苏州上半年数字人民币累计交易额突破9万亿元，占全国七成

Group 1 - Jiangsu Province's foreign trade and foreign investment have shown significant growth, with a historical high in import and export scale from January to July, contributing over 18% to the national foreign trade increase [2] - The actual foreign investment reached 12.41 billion USD, ranking first in the country and accounting for 19% of the national total [2] - Suzhou's GDP reached 1.3 trillion CNY with a growth rate of 5.7%, positioning it among the top ten cities in national GDP growth [3] Group 2 - Suzhou's import and export volume was 1.2959 trillion CNY, growing by 5.7%, which is 2.8 percentage points higher than the national and provincial averages [3] - The city has seen a significant increase in cross-border e-commerce, with a 185.3% growth in cross-border e-commerce imports and exports, totaling 23.38 billion CNY [3] - The number of newly listed companies in Suzhou reached 11, with 6 being domestic listings, leading the nation [3] Group 3 - The city of Suqian has implemented three major actions to promote traditional industries, emerging industries, and future industries, resulting in significant growth in industrial output [4] - Suqian has added 28 national specialized "little giant" enterprises since 2019, ranking 61st in China's urban technological innovation competitiveness [4] - The city is actively developing its transportation infrastructure to enhance connectivity, addressing previous issues of location disadvantage and traffic congestion [4]