Located in the economically developed area of the Yangtze River Delta, the city guards the throat of the golden waterway of the Yangtze River, east longitude12033'-103', north latitude 3 1 33 '-3 1 50', with Taicang in the east and Shanghai 6544 in the west.
The territory has a gentle terrain, mild climate and pleasant climate. It 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 from east to west is 49 kilometers, and the longest distance from north to south is 37 kilometers. The city has a total area of 1.266 square kilometers (including the surface of the Yangtze River) and a population of 1.36 million. Jurisdiction over 13 towns, 2 provincial economic development zones and 1 city for attracting investment.
Changshu is famous in the south of the Yangtze River for its long human history, beautiful mountains and rivers and rich natural resources.
1986 was approved as "National Historical and Cultural City"; In recent years, it has been awarded the titles of National Health City, China Excellent Tourism City, National Garden City, National Model City for Environmental Protection, National Advanced County and City for Comprehensive Management of Social Security, National Model Management City for Smooth Engineering, and International Garden City, making it the first county-level city in China to receive this honor. At the same time, it also won the first prize of "Heritage Management".
On June 5th, 2007,65438+February 5th, 2007, Changshu was awarded the honorary title of 2007 National Advanced County in Cultural Relics Work by the Ministry of Culture of People's Republic of China (PRC) and National Cultural Heritage Administration.
Changshu is located in the center of Shanghai Economic Circle, the most economically active area in China, bordering Shanghai in the east, Suzhou in the south, Wuxi in the west, and facing the Yangtze River and Nantong across the river in the north, which has a unique geographical advantage.
In recent 20 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 the end of June 2003, a total of 732 foreign-invested enterprises had been approved, with a total investment of13.35 billion US dollars and a registered foreign capital of 5.02 billion US dollars.
First, the development zone has become a region with a high concentration of foreign capital.
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 infrastructure, reasonable functional positioning and obvious regional characteristics. By the end of June 5438+ 10, 2007, 332 foreign-invested enterprises had settled down, with a registered foreign capital of 3.25 billion US dollars, accounting for 65% of the city.
Second, a Linjiang industrial cluster with papermaking, energy, building materials, chemicals and auto parts as the main industries has been formed, attracting a number of internationally renowned multinational companies with a total investment of over 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 city's total investment, energy investment 123 billion US dollars, accounting for 9.2% of the city's total investment, steel investment 145 billion US dollars, accounting for 0.9% of the city's total investment, and chemical investment of 700 million US dollars, accounting for 5.5%.
In addition, industries dominated by electronic information, biomedicine, precision machinery, new materials, high-grade textiles and export-oriented agriculture are on the rise.
Third, countries (regions) in Asia, Europe and America are the main sources of conventional investment.
Investment from Taiwan Province Province ranks first, accounting for 32% of the city, followed by Singapore, accounting for 17%, Hong Kong, Finland, Finland and Japan, accounting for 15%, 4% and 6% respectively.
4. With the completion and opening of Sujiahang and Jiang Yan expressways, Changshu's traffic location advantage is more obvious. Power supply, water supply, gas supply, communication and other hardware facilities have reached the domestic leading level, 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 appraisal, foreign lawyers and investment consulting are relatively sound.
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