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SUZHOU, China, Aug. 3, 2022 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

ASEAN Plus Three (10+3) Forum on Industrial Chain and Supply Chain Cooperation

kicked off in Suzhou on Friday, its sub-forum on digital economy under the

spotlight. Suzhou, as a global industrial city advantageous in the open

economy, shared new ways to promote digital infrastructure construction,

innovative application of digital technologies and green development of

industrial chain and supply chain in the region, according to the Organizing

Committee of ASEAN Plus Three Forum.

Suzhou boasts a sound industrial ecosystem and business environment. In recent

years, the city has been making active efforts to promote the development of

the digital economy, digital transformation, green and quality development by

strengthening digital thinking and the philosophy of green development. In

2021, the value added of core industries in the digital economy hit 330 billion

yuan ($48.84billion), accounting for 14.6% of the city’s GDP. More than 10,000

projects have completed intelligent transformation and digital reforming.

Meanwhile, information technology, biomedicine and other pioneering industries

have been actively laid out.

Three production bases of Panasonic in China have achieved net-zero emissions

through digital transformation and green development, according to Zhao Bingdi,

director and president of Panasonic China investing and building factories in

Suzhou for many years. By 2050, Panasonic can reduce 110 million tons of CO2

emissions.

Suzhou is the hub for Japanese and South Korean investment in China. It is home

to 2,794 companies funded by ASEAN member states, 2,987 Japan-invested

companies and 2,452 ROK-invested companies, with their direct investment for

actual use reaching $15.01 billion, $13.71 billion, and $5.93 billion

respectively.

Suzhou Municipal Development and Reform Commission said in a five-year

development plan for the city that it will continue to implement the strategy

of digital transformation to build Suzhou into a first-class, globally renowned

hub for the development of the digital economy in China.

Source: The Organizing Committee of ASEAN Plus Three Forum

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