The opening ceremony for the establishment of an Internet of Things (IoT) demonstration town in Xuelang was held in the Taihu New City of Wuxi on Aug 16.

Li Xiaomin, the Party secretary of Wuxi, Wang Jian, the founder of Alibaba Cloud, Wang Quan, the mayor of Wuxi and various representatives from IoT enterprises attended the opening ceremony.

"The cooperation between Xuelang town in Wuxi and Yunxi town in Hangzho confirms Jiangsu and Zhejiang province as trial centers for updating the traditional manufacturing industry by applying internet technology and promoting industrial upgrading," Wang Jian said in the opening ceremony.

Xuelang town, located in Wuxi, offers unique advantages for IoT development. Wuxi itself is the core development center for the IoT industry.

Relying on Wuxi's advanced IoT foundation and manufacturing resources, Xuelang town plans to build distinctive industries by constructing three industrial parks --Xuelang IoT Industrial Park, Yundu Big Data Industrial Park and Langchao Big Data Industial Park -- to gather third-party platform companies and leading manufacturing enterprises.

The little town has already achieved great improvements. The industrial parks and financial districts are under construction and infrastructure facilities have been improved a lot.

It is hoped that the advanced IoT demonstration town in Xuelang will further boost the IoT industry in Wuxi.