belongs to: Changshu City, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province
Changshu City, located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou. The city is located in the economically developed area of the Yangtze River Delta, bordering the throat of the golden waterway of the Yangtze River, between 12 33 ′-121 3 ′ east longitude and 31 33 ′-31 5 ′ north latitude. It is adjacent to Taicang in the east, 1 kilometers away from Shanghai, Kunshan and Suzhou in the south, Wuxi and Jiangyin in the west, the Yangtze River in the north, across the river from Nantong and the Yangtze River in the northwest. With gentle terrain, mild climate and favorable weather, the territory is named "Changshu" because of its bumper harvest every year, and is known as the "land of plenty in the south of the Yangtze River". The longest distance between the east and the west is 49 kilometers, and the longest distance between the north and the south is 37 kilometers. The city has a total area of 1,266 square kilometers (including the Yangtze River) and a population of 1.36 million. It has jurisdiction over 13 towns, 2 provincial economic development zones and 1 investment promotion city. Changshu is famous in the south of the Yangtze River for its long human history, beautiful mountains and rivers and abundant natural resources. In 1986, it was approved as a "national historical and cultural city"; In recent years, it has been awarded the titles of "National Sanitary City", "China Excellent Tourist City", "National Garden City", "National Environmental Protection Model City", "National Advanced County and City for Comprehensive Management of Social Security", "National Smooth Project Model Management City" and "International Garden City", making it the first county-level city in China to win this honor. At the same time, it also won the first prize in the single event of "Heritage Management". On December 5th, 27, Changshu was awarded the honorary title of "27 National Advanced County in Cultural Relics Work" by the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Culture and National Cultural Heritage Administration.
Changshu is located in the center of China's most economically active region-Shanghai Economic Circle, with Shanghai in the east, Suzhou in the south and Wuxi in the west, with the Yangtze River in the north and Nantong across the river, which has a unique geographical advantage. In the past 2 years, the economic growth has remained above 15%, and the comprehensive strength has been significantly enhanced. Especially in recent years, the export-oriented economy has developed rapidly and the investment environment has been continuously improved. By October 23, 1,732 foreign-invested enterprises had been approved, with a total investment of 13.35 billion US dollars and registered foreign capital of 5.2 billion US dollars.
first, the development zone has become a highly concentrated area for foreign investment. The city has two provincial-level development zones and three municipal-level development zones, namely Changshu Economic Development Zone and Changshu Southeast Economic Development Zone. These development zones have complete basic supporting facilities, reasonable functional orientation and obvious regional characteristics. By October 27, 332 foreign-invested enterprises had settled, with a registered foreign capital of 3.25 billion US dollars, accounting for 65% of the city's total.
Second, a Linjiang industrial group dominated by papermaking, energy, building materials, chemicals and auto parts has been formed, attracting a number of internationally renowned multinational companies to invest with a total investment of more than 6 billion US dollars. Such as UPM in Finland, Daikin, Sumitomo, Sharp in Japan, Changchun Chemical in Taiwan Province, Dentsu in Canaan, Liwen Paper in Hong Kong and Atofina in France. Among them, the paper industry invested 2.2 billion US dollars, accounting for 16.5% of the total investment in the city, energy invested 1.23 billion US dollars, accounting for 9.2% of the city, steel invested 1.45 billion US dollars, accounting for 1.9% of the city, and chemical invested 7 million US dollars, accounting for 5.2%. In addition, industries dominated by electronic information, biomedicine, precision machinery, new materials, high-grade textiles and export-oriented agriculture are emerging.
third, the countries (regions) in Asia, Europe and America are the main investors. The amount of investment from Taiwan Province ranks first, accounting for 32% of the city, Singapore ranks second, accounting for 17%, Hong Kong ranks third, accounting for 15%, Finland ranks fourth, accounting for 14% and Japan ranks fifth, accounting for 6%.
4. With the completion and opening of Sujiahang and Yanjiang Expressway, Changshu's traffic location advantage is more obvious. The hardware facilities such as power supply, water supply, gas supply and communication have reached the leading level in China, and the investment cost has obvious advantages compared with the surrounding big cities. Rich in human resources, the quality of the labor force is high, and social intermediary services such as bank credit, asset evaluation, foreign lawyers and investment consulting are relatively sound.
Physical geography
Topography
Changshu is low and flat, with an altitude of 3-7 meters. The hills in the territory mainly include Yushan, Gushan and Fushan. Among them, Yushan Mountain is the most, with an altitude of 261 meters and a length of 6,4 meters. The eastern end winds into the ancient city, and it is known as "ten miles of green hills and a half into the city".
Hydrological conditions
Water networks are intertwined in the territory, and all rivers and lakes belong to Taihu Lake system, and their distribution is radial around the city center, with dense southeast and sparse northwest, small rivers and stable water flow. The main rivers are expected to be Yuhe River, Baimaotang, Changhu River, Yuanhetang, Zhangjiagang, Yantietang and Gengjingtang, and the lakes are Kuncheng Lake and Shang Hu.
climate type
Changshu is located in the mid-latitude area, with a subtropical monsoon climate, four distinct seasons, mild climate and abundant rainfall. In a year, the northerly winds from the mainland prevail in winter, with cold and little rain as the main weather; In summer, the southeast wind from the ocean prevails, mainly in hot and rainy weather; Spring and autumn are the alternating periods of winter and summer monsoon, and there are often cold and warm, dry and wet weather. The average annual total sunshine hours are 213.2 hours, accounting for 48% of the available sunshine hours; The annual average temperature is 15.4°C；; The average annual precipitation is 154 mm.
Natural resources
1. Biological resources
Changshu is rich in aquatic resources, including _ fish, shad, swordfish, sea white shrimp, etc. from the Yangtze River, and crucian carp, grass carp, silver carp, bream, freshwater shrimp and Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs from the inland rivers. There are more than 2 kinds of wild plant resources in five categories, such as trees, shrubs, medicinal herbs, grasses and mushrooms. Wild trees mainly include rosewood and zheshu; Wild shrubs mainly include hawthorn and Rosa laevigata; There are 765 kinds of wild medicinal materials, such as Polygonum Multiflori Radix and Taraxacum mongolicum. There are many kinds of grass, including more than 2 kinds of reeds and wild oats. Mushrooms include pine mushrooms and so on. There are more than 3 kinds of artificially cultivated trees in China. Among them, timber forests include Pinus massoniana, Pinus thunbergii, Robinia pseudoacacia, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Phyllostachys pubescens, etc., fruit trees include Ginkgo biloba, Castanea mollissima and Myrica rubra, and special economic forests include Salix, Mulberry, Tea and ornamental flowers and trees. There are more than 8 species of wild animals, including mammals and birds. In recent years, there are arctic foxes and minks raised artificially.
2. Groundwater resources
The groundwater in China is mainly quaternary pore water. Because of moderate buried depth, stable stratum, wide distribution, abundant water and excellent water quality, it has been widely used. In recent years, in order to prevent land subsidence, it has been gradually backfilled and stopped. In hilly areas such as Yushan and Fushan, groundwater is often exposed in the form of descending springs, forming intermittent springs, such as Qinpo Spring, Taoyuan Spring, Jade Crab Spring, Jiaowei Spring, Shunguoquan, etc., with less flow, but excellent water quality, with salinity of .5-.7 kg/L and hardness generally less than 5 mg/L, which is extremely soft water.
3. Mineral resources: there are kaolin, yellow sand, coal, peat, quartz sand and natural gas, but the reserves are extremely small.
in April, 221, Changshu ranked second in the 221 national ranking of urban communication popularity (county-level cities).
in April, 221, Changshu was ranked 53rd in the list of top 1 counties and cities in China in 221.
in March, 221, Changshu ranked 4th in the Top 1 Purchasing Power List of China County Network in 221.
in January, 221, the list of "Top 1 Counties" in China in 22 was released, and Changshu ranked 35th.
in January p>221, Changshu was ranked 41st in the list of the top 1 demonstration counties and cities in China in 22.
in December, 22, the list of the top 1 counties and cities with national investment potential in 22 was released, and Changshu ranked 27th.
in December, 22, Changshu ranked 2th in the list of top 1 demonstration counties and cities in China in 22.
in December p>22, Jiangsu provincial department of transportation released the second batch of Jiangsu rural logistics demonstration counties, and Changshu city was selected.
in November, 22, the list of the top 1 counties and cities in China's comprehensive competitiveness of county tourism in 22 was announced, and Changshu was on the list.
In November, 22, the Central Civilization Office announced the list of national civilized cities that retained the honorary title in the sixth review, and Changshu was selected.
in October, 22, Changshu was awarded the title of National Model City (County) with Double Support in 22.
In September 22, Ali Research Institute released Top 1 Counties in Taobao Village in 22, and Changshu City ranked 15th.
in September 22, the list of the top 1 counties and cities in China in 22 was released, and Changshu ranked 43rd.
in August, 22, Changshu was listed as a demonstration county for the classification and resource utilization of rural domestic waste in 22.
in July, 22, the list of top 1 smart cities in China was released, and Changshu ranked 32nd.
in July, 22, the list of the top 1 counties in China in 219 was released, and Changshu ranked fourth.
in June, 22, Changshu city was listed in the second batch of counties for the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics (Suzhong area and Sunan area).
in p>22, Changshu was selected as one of the top 1 counties and cities in China in 219, with Yushan and Shang Hu as the representative scenic spots.
In December p>219, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs promoted Changshu as a typical county of rural innovation and entrepreneurship in China.
in October 219, Changshu was selected as one of the top 1 counties and cities in science and technology innovation in 219, ranking fifth.
in October 219, Changshu was selected as one of the top 1 counties and cities for green development in 219, ranking fifth.
in March, 219, the Ministry of water resources announced the first batch of counties (districts) that reached the standard for the construction of water-saving society, and Changshu was on the list.
In p>219, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs recommended Changshu as the second batch of national rural entrepreneurial innovation typical counties.
in November p>218, the list of the first batch of national innovative counties (cities) was published, and Changshu was shortlisted.
in November p>217, Changshu was listed in the fifth national civilized city list and the previous national civilized cities list confirmed to retain the honorary title.
in October 217, the Ministry of housing and urban-rural development named Changshu as the national ecological garden city in 217.
in July, 216, Changshu won the title of 216 National Model City (County) with Double Support.
in may p>216, the Ministry of agriculture identified Changshu as the first batch of demonstration counties (cities, districts) in China that basically realized the whole mechanization of main crop production.