"Suzhou produces brilliant scholars, rather than brilliant generals," says Li Zhongqiu, deputy section chief at the city's Taiwan Affairs Office, "and it doesn't spawn big corporations." Suzhou people are easygoing and attached to their home region, and they prefer to work with people they know well. At the SIP, for example, the rate of staff turnover is only 3 %.
「蘇州只出秀才、不出將才，也不興大商賈，」蘇州市台辦副處長李中秋指出，蘇州人個性溫和而安土重遷，所謂「待生不如待熟」，以園區來說，員工流動率只有百分之三。