not to be confused with Changsha County-level city in Jiangsu, People ‘s Republic of China
Changshu ( taiwanese : 常熟 ; pinyin : Chángshú ; Wade–Giles : Ch’ang-shu’ ; alight. ‘evergrow ‘ ; Suzhounese : /d͡ʐan¹³ ʐoʔ²³/ ) [ 2 ] is a county-level city under the legal power of Suzhou, Jiangsu state, and is function of the Yangtze River Delta. It borders the prefecture-level city of Nantong to the northeast across the Yangtze River. Due to the meek climate and terrain there, it has enjoyed a high tied of department of agriculture civilization since ancient times, and is named after this, for the first character of its name ( 常 ) means “ always, frequently ”, while the second gear ( 熟 ) means “ ripe ”. The name of the adjacent county-level city of Taicang means “ bang-up granary ” .

history [edit ]

Changshu first became an independent county in 540 AD, but in 581 was made subordinate to Suzhou. It was promoted to seat of a full prefecture in 1295, was rebuilt and fortified in the fourteenth hundred, but in 1370 was reduced again to the level of a county. In the 15th and 16th centuries Changshu was several times attacked by japanese pirates.

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Changshu has traditionally been a market town for locally produced rice, corn, pale yellow, tea, and mulberry leaves, and since the thirteenth century has been a major cotton -producing zone. Although administratively even a subordinate city to Suzhou, it is a provincial root of alien trade. presently a seaport is being developed on the Yangtze River near Changshu to service Suzhou and Wuxi .

economy [edit ]

The city ‘s major industries include textiles, composition -making, all right chemicals, machinery, sword and forestry products. The city has more than 4,000 textile and apparel companies with combine annual sales of RMB50 billion. The paper-making diligence has attracted more the US $ 15 billion of FDI. By the conclusion of 2007, this industry exceeded 2.4 million tons. [ 3 ] More than 2,000 extraneous enterprises have invested in Changshu including boastful names such as Sharp and Dunlop. Of the abridge investing at least one-third has come from Taiwan – more than 500 Taiwan enterprises have invested more than US $ 100 million in the city. UPM-Kymmene from Finland has been running a newspaper grind in the city since 1999 and now has an annual capability of 200,000 tons of coated and 600,000 tons of uncoated fine composition .

administrative divisions [edit ]

Changshu is divided into 2 subdistricts and 9 towns. [ 4 ]

2 Subdistricts [edit ]

  • Bixi ( 碧溪新区)
  • Dongnan ( 东南街道)

9 Towns [edit ]

  • Yushan ( 虞山)
  • Haiyu ( 海虞)
  • Meili ( 梅李)
  • Xinzhuang ( 辛庄)
  • Guli ( 古里)
  • Zhitang ( 支塘)
  • Dongbang ( 董浜)
  • Shajiabang ( 沙家浜)
  • Shanghu ( 尚湖)

Discontinued/Merged towns [edit ]

  • Xushi ( 徐市)
  • Heshi ( 何市)
  • Renyang ( 任阳

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  • Baimao ( 白茆)
  • Tangshi ( 唐市)
  • Xieqiao ( 谢桥)
  • Dayi ( 大义)
  • Mocheng ( 莫城)
  • Wangzhuang ( 王庄)
  • Yetang ( 冶塘)
  • Liantang ( 练塘)
  • Yangyuan ( 杨园)
  • Zhangqiao ( 张桥)

infrastructure [edit ]

The China National Highway 204 Yantai – Nantong -Changshu- Shanghai, Sujiahang Expressway and Suzhou – Jiaxing – Hangzhou all pass through Changshu. Changshu has one Yangtze River ford, the Sutong Yangtze River Bridge, one of the longest cable-stayed bridges in the populace. [ 5 ]

education facilities [edit ]

College and universities [edit ]

  • Changshu Institute of Technology ( 常熟理工学院)

high schools [edit ]

tourism [edit ]

Gardens and parks [edit ]

Hills [edit ]

archaeological sites [edit ]

religion [edit ]

local people broadly believe in Buddhism, Taoism, Protestantism and Catholicism. Changshu christian Church is a protestant church church service in the city .

fare [edit ]

celebrated people [edit ]

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