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China’s Wuxi actively builds open economy

By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan 6 min read

Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.

China’s Wuxi actively builds open economy

Staff members work in a workshop of an electronic company in the high-tech zone of Wuxi, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 15, 2025. Wuxi City has been actively building an open economy in recent years. The number of enterprises with actual foreign trade transactions in the city has exceeded 13,000, and their annual foreign trade value stood at more than 100 billion US dollars over the past four years.

The first eight months of 2025 saw the city’s total foreign trade value a new high of 535.34 billion yuan (about 75.36 billion US dollars), up 7.2 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Liu Jiaqi)

This photo shows the production line of YADEA at the electric scooter industrial park in Xishan District, Wuxi, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 16, 2025. Wuxi City has been actively building an open economy in recent years. The number of enterprises with actual foreign trade transactions in the city has exceeded 13,000, and their annual foreign trade value stood at more than 100 billion US dollars over the past four years.

The first eight months of 2025 saw the city’s total foreign trade value a new high of 535.34 billion yuan (about 75.36 billion US dollars), up 7.2 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Liu Jiaqi)

Electric scooters designed by YADEA are displayed at the electric scooter industrial park in Xishan District, Wuxi, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 16, 2025. Wuxi City has been actively building an open economy in recent years. The number of enterprises with actual foreign trade transactions in the city has exceeded 13,000, and their annual foreign trade value stood at more than 100 billion US dollars over the past four years.

The first eight months of 2025 saw the city’s total foreign trade value a new high of 535.34 billion yuan (about 75.36 billion US dollars), up 7.2 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Liu Jiaqi)

Staff members work at the production line of YADEA at the electric scooter industrial park in Xishan District, Wuxi, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 16, 2025. Wuxi City has been actively building an open economy in recent years. The number of enterprises with actual foreign trade transactions in the city has exceeded 13,000, and their annual foreign trade value stood at more than 100 billion US dollars over the past four years.

The first eight months of 2025 saw the city’s total foreign trade value a new high of 535.34 billion yuan (about 75.36 billion US dollars), up 7.2 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Liu Jiaqi)

Staff members work at the workshop of a technology company in Binhu District, Wuxi, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 16, 2025. Wuxi City has been actively building an open economy in recent years. The number of enterprises with actual foreign trade transactions in the city has exceeded 13,000, and their annual foreign trade value stood at more than 100 billion US dollars over the past four years.

The first eight months of 2025 saw the city’s total foreign trade value a new high of 535.34 billion yuan (about 75.36 billion US dollars), up 7.2 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Liu Jiaqi)

Staff members work in the smart warehouse of an electronic company in the high-tech zone of Wuxi, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 15, 2025. Wuxi City has been actively building an open economy in recent years. The number of enterprises with actual foreign trade transactions in the city has exceeded 13,000, and their annual foreign trade value stood at more than 100 billion US dollars over the past four years.

The first eight months of 2025 saw the city’s total foreign trade value a new high of 535.34 billion yuan (about 75.36 billion US dollars), up 7.2 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Liu Jiaqi)

Staff members work in a workshop of an electronic company in the high-tech zone of Wuxi, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 15, 2025. Wuxi City has been actively building an open economy in recent years. The number of enterprises with actual foreign trade transactions in the city has exceeded 13,000, and their annual foreign trade value stood at more than 100 billion US dollars over the past four years.

The first eight months of 2025 saw the city’s total foreign trade value a new high of 535.34 billion yuan (about 75.36 billion US dollars), up 7.2 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Liu Jiaqi)

An automated guided vehicle (AGV) delivers supplies at an electronic company in the high-tech zone of Wuxi, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 15, 2025. Wuxi City has been actively building an open economy in recent years. The number of enterprises with actual foreign trade transactions in the city has exceeded 13,000, and their annual foreign trade value stood at more than 100 billion US dollars over the past four years.

The first eight months of 2025 saw the city’s total foreign trade value a new high of 535.34 billion yuan (about 75.36 billion US dollars), up 7.2 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Liu Jiaqi)

Staff members work in a workshop of an electronic company in the high-tech zone of Wuxi, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 15, 2025. Wuxi City has been actively building an open economy in recent years. The number of enterprises with actual foreign trade transactions in the city has exceeded 13,000, and their annual foreign trade value stood at more than 100 billion US dollars over the past four years.

The first eight months of 2025 saw the city’s total foreign trade value a new high of 535.34 billion yuan (about 75.36 billion US dollars), up 7.2 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Liu Jiaqi)

A staff member conducts quality control operations at the workshop of a technology company in Binhu District, Wuxi, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 16, 2025. Wuxi City has been actively building an open economy in recent years. The number of enterprises with actual foreign trade transactions in the city has exceeded 13,000, and their annual foreign trade value stood at more than 100 billion US dollars over the past four years.

The first eight months of 2025 saw the city’s total foreign trade value a new high of 535.34 billion yuan (about 75.36 billion US dollars), up 7.2 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Liu Jiaqi)

An aerial drone photo taken in January 2024 shows the electric scooter industrial park in Xishan District, Wuxi, east China’s Jiangsu Province. Wuxi City has been actively building an open economy in recent years. The number of enterprises with actual foreign trade transactions in the city has exceeded 13,000, and their annual foreign trade value stood at more than 100 billion US dollars over the past four years.

The first eight months of 2025 saw the city’s total foreign trade value a new high of 535.34 billion yuan (about 75.36 billion US dollars), up 7.2 percent year on year.

Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20250918/4d99283d4d0c46ca96e472759573d32c/c.html

Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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