The international chemical company Oxea and the Chinese Chengxing Group have signed an agreement with the Changzhou Municipal Government for a land grant in the Changzhou Yangtze River Chemical Industrial Park for the construction of a plant for the production of amines and other chemicals.

A ground breaking ceremony for the Changzhou Xinri Chemicals Company was held in Xinbei Industrial Park recently.

After three months of negotiations with the local government of Chunjiang, Wisdoms Auto Parts (Changzhou) Co., Ltd. has occupied a customized plant in the Changzhou National Hi-Tech District.

Trina Solar Limited, has announced a cooperation agreement with LISA Airplanes for the building of the Hy-Bird, a solar and hydrogen powered airplane that is set to be the first to fly around the world using only renewable energy as fuel.

OKI has bought out its partner's share of Changzhou OKI-GEG Telecoms Ltd, a joint company established in 1997 by OKI and Jiangsu Guoguang Electronic Information Technology.

A project for producing inactivated rabies animal vaccines was recently launched in Changzhou National High-tech District in Jiangsu Province.

Foundations have been laid for Changzhou AgieCharmilles Machine Tool Company, which involves an investment of US$18 million from AgieCharmilles under Georg Fischer of Switzerland, in the Hehai Industrial Park of the Changzhou National Hi-Tech District in Jiangsu.