[TheEpochTimesApril192022](Comprehensive report by Xu Yiyang, a reporter from the Epoch Times Special Department) The Suzhou Municipal Government of China’s Jiangsu Province announced on April 16 that it will implement closed management. Suzhou is one of the largest industrial centers in China. Last year, the city’s industrial output value above designated size surpassed that of Shanghai.
The Suzhou Municipal Government Information Office’s official Weibo “Suzhou Release” announced on April 16 that the epidemic prevention and control measures in six urban areas of Suzhou will be upgraded from 0:00 on the same day. “Closed management” is implemented in Wujiang District, Wuzhong District, Xiangcheng District, Gusu District, Suzhou Industrial Park and Huqiu District (Suzhou High-tech Zone) in Suzhou City. People and vehicles are not allowed to enter unless necessary. At the same time, residents who can work from home will all work from home, etc.
In addition to the four county-level cities of Changshu, Zhangjiagang, Kunshan and Taicang, Suzhou has only the above-mentioned six districts under its jurisdiction, so Suzhou City has actually entered a state of soft closure.
Weibo shows that the above announcement was issued at 6:02 on the morning of the 16th local time, which means that when the public saw the announcement, Suzhou City had been closed for at least 6 hours.
The epidemic situation in Suzhou is currently in a state of “multiple spread”. According to official data released by Suzhou, as of 24:00 on the 16th, there were less than 600 confirmed patients and asymptomatic infections. In view of the fact that the CCP has been falsifying the epidemic data, the actual situation is difficult for the outside world to know, but it is likely to be more serious.
From April 11 to 14, Jiangsu Province dispatched 3,000 medical staff from six cities to Suzhou day and night to help carry out nucleic acid sampling and testing.
Suzhou is only 110 kilometers away from Shanghai, more than an hour’s drive. Since the outbreak of the epidemic in Shanghai, Suzhou has sent more than 1,000 people to support, including nucleic acid sampling, the construction of makeshift hospitals, and the transfer of close and sub-close personnel to Shanghai and treated some of them. In just a few days, Suzhou itself was captured by the Omicron variant virus.
Kunshan and Taicang managed by Suzhou have started to implement “static management” since April 7 and 11 respectively. The so-called static management is actually closed management, which is just a different name for the CCP to confuse people.
The total industrial output value of Suzhou has surpassed that of Shanghai
Suzhou is of great significance not only to Jiangsu Province but also to China.
Suzhou’s GDP will reach 2.27 trillion yuan ($356 billion) in 2021. Suzhou is one of the most important industrial cities in China. In the past few years, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Suzhou have been among the top three industrial cities in China. In 2021, Suzhou’s total industrial output value above designated size will exceed 4 trillion yuan ($628 billion), surpassing that of Shanghai. Although Suzhou does not have super-powerful enterprises, its industrial clusters are very strong, including biomedicine, nanotechnology, semiconductor manufacturing, artificial intelligence, Utesteel and other industries.
In terms of economic benefits, Shanghai is still the first industrial city in China, but in terms of total industrial output value, Shanghai is surpassed by Suzhou. These two cities are both important towns in the Yangtze River Delta. Now one is closed and the other is softly closed. This will undoubtedly have a major impact on the economy of the Yangtze River Delta and even the entire Chinese economy.
According to the Chinese portal NetEase, the head of an auto parts supply chain said that two of the company’s three production lines have been stopped. One line was stopped because a certain screw supplier was in Kunshan, but Kunshan was “static”, and the other The production line was stopped because the raw materials were in Taicang, and Taicang was also in a “static” state. There is only one line left, and the inventory can only last until the end of April, “basically unable to escape the fate of production suspension.”
Mr. Qin, general manager of a chip design company in Suzhou, said that most of his inventory is located in Kunshan, and Kunshan has been “quiet” for two weeks, which has a great impact on his business.
Another Suzhou entrepreneur complained that many overseas customers are already inquiring about the possibility of transferring Chinese orders to overseas factories. He said: “Generally, if you transfer out, you will not be willing to come back. This will have a long-term impact on China’s industrial chain.”
Responsible editor: Lian Shuhua#