Industry
Wuxi New District is the birthplace of Wu culture for three thousand years and is rich in historical and cultural resources. Taibo Mausoleum, Taibo Temple, Bodu River, Hongshan Site Museum, etc. Bo and Wu cultural attractions; Qian Mu Qian Weichang's former residence, Huaihai Yizhuang, Zhaositang, Taibo Library, a traditional cultural education base composed of the hometown of celebrities; and a unique cultural park composed of Erhu Creative Industrial Park and Chinese Stone Appreciation Garden. There are currently 310 cultural enterprises in the new area with more than 13,000 employees. The high-tech cultural industry mainly consists of three categories: Internet advertising and digital new media, cultural e-commerce and Internet information services and applications, film and television, animation, and games. .
Traditional industries consist of cultural leisure tourism and Erhu cultural industries, showing local characteristics that blend tradition with high-tech. At present, the added value of the cultural industry in Wuxi New District accounts for more than 8% of GDP, and the comprehensive cultural industry index has led the city for many years.