Deputy Director, Suzhou Industrial Park Science & Technology Development Center Deputy General Manager, Suzhou International Science Park (Suzhou)

Ms Gao has more than 8 years of experience facilitating the entrance of international businesses into the China market, and establishing themselves in Suzhou, China.

As Deputy General Manager of Suzhou International Science Park (SISPARK), on behalf of the Suzhou Industrial Park local government, Ms Gao is responsible for promotion of the hi-tech, digital media and creative industries. Ms Gao leads the team that selects the right projects from China and abroad that are interested in expanding into Suzhou – providing a one-stop service for business set-up, policy and business consultancy, property renting, business incorporation, talent training and recruitment, business matching, funding and venture capital support.

Prior to her appointment as Deputy Director, Ms Gao was the Assistant Head of Marketing for the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development Company (CSSD), responsible for the promotion of investment opportunities across the European and American markets. In this role, Ms Gao’s clients included many Fortune 500 companies, including 3M, Bosh, GE, and Ingersoll-Rand. Ms Gao introduced the first companies from Spain and Austria to set up their business operations in Suzhou.

About SISPARK

SISPARK is a government funded international incubator and campus for hi-tech and creative industries, with more than 500,000sqm built-up area and a total planned built-up area of more than 1million sqm. SISPARK is home to 270 hi-tech companies with over 14,000 employees.

80 kilometers west of Shanghai, the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) is the largest economic and politic cooperation project between the Chinese government and Singapore government. Established in 1994, SIP is one of the most successful and fastest growing economic zones in China.