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Suzhou Opens China Automotive Research Institute Opens Intelligent Network Test Base

The Test Base aims to build the country's most advanced full-chain testing and inspection of intelligent connected cars, while moves are already afoot to launch the industry’s first intelligent safety-certification system. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read...

Suzhou Metro Operations Extended over CNY; to Run as Late as Midnight

Trains on all lines of Suzhou Rail Transit shall be extended by 40 minutes on 9 February (New Year’s Eve) and by 70 minutes on 24 February (Lantern Festival). Some intervals between trains are also adjusted. Full story (in...

Fully Autonomous Courier Delivery Vehicles Take to the Roads of Suzhou

62 SF Express vehicles are now to be found on 18 roads in Wujiang District performing driverless logistic distribution; the vehicles can brake, recognise traffic lights and give way to pedestrians. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read...

Kunshan in Suzhou Realises Record Foreign Imports & Exports; ¥761.06 Billion

With a year-on-year increase of 10.3 percent Kunshan Customs reported that imports and exports exceeded 700 billion yuan for the first time. The last 4 months of the year each exceeded US$10 billion. Full story (in Chinese) via this...

Monkey Troop Scales Drainpipes to 33rd Floor in Suzhou

The national second-level protected macaques were seen crossing the road at the foot of Shangfang Shan, while over a dozen played on the street near Suzhou University of Science and Technology. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read...

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