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Wuxi
无锡市 Wusih, Wuhsi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SanYang Plaza TaiLake New City Tai Lake YuanTouZhu Jichang Royal Garden Qingming Bridge Cultural Block Downtown Wuxi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motto(s): Wuxi is full of warmth and water | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coordinates (Chengzhong Park (城中公园, CBD)): 31°29′28″N 120°18′43″E / 31.491°N 120.312°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 无锡 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 無錫 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | PRC Standard Mandarin: Wúxī ROC Standard Mandarin: Wúxí | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wuxi (Chinese: 无锡, WOO-shee) is a city in southern Jiangsu province, eastern China. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 7,462,135 inhabitants.
Wuxi is located in the south of Jiangsu Province, on the Yangtze River Delta in the south of the Yangtze River and on the shore of Taihu Lake. It has jurisdiction over five municipal districts: Liangxi, Binhu, Xinwu, Huishan, and Xishan, as well as two top 100 county-level cities, Jiangyin City and Yixing City. From a geographical point of view, Wuxi is located in the center of southern Jiangsu and the Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou metropolitan area; it borders the Yangtze River to the north, Taihu Lake to the south, 128.2 kilometers from Shanghai to the east, and borders Zhejiang Province to the south. It has obvious transportation hub advantages and extremely high military strategic value. Wuxi is known as the "Pearl of Taihu Lake" and is a core city in the Yangtze River Delta and the Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou Metropolitan Area. The municipal government is located at No. 1 Jingui Road, Taihu New Town.
Wuxi is the birthplace of Jiangnan civilization and the birthplace of Wu culture. Its recorded history can be traced back to the late Shang dynasty. In 1981, the State Council listed Wuxi as one of the fifteen economic center cities in the country. It was also one of the first 13 larger cities approved by the State Council and enjoyed local legislative power. At the same time, Wuxi is also a famous historical and cultural city in the People's Republic of China. In 1998, it was rated as one of the first batch of outstanding tourist cities by the National Tourism Administration. In March 1983, the city-governed county system was implemented. Wuxi County and Jiangyin County, which were originally in the Suzhou area, and Yixing County, which was originally in the Zhenjiang area, were placed under the jurisdiction of Wuxi City, establishing the structure of Wuxi City as one body and two wings. Wuxi is currently one of the central cities in the Shanghai metropolitan area and the Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou metropolitan area. It is also the cradle of China's national industry and township industry, the birthplace of the southern Jiangsu model, and the location of the Wuxi Joint Logistics Support Center of the joint logistics support force.
Wuxi is an important scenic tourist city in the country and a national historical and cultural city. Within the city, there are Taihu Lake Yuantouzhu, Lingshan Giant Buddha, Nianhua Bay, Wuxi China Television Film and Television Base, Lihu Park, Chong'an Temple, Huishan Ancient Town, Xihui Scenic Area and other scenic spots. Wuxi is known as the cloth wharf, money wharf, kiln wharf, silk capital and rice market. Currently, Wuxi has landmark industries such as the Internet of Things, integrated circuits, and biomedicine; in addition, Wuxi has convenient transportation, with the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, Shanghai-Nanjing Urban Railway, and Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway passing through it. As of 2024, Wuxi Metro, the urban rail transit system, will operate The mileage is 145 kilometers; there is 4E-class Sunan Shuofang International Airport in the southeast of the city. While achieving economic development achievements, Wuxi is also accompanied by cultural soft power. Many celebrities have emerged from Wuxi, such as Gu Kaizhi, Ni Yunlin, Qian Mu, Qian Zhongshu, etc., as well as ancient and modern celebrities represented by Jichang Garden, Liyuan, Yuantouzhu, etc. Famous gardens are handed down from generation to generation.