Welcome to"Chgangzhou•China "website. Located at the developed Yangtze River Delta, and facing Yantze River to the north, Changzhou is halfway between Shanghai and Nanjing and connected with Suzhou and Wuxi, which composes the Su-Xi-Chang metropolitan plate, enjoying the greatest vigor and the fastest development speed in China. Since the reform and opening-up, the 3.5 million Changzhou people has been devoting to innovation and development, and has made continuous achievements in economy construction, urban and rural condition construction, people’s living and various social causes so that it has become a highly competitive modern manufacturing city and economic center city at the Yangtze River Delta. In 2005, Changzhou realized per capita GDP surpassing USD4, 500, and achieved RMB22billion from fiscal revenue and enjoyed a prominent increase in city comprehensive strength. Especially, entering into the period of"The Tenth Five-Year Plan”, the city fastens her step in urban infrastructure construction, and broadens urban frame, optimizes road network structure and perfects urban function. Meanwhile, the urbanization and urban modernization process achieves fast development and the people’s living level keeps increasing. Changzhou has been awarded as national hygiene city, national environment protection model city and national excellent tourism city after obtained the honors of one of Top 50 Cities in Comprehensive Strength and Top 40 Investment Environment Cities. The unique advantages of Changzhou lie in: 1. Excellent regional geographic condition."Boats from South of Yangtze River all meet here, and all-sided roads extend to main towns in Wu kingdom”. Changzhou enjoys highly developed space traffic network of water transportation, land transportation and air transportation. Two railway lines of Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, Xin-chang Railway, and expressways of Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, Nanjing-Hangzhou Expressway and Along-Yangtze River Expressway and Grand Beijing-Hangzhou Canal all go through the city properly. Besides, the grade one national port---Changzhou Port owns 10,000 tons universal wharf and petrochemical wharf, which are available for 50,000 tons alien ships. The Lu’anzhou Port to be constructed will be equipped with eight 10,000 tons deep-water berths and twenty one 1000 tons berths. Changzhou Civil Airport operates flight courses to more than 20 main domestic cities, such as Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xi’an, etc. Thanks to theses advantages, Changzhou has become a transportation junction in deed. 2. Rich cultural traits. As one of the cradle of ancient Chinese civilization, the recently unearthed Weidun Ruins, Sidun Ruins, Sanxingcun Ruins in Changzhou belong to the core components of the Yangtze River and Taihu Lake valley culture at the Neolithic Period. Changzhou enjoys a long history with written history of 2500 years. Since B.C. 547, Ji Zha was rewarded the land of Yanling, and the land was succeeded by generation after generation, enjoying a unique status among the cities of south of the Yangtze River by means of the fame as"Main Town in the Wu Kingdom, Capital among eight cities”. Besides, Changzhou is known as a land of a birth place of creative minds and gifted talents. In Chinese history, 15 emperors, 9 topmost masters, 1,500 third-degree successful candidates in the highest imperial examination were Changzhou natives. Among the members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 56 academicians are Changzhou natives. 3. Solid industry base. As one of cradle of modern China national industry, Changzhou is famous for her developed economy and prosperous industry and commerce. At the beginning of 1980s, Changzhou became a well-known China industry star city, and created the famous"South Jiangsu Mode” with other cities. At present, four supporting industries have been formed in Changzhou, such as agricultural machinery manufacture, electricity transmission & transformation equipment manufacture, engineering machinery and vehicle manufacture and new style textile garment. Besides, three newly booming industries, such as electronic information, new type material and biological medicine rise quickly. Therefore, Changzhou has become an important manufacturing base for China diesel engine, high speed locomotive, transformer, super VCD and DVD, jeans, engineering machinery and etc. The 28,000 manufacturing enterprises in Changzhou are capable to provide various associated products for the manufacturers throughout the world. 4. Broad cooperation prospect. As one of the pioneering coastal cities implemented opening-up to outside world, Changzhou enjoys comparative high degree in economical internationalization so that the city provides broad stage for investment and industry. At present, Changzhou has established one high and new technology industry development zone at state level, and 9 development zones at provincial level. Changzhou National High and New Technology Industry Development Zone is situated at the border of Yangtze River, enjoying complete infrastructure facilities. The export product process zone, bonded logistics park and port logistics & storage zone approved by the state provide various associated service. Located at side of the college town of the city, Wujin High and New Technology Industry Development Zone is engaging into the construction of bonded logistics center, Jingtong International Industry Park and New Type Material Industry Park. In the near future, the four industries such as electronic information industry, equipment manufacture industry, new material industry and modern service industry will be formed. Besides, the development zones in Jintan, Liyang county-level cities and Zhonglou, Tianning and Qishuyan districts all enjoy good advantages and have a broad prospect of development. Changzhou now devotes herself to build a service-oriented government, a responsible government and a government by law so as to create a favorable environment for innovation and development. Our service concept is the following words:"law system, integrity, efficiency and win-win”. Law system means that the all investments from friends throughout the world in changzhou will be protected by the laws of China, and the governments at all levels in Changzhou adhere to the principle of administrating by law and operating by law. Integrity means that Changzhou people all cooperate with the friends from the world sincerely and achieve mutual development. As the offspring of Ji Zha, Changzhou people attach great importance to good faith. Whatever we promise, we do perform it; what we can do to full perfection, we only promise 70% perfection in advance. So long as we promise to do, we will try our best to do it perfectly. Efficiency refers that"do it immediately” and"help it to full success”. Time is money and efficiency. Where any difficulty happens in enterprises during development, the governments and departments at all levels of Changzhou will provide the service most needed within the shortest time. All matters within the wall of enterprises will be charged by enterprise itself; all service outside the wall of enterprise will be contracted by the governments at all levels. If there is anything in need of assistance, the governments at all levels are ready to help, and try their best to help you to full success. Win-win means that"you make fortune, and I make development”. The government at all levels of Changzhou will spare no effort to assist investors to lower their business cost, increase competitiveness and strive for the best investment benefit. When our friends make fortune and become richer, the employment condition of Changzhou will be better, and the fiscal revenue resources of the governments at all levels will be increased, and social economic development will be faster, which is mutual benefit and cooperation win-win situation. The ancient canal flow stories of thousand years, and blue hills and green streams sincerely welcome friends from the world. We sincerely welcome you to come to Changzhou for tourism and investment and starting an enterprise. On this land, you will experience and learn about the brilliant yesterday, vigorous today and promising tomorrow.

 

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