Location
Changzhou is located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River in the province Jiangsu. Changzhou is a prefecture-level city which means that it is not a “city” in strict terms but an administrative unit comprising an urban core and surroundings that are less-urbanized or rural. Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhenjiang to the nortwest, Wuxi to the east and the province of Zhejiang to the south. The area is 4.375 square kilometre and the urban centre is 1.864 square kilometre.
Main infrastructure
Changzhou is located on the main rail line between Shanghai and Bejing and is a main stop on the Shanghai Nanjing route. There is an airport about 15 kilometres from the city centre with flights to more than 20 domestic cities including Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Kunming, Harbin and Dalian. Six expressways are running through Changzhou in all directions; Shanghai-Nanjing, Nanjing-Hangzhou, Beijing-Shanghai, expressway along the Yangtze river, Wuxi-Yixing, Yangzhou-Llyang and national highway no. 312 Shanghai- Xinjiang. Changzhou has a port on the Yangtze river and is situated on the Grand Canal between Beijing and Hangzhou. Appendix 1 shows the main infrastructure network in Changzhou.
History
The earliest record of a settlement on the site of the modern Changzhou was founded in
221 BC. Changzhou got its present name in 589 AD which means “ordinary prefecture”. In 609 AD when the Grand Canal was constructed Changzhou became a canal port and a transhipment point for locally grown grain. The rural areas around Changzhou are noted for the production of rice, fish, tea, silk, bamboo and fruit. In the 1850’s one of the 5 palaces for the housing of the leaders of the so-called “Kingdom of Celestial Peace” was constructed in Changzhou. The ruins of the “Kings Palace” can these day be found near the People’s No.1 Hospital.
Changzhou started to attract cotton mills in the 1920’s. When business started to relocated outside Shanghai in the late 1930’s the cotton industry got a boost. The cultural revolution of 1966-1976 didn’t stop Changzhou to continue to prosper. These days Changzhou is an important industrial centre for engineering, food processing, textiles and high technology. At the beginning of the 1980’s, Changzhou became a well-known industry city and created the South Jiangsu Mode with other cities. Changzhou became the model town for China’s one child policy in 1982. In that year officials reported that nearly 100 percent of the married couples pledged to have only one child.
Population
The population of Changzhou counted 3.489.000 people in 2004. About 2.17 million people live in the urban area. The current population is about 5 million people. More than 200.000 person of the total population are experienced scientists, engineers and technical & vocational specialists. Figure 1 shows the distribution of the population in Changzhou.
Figure 1
Changzhou is located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River in the province Jiangsu. Changzhou is a prefecture-level city which means that it is not a “city” in strict terms but an administrative unit comprising an urban core and surroundings that are less-urbanized or rural. Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhenjiang to the nortwest, Wuxi to the east and the province of Zhejiang to the south. The area is 4.375 square kilometre and the urban centre is 1.864 square kilometre.
Main infrastructure
Changzhou is located on the main rail line between Shanghai and Bejing and is a main stop on the Shanghai Nanjing route. There is an airport about 15 kilometres from the city centre with flights to more than 20 domestic cities including Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Kunming, Harbin and Dalian. Six expressways are running through Changzhou in all directions; Shanghai-Nanjing, Nanjing-Hangzhou, Beijing-Shanghai, expressway along the Yangtze river, Wuxi-Yixing, Yangzhou-Llyang and national highway no. 312 Shanghai- Xinjiang. Changzhou has a port on the Yangtze river and is situated on the Grand Canal between Beijing and Hangzhou. Appendix 1 shows the main infrastructure network in Changzhou.
History
The earliest record of a settlement on the site of the modern Changzhou was founded in
221 BC. Changzhou got its present name in 589 AD which means “ordinary prefecture”. In 609 AD when the Grand Canal was constructed Changzhou became a canal port and a transhipment point for locally grown grain. The rural areas around Changzhou are noted for the production of rice, fish, tea, silk, bamboo and fruit. In the 1850’s one of the 5 palaces for the housing of the leaders of the so-called “Kingdom of Celestial Peace” was constructed in Changzhou. The ruins of the “Kings Palace” can these day be found near the People’s No.1 Hospital.
Changzhou started to attract cotton mills in the 1920’s. When business started to relocated outside Shanghai in the late 1930’s the cotton industry got a boost. The cultural revolution of 1966-1976 didn’t stop Changzhou to continue to prosper. These days Changzhou is an important industrial centre for engineering, food processing, textiles and high technology. At the beginning of the 1980’s, Changzhou became a well-known industry city and created the South Jiangsu Mode with other cities. Changzhou became the model town for China’s one child policy in 1982. In that year officials reported that nearly 100 percent of the married couples pledged to have only one child.
Population
The population of Changzhou counted 3.489.000 people in 2004. About 2.17 million people live in the urban area. The current population is about 5 million people. More than 200.000 person of the total population are experienced scientists, engineers and technical & vocational specialists. Figure 1 shows the distribution of the population in Changzhou.
Figure 1
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