江苏千亿县达23个，中国经济最强县GDP超5600亿

Core Insights - The number of GDP billion counties in China has exceeded 70, with Jiangsu province leading with 23 counties, accounting for over 30% of the national total [2] Group 1: Economic Growth in Jiangsu - Jiangsu's newly added billion GDP county is Baoying, which achieved a GDP of over 1 billion yuan during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, with industrial sales reaching 120 billion yuan [2] - Jiangsu accounts for half of the top ten GDP counties in the country, including Kunshan, Jiangyin, Zhangjiagang, Changshu, and Yixing [2] - Kunshan remains the leader in county-level economies, maintaining a GDP of 561.534 billion yuan with a year-on-year growth rate of 5.8%, consistently ranking first in comprehensive strength for 22 years [2] Group 2: Industrial Transformation and Talent Attraction - Kunshan is transitioning its main industries from "pen chain" to "fruit chain" and "car chain," while also expanding into "intelligent chain" sectors, with over 4,000 technology-based SMEs and 3,500 national high-tech enterprises [3] - Jiangyin, ranked second among the top 100 counties in comprehensive strength, aims for a GDP of 527.218 billion yuan by 2025, with a gap of over 300 billion yuan from Kunshan [3] - Changshu's GDP is projected to reach 321.073 billion yuan by 2025, with a growth rate of 5.7%, surpassing Suzhou's growth by 0.3 percentage points [3] Group 3: Educational Institutions and Talent Development - The developed county economies in southern Jiangsu attract a significant influx of talent, with Kunshan seeing a net inflow of 107,000 people last year, over half of whom are young individuals [4] - A cluster of prestigious universities has established campuses in southern Jiangsu counties, contributing to local talent cultivation and industrial upgrading [4] - Notable institutions include Duke Kunshan University in Kunshan and Nanjing University of Science and Technology in Jiangyin, among others [4]