Gymnasium

Xiangcheng District enjoys a favorable geographic location. It is situated in the north of Suzhou City , bordering Yangcheng Lake to the east, linking Suzhou Industrial Park and Suzhou New and High-tech Development Zone, adjacent Taihu Lake to the west and connecting Changshu City and Wuxi City to the North. It has an area of 496 km 2 and a population of 339,500.

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In 2003, its GDP was 9.5 billion yuan, the local budget revenue registered 450 million yuan, fixed assets investment 10.08 billion yuan. The urban citizens'per capita disposable income was 9448 yuan and the net income of rural citizens was 6544 yuan. Suburban style agriculture has taken shape with aquatic products, milk cow, vegetables and sapling as the mainstay, while traditional industries co-exist. Open economy is booming. The increased registered foreign capital was 840 million USD of which 400 million USD was paid. The import & export volume was 470 million USD. The increased volume of tertiary industry was 370 million USD, which takes 39% of the GDP. Xiangcheng has 44 markets of various industries such as Likou International Furniture Market, China Pearl Market, Yangcheng Lake Fresh Water Crab Market. The trade volume of the markets amounted to 740 million yuan.