Night Scenery of Changshu

Changshu City covers an area of 1,264 km 2 with a population of 1.04 million. It has been honored as National Historical and Cultural City, National Hygienic City, National Outstanding Tourist City, National Garden City, National Model City for Environmental Protection, National Model City for Mutual Support between the Army and the People, National Model City for Living Environment and National Ecological Model Area.

Its GDP in 2003 was 47.5 billion yuan with the local budget revenue registered 2.24 billion yuan. The newly increased contractual foreign capital was 1.46 billion USD, and the actually used foreign investment was 951 million USD. The year of 2003 witnessed the registration of 16,468 new private owned enterprises and individual firms, and the accumulative total is 67,455 now. The increased registered capital was 6.6 billion yuan, and the accumulative total is 16.8 billion yuan. The development of the private sector still takes the lead in the province. Changshu boasts 3 national famous

Shanghu Scenic Area

trademarks and 8 famous brands of products, which ranks the top among all the counties nationwide. Jiangsu Changshu Economic Development Zone enjoys treatment of national development zones and the relevant preferential policies. Jiangsu Changshu Southeast Economic Development Zone is becoming the most vigorous new development zone in east China. As for the economic strength, Changshu ranks No .2 in the top 100 national counties. Its general competitiveness is the second strongest among all the counties in Jiangsu Province.