In 2022, the market saw 292,200 new market entities, including 105,700 newly established enterprises. At the end of 2022, the number of registered employees hit a record high, exceeding 5.54 million,
The city introduced the Innovation Actions of Suzhou on Optimizing Business Environment 2022，market entity registration could be handled and accessed within the whole city. The volume of the tax and fee reduction, tax rebate and deferred tax and fee exceeded 100 billion yuan. The platforms of Suzhou whole-chain pass, and Suzhou lorry pass were launched online to maintain the security and stability of the industrial chain and supply chain. Series of polices were introduced to support headquarters economy, building economy, listed companies, and burgeoning service industries, etc.. In result, Suzhou was awarded the city with best business environment in the "Business environment evaluation by 10,000 civil enterprises" in the nation in 2 consecutive years.
