2024
The Korean investment segment of WND is one of the most influential
and competitive Korean investment segments in China
In 2024, gross output value of Japanese-funded industrial enterprises
above designated size exceeded RMB 130 billion, making WND one of
the leading industrial zones for Japanese-funded enterprises in Yang-
tze River Delta region.
Since the first Japanese-funded enterprise settled in WND in 1992, in the
past 30 years, large Japanese multinational companies such as Hitachi,
Panasonic,Sony, Sharp, Ricoh, Murata, Epson, and Fuji Electric have
successively invested and settled in WND, making it one of the most
concentrated zones for Japanese investors, WND turns out to be an
eye-catching Japanese Investment Highland
As of the end of 2024 WND has gathered more than 400 Japanese-funded
companies, including 52 companies invested by 25 Fortune 500 Japa-
nese-funded multinational companies, and the cumulative total invest-
ment of Japanese-funded companies has exceeded USD 12.08 billion.
In 2024, more than
among which the top five Korean groups' core company have all settled in
WND,including Samsung SDl of Samsung Group, LG Chem of LG Group.SK
Hynix of SK Group, Hyundai MOBlS of Hyundai Motor Group, Hanwha Photo-
voltaic Solar of Hanwha Group, etc.
To date,Korean enterprises had invested a total of USD 26 billion in WND.
By 2024 there have been more than 600 European and American compa-
nies in WND, including AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Bosch Auto-
motive,Siemens, Buhler (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Faurecia Automotive
Seating,NUTRIClA Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Wartsila Propulsion ( Wuxi )
Co., Ltd.Metso, Caterpillar (China) Mechanical Components Co.. Ltd. Cum-
mins Turbocharging Technology Co., Ltd, and other well-known compa-
nies, forming thriving industrial ecosystems in high-end equipment, auto
parts, and biomedicine industries.
Report on the Investment Environment of Wuxi National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone
Magnet for attracting foreign-funded enterprises