Xia Fang, member of the Working Committee of the Park and deputy director of the Management Committee, said that after ten years of construction, Dushu Lake Science and Education Innovation Zone has initially built a modern new city integrating scientific research, education and the development of emerging industries. At present, there are 23 institutions of higher learning and national scientific research institutes 1, with a total scale of more than 78,000 teachers and students. The presence of Suzhou Research Institute of Shandong University will surely bring new vitality to talent training and introduction, scientific and technological innovation and development.

Higher education park

Dushu Lake Higher Education Zone, located on the bank of Dushu Lake in the east of Suzhou, was established in 2002 with a planned total area of about 1 1 square kilometer and a planned total population of about 200,000. At present, there are 18 institutions of higher learning in China, with 68,000 students, including about130,000 graduate students and more than 3,000 faculty members. The development model follows the basic policy of "government construction, running colleges and universities, market orientation, logistics urbanization and management modernization", draws lessons from the successful experience of foreign higher education towns, and adopts the urban planning model of "infrastructure sharing, campus opening and integration". The goal is to become a first-class higher education talent training base and a research and transformation base of high-tech achievements in China.