5+5+N Modern Industrial System

Industry Overview

Anchored by core champions Shagang Group and Yonggang Group, this is China's largest private steel production base. Shagang Group has been listed on the Fortune Global 500 for consecutive years, and the industry is accelerating its transition toward green, intelligent, and high-end manufacturing.

The sector focuses on specialty steel, high-end metal materials, and steel deep processing. Shagang Group is investing heavily in ultra-low emission retrofits to set the benchmark for green steel. The industrial chain spans ironmaking, steelmaking, rolling, metal products, and steel logistics — all supported by exceptionally strong ancillary capabilities.

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Covering smart manufacturing equipment, new energy equipment, and automotive manufacturing equipment, this sector is one of Jiangsu Province's key equipment manufacturing bases. It is home to numerous listed companies and industry champions, with a leading domestic market share in LNG equipment.

The sector is highly competitive in CNC machine tools, industrial robots, pressure vessels, and LNG equipment. It is accelerating digital transformation, promoting smart factory construction, and pioneering industrial internet adoption across the province.

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Leveraging its port advantages to develop grain and oil processing and food manufacturing, with COFCO East Sea Oils & Grains as the anchor enterprise, this is a major grain and oil processing base in East China. Global agribusiness leaders such as Louis Dreyfus Company and Yijiang Oils & Grains have also established operations here.

The industrial chain encompasses grain and oil pressing, refining and processing, food manufacturing, and warehousing/logistics. The port location provides a significant advantage, and the sector is actively upgrading toward health food and food technology.

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Focused on three major directions — innovative drugs, high-end medical devices, and biotechnology — the sector has attracted over 200 enterprises. It has a solid foundation in chemical APIs, intermediates, and formulations. The medical device segment covers in-vitro diagnostics, medical consumables, and rehabilitation equipment.

Benefiting from the spillover effects of innovation resources in the Suzhou BioBAY ecosystem and surrounding areas, industry-academia-research collaboration is increasingly close. Specialized platforms such as the Myd Medical Device Industry Innovation Port are accelerating development.

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The industrial chain includes nearly 400 enterprises, with over 90 above-designated-size industrial firms. Output value grew 9.7% YoY in 2025, and the sector has established a "1+4+N" industry landscape (1 complete vehicle + 4 core domains + N projects under construction).

Complete Vehicle Manufacturing: Spotlight Automotive (BMW electric MINI), alongside Lorinser, Mudan Auto, and Jinghang Auto.

Power Batteries & Hydrogen Fuel: The world's largest lithium battery electrolyte production base, with Tianqi Lithium, Guotai Huarong, and HSC Lithium. The hydrogen fuel segment has attracted nearly 20 enterprises.

Intelligent Chassis Components: The ZF Zhangjiagang base is the company's largest manufacturing site in Asia-Pacific, joined by ZX Auto Parts and Figo Intelligence.

Automotive Electronics & Smart Cockpit: Hive Electronics, Magna, and Langxin Electric.

Lightweight Body Components: Keyi New Energy, Jinhongshun, and Haosite.

Key Projects Under Construction: Like Technology, Wancheng Technology, and Chengmu.

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Zhangjiagang is a nationally top-tier and province-leading pioneer cluster for hydrogen energy development. Nearly 20 hydrogen fuel cell related enterprises have gathered here, forming an initial complete chain of core fuel cell components including stacks, membrane electrodes, bipolar plates, and catalysts.

Champion enterprises such as Guofu Hydrogen Energy hold strong competitiveness in hydrogen equipment. Huachang Energy, Jichong Hydrogen Energy, and Jiangsu Qingneng each bring distinctive strengths in fuel cell system integration.

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Embodied AI, as a frontier direction in artificial intelligence, is a sector where Zhangjiagang is proactively positioning itself, building on its foundations in high-end equipment and AI. Embodied AI emphasizes the integration of AI with physical entities and spans multiple subfields including humanoid robots, industrial collaborative robots, and service robots.

With its high-end equipment manufacturing capabilities and the scenario advantages of "AI + manufacturing," Zhangjiagang possesses strong breakthrough potential in smart manufacturing integration and machine perception.