According to Suzhou Daily, on May 27 Jiangsu Provincial Party Standing Committee
member and Suzhou Municipal Party Secretary Fan Bo met with UK-China Trade
Association chairman Wu Sitian and his delegation. Fan said Suzhou and the UK
have deep economic and trade ties and urged the UK-China Trade Association to
act as a bridge to actively promote more British investment in Suzhou, jointly
raise the capability of open platforms such as the China‑UK Economic and Trade
Cooperation Innovation Port, deepen exchanges and cooperation in areas including
artificial intelligence and services, and work together to expand new space for
two‑way investment cooperation.