From "Accelerating the Run of Enterprises" to "Gathering and Revitalizing Industries" (Image)

The picture shows a customs officer learning about the development of bonded maintenance business in the enterprise, photographed by Yuan Xuan

Entering the busy repair workshop of Safran Short Cabin Maintenance Service Suzhou Company, workers are carefully replacing new parts for the short cabin and conducting a final full body examination through skilled operation.

Our factory is the first short cabin maintenance factory of Safran Group in China, "said Troy Smith, General Manager of Safran Short Cabin Maintenance Services (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. The company chose to settle in Suzhou Industrial Park not only because it is an important window for opening up to the outside world and has a good business environment, but also because it has the supporting ability of the aerospace upstream and downstream industry chain.

From the acceleration of a company to the collective prosperity of an industry. After more than 30 years of cultivation, Suzhou Industrial Park has formed an aerospace industry ecosystem of "core manufacturing+parts maintenance+technology research and development". According to the customs statistics of Suzhou Industrial Park, from January to November 2025, the import and export value of aerospace manufacturing enterprises in Suzhou Industrial Park reached 9.37 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.8%.

Xue Yongjun, Deputy Director of the Customs Office in Weiting, Suzhou Industrial Park, introduced that since the 14th Five Year Plan, Suzhou Industrial Park has been accelerating the construction of new industrialization, laying out the "623" modern industrial system including high-end equipment manufacturing. Currently, the aerospace industry has become an important part of Suzhou Industrial Park's high-end equipment manufacturing industry.

In the modern supply chain system of the aerospace industry, any delay in any link may affect the overall situation. In order to ensure the efficiency of customs clearance for enterprises, the customs and local departments actively seek policy support to help enterprises upgrade from "well repaired" to "quickly and widely repaired". In 2024, Safran Short Cabin Maintenance Services (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. successfully obtained the bonded qualification, becoming the first project in Suzhou Industrial Park dedicated to global bonded maintenance of the aviation industry.

We support enterprises in the comprehensive bonded zone to carry out high-tech, high value-added, and environmentally friendly maintenance services, "said Xue Yongjun. The Suzhou Industrial Park Customs will conscientiously implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, actively assist enterprises in shaping new international competitive advantages during the" 15th Five Year Plan "period, widely participate in international division of labor and cooperation, and transform from processing trade to service-oriented trade with high technological content and more lucrative profits. (Cai Jiuqing, Tian Ziheng/Text)