Located in the southern part of Jiangsu province,the most prosperous region in the Yangtze River Delta,Changzhou lies between the two metropolitan cities of Shanghai and Nanjing,It is about 163 kilometers to Shanghai and 103 kilometers to Nangjing. Changzhou is a growing modern industrial city as well as an ancient cultural city with a history of more than 2500 years. Changzhou Municipality has two junior cities-Jintan, Liyang and five urban districts under its jurisdiction. It covers a total area of 4,375 square kilometers and a population of 3.42 million.     Bordering on the Yangtze River in the north, Changzhou enjoys a favorable geographical location and transportation network. The Grand Canal, Beijing-Shanghai Railway and Shanghai- Nanjing Expressway pass through the city. Changzhou Civil Airport links the city with more than 20 major domestic cities, including Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Xiamen etc. Changzhou Port of the Yangtze River with the capacity of 10,000 DWT is the first class ocean-going port in China and can reach almost all of the other countries and regions in the world.    On the sound industrial base, a complete industrial system has been formed. There are over 20,000 industrial enterprises in Changzhou including mechanics, metallurgy, electronics, textile, garments, chemicals, pharmaceutical, plastic, building material and foodstuff, among which six of them are dominant, that is, power industry, engineering machinery, automobile, motorcycle and fitting, power transmission equipment, electronics, new-type textile and garment. At present, new pillar industries and Hi-Tech enterprises contribute 50% or more of the whole industrial economy in the city.     The international-market oriented economy in Changzhou develops very fast. Up to now, there are more than 3,000 foreign invested companies in which over 2,000 are export-oriented enterprises.20 categories of 2,500 products sell well to 180 countries and regions in the world.     Changzhou boasts its excellent education and rich human resources in the development of Hi-Tech industry. There are 13 tertiary institutions and 200,000 specialized personnel in various fields.

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