AREA: 4,788 square kilometers
POPULATION: 4.472 million
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS: Jiangyin City, Yixing City, and seven districts-Xishan, Huishan, Binhu, New District, Chong'an, Nanchang, and Beitang
GDP: US$ 28.4 billion (2004), up 17.4% over the previous year
PER-CAPITA GDP: US$ 6,382 (2004), up 16.3% over the previous year
CLIMATE: With a pleasant subtropical monsoon maritime climate, Wuxi enjoys four distinct seasons, generous sunshine, and abundant rainfall every year. The average annual temperature is 15.4℃ (59.7℉).
AVERAGE ALTITUDE OF THE LAND: 3.1m above the sea level
LOAD CAPACITY OF THE LAND: 18~23 ton/ m2

HIGHWAYS: Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, Wuxi-Jiangyin Expressway, Wuxi-Yixing Expressway, Nanjing-Hangzhou Expressway, Coastal Expressway, No. 312 National Highway and No. 104 National Highway all run through Wuxi. Besides, the three major expressways in China-Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway, and Tongjiang-Sanya Expressway---merge in Wuxi.
RAILWAYS: Beijing-Shanghai Railway, Xinyi-Changxing Railway (linking the north and south bank of the Yangtze River and connected with the Eurasian Continental Bridge), and Beijing-Shanghai Express Railway (under construction).
PORTS AND HARBORS: Shanghai Harbor (165km away) and Jiangyin Port (38km away from the city proper), an international port that has many berths with a handling capacity of over 10,000 tons.
WATERWAYS: The Yangtze River, The Taihu Lake, Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Wuxi-Jiangyin Canal, Northern Wuxi Canal
AIRPORTS: Wuxi Airport (a domestic civil airport), Shanghai Pudong International Airport (180km away), Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (120km away) and Nanjing Lukou International Airport (180km away).

An Outstanding Regional Business Hub
Wuxi has twice been written into China's modern history of economic development as "a birthplace", the first time in the 1920s as the birthplace of China's national industry and commerce and the second time in the 1980s as the birthplace of China's township industry. Thanks to this, Wuxi becomes an important regional economic center with prosperous industry and commerce.
Wuxi's Economic Status:
◆ One of China's 15 economic centers
◆ One of China's 10 most dynamic cities in terms of economy
◆ Ranked No. 8 of 2005 China's Mainland's 10 most competitive cities
◆ Listed by the UN as No. 15 of China's 25 cities with the strongest growth potential
◆ Ranked No. 2 of 2005 China's Mainland's best business cities by Forbes

The Strategic Layout of a Modern City
Today, a modern lakeside megalopolis has begun to surface on the shore of the Taihu Lake, creating new opportunities for those who want to capitalize on Wuxi's growth. Developing large-scale basic industries along the Yangtze River, developing manufacturing industries in industrial parks along the expressways, developing high-tech industries in science and technology parks, developing sightseeing and tourism around the Taihu Lake, together with moving industrial enterprises out of the city proper in a rational way, constitute the development strategy of Mega Wuxi. Therefore, industrial belts with distinct features have taken shape, supporting each other to highlight the significance of cluster development.

A Prosperous Modern Manufacturing Base
Wuxi's manufacturing industry contributes to over 50% of the city's GDP. Wuxi's industrial scale ranks No. 7 among large- and medium-sized cities in China's Mainland while the technological level of its industry also takes the lead in China's Mainland. In recent years, Wuxi has become a major manufacturing base in the Yangtze River Delta area. With the continuous adjustment of its economic and industrial structure, an efficient and competitive modern industrial system has taken shape, which highlights five pillar industries-electronics and IT, electromachinery and auto industry, high-grade textile and apparel industry, bio-technology and pharmaceuticals, as well as new materials. Meanwhile, Wuxi is sparing no efforts to boost production-oriented services for building itself into an international manufacturing base and creating a business-friendly environment.

Strong R&D Strength
The rapid, sustained, and sound development of Wuxi's economy owes a great deal to its advanced science and technology. At present, Wuxi has formed a multi-level science and technology innovation system composed of science parks, software parks, key labs, engineering technology centers, Industrial bases, etc. Wuxi has been appraised as "The National Advanced City for Big Progress in Science & Technology" by the Ministry of Science and Technology for five consecutive years and won 11 national science and technology innovation titles, such as the National IC Design Industrialization Base, the National Industrial Design Park, the National Torch Plan Software Industrialization Base, the National Key City for Information Application in the Manufacturing Industry, the National Pilot City for Patent Protection. Besides, high-tech industries contribute 30.3% to Wuxi's industrial growth.

Convenient Customs and Logistics Services
Since there are National Grade I and Grade II ports in Wuxi, commodities for import and export can enjoy the door-to-door service through "CIF Wuxi". Besides, public bonded warehouses, logistic centers, and "customs clearance green paths" for high-tech enterprises will save you much more time and money.
Meanwhile, Wuxi is speeding up the construction of "E-port". To achieve greater convenience and higher efficiency, qualified key import & export enterprises in Wuxi have fixed software for commodity inspection and customs declaration on the Internet. Moreover, the formal start of Shanghai-Wuxi and Shenzhen-Wuxi Air-and-land Coordinated Transportation Mode greatly shortens the time for customs clearance, enabling Wuxi to enjoy the advantages of a harbor.
In recent years, Wuxi has been sparing no efforts to reinforce its role as a logistics pivot in the Yangtze River Delta by both boosting the development of modern logistics in three aspects, ie, logistics closely connected with E-commerce in the retail and wholesale industry, logistics focusing on warehouse services for enterprises, as well as port logistics, and introducing international logistics companies.

Suitable Development Zones
Wuxi's well-planned and well-equipped development zones are quality business locations with solid benefits: efficient communications, low cost, one-stop services, skilled workforce, terrific lifestyle, and so on. Moreover, facilities such as the export processing zone, the direct customs clearance center, the public bonded warehouse, will provide you with more convenience. Wuxi boasts four national development zones, seven provincial and five city-level ones, attracting inward investment of various kinds and levels.

Well-Educated and Adaptable Human Resources
Wuxi has since the ancient times attached great importance to education. At present, Wuxi has 11 independent universities and colleges, such as Southern Yangtze University. In 2004, 548 of every 10,000 people and 46% of all the young people between the age 18 and 22 in Wuxi have received tertiary education.
Wuxi is the home to celebrities. Of the members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, over 70 are natives of Wuxi or have been working in the city for a long time. And Wuxi has 285,900 professionals and technicians of various kinds.
Every year a new workforce of over 25,000 enters the local labor pool, and in the next two years Wuxi will foster 100,000 technicians and skillful workers to meet the need of foreign-funded enterprises.

Picturesque Scenery
Wuxi is one of China's excellent tourist cities. Come to Wuxi and marvel at the beauty and variety of our city-the unique landscapes, the romantic Taihu Lake, the ancient Grand Canal, the classical gardens, the alluring caves and bamboo forests in Yixing, the fascinating CCTV Film & TV Studios. Everywhere in Wuxi you'll find so many scenic attractions, so many features of cultural and historic interest that it is not easy to decide where your journey should start.
In 2004, Wuxi played host to 26.8 million tourists, among which 539,500 were from abroad. The revenue earned from tourism for the year reached 22.97 billion yuan, increasing 27.2% over the previous year.

Pleasant and Comfortable Life
Living Environment
Wuxi's per capita road floor space, per capita living floor space, index of air quality, and index of life quality all rank first in Jiangsu Province. As a National Garden City, Wuxi has a green coverage rate of 37%.
The choice of accommodation for foreign investors is wide, ranging from high-rise apartments in the heart of the city to luxury villas in the rural areas, for example, Venice Garden, Lijing Garden, and New Tide City of Lihu.
Wuxi has many 5-star and 4-star hotels, such as Wuxi Taihu Hotel, Wuxi Hubin Hotel, Sheraton Wuxi Hotel, Wuxi Lakeview Park Resort, Wuxi New Jinjiang Grand Hotel, and Wuxi Grand Hotel.

Shopping Centers
Wuxi has long been called "Shanghai Jr." for its prosperous trade and commerce. Shopping in Wuxi can also be fun. Wal-Mart, Carrefour, Auchen, METRO, Lotus, B&Q and OBI have their shopping malls in Wuxi. And shopping centers like Wuxi New World Department Store, Wuxi Parkson Department Store, Wuxi Yaohan, Wuxi Commercial Mansion, Wuxi No. 1 Department Store, Wuxi Grand Ocean Department Store, and BAOLI Plaza may spoil you for choice.

Health and Medical Care
There is a sound and complete health and medical care system in Wuxi. First-class hospitals, such as the 37 comprehensive ones, 18 specialist ones and 6 traditional Chinese medicine ones as well as those integrating traditional Chinese medicine with western medicine, are equipped with advanced facilities and staffed by locally and internationally trained doctors, dentists, nurses and other medical professionals.

Education
International schools in Wuxi that employ foreign teachers to teach by integrating computer network with traditional classroom teaching will provide children with an education comparable to that in their home countries. These schools include Wuxi International School, Wuxi New District International School, Wuxi Chiway International School, Wuxi Guanghua International School, and Wuxi Tide International School.

Leisure and Entertainment
People can enjoy a colorful life in Wuxi. Theaters, pubs, golf links, gyms and fitness centers, libraries, tourist resorts, churches, mosques, etc. all offer satisfactory services