Suzhou Industrial Park is an economic and technological development zone and is managed by the Suzhou Industrial Park Management Committee.

Suzhou Industrial Park does not have a "district government" or "district committee", and its management committee is an agency dispatched by the municipal government. Therefore, Suzhou Industrial Park is an administrative area, not an administrative district. Administrative areas are generally established for the development of a certain area, such as economic development zones, high-tech zones, new districts, etc. Administrative areas are generally established with the approval of relevant national departments and have clear administrative areas and government agencies.

Traffic conditions

Suzhou Industrial Park has transportation networks such as highways, national and provincial highways, railways, and waterways. Among them, Suzhou Park Station reaches Shanghai in 20 minutes and Nanjing in 60 minutes. It is integrated into the same city high-speed rail network as Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou. There is Ruohang General Heliport in the area, which is 60 kilometers away from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, 120 kilometers away from Shanghai Pudong International Airport, and 40 kilometers away from Sunan Shuofang International Airport.

As of June 2021, Suzhou Industrial Park has national backbone road networks such as the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, Sujiahang Expressway, and National Highway 312, as well as more than 1,000 kilometers of urban roads. The urban rail transit systems in operation include Suzhou Rail Transit Line 1, Suzhou Rail Transit Line 2, Suzhou Rail Transit Line 3 and Suzhou Rail Transit Line 5. Suzhou Rail Transit Line 6, Suzhou Rail Transit Line 7 and Suzhou Rail Transit Line 8 are under construction. Line 1 and Suzhou Rail Transit Line S1.