Wuxi
| Wúxí Shì 无锡 市 Wuxi |
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 View over Wuxi's city center |
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| Coordinates | 31 ° 34 ′ N , 120 ° 18 ′ E | ||
 Location of the city of Wuxi in China |
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| Basic data | |||
| Country | People's Republic of China | ||
| region | East china | ||
| province | Jiangsu | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-JS | ||
| status | district-free city | ||
| structure | 7 city districts, 2 independent cities | ||
| surface | 4,787.6 km² | ||
| Residents | 6,372,624 (2010) | ||
| density | 1,331.1 Ew. / km² | ||
| Post Code | 214000 | ||
| Time zone | UTC + 8 | ||
| Website | www.wuxi.gov.cn | ||
Wuxi ( Chinese 無錫 市 / 无锡 市 , Pinyin Wúxī Shì - “city without tin”) is a Chinese district-free city . Wuxi is located in Jiangsu Province , between the Yangtze River and the Tai Hu Lake . The administrative area of the city of Wuxi has an area of 4787.61 km² and at the end of 2017 had about 6.55 million inhabitants. According to the 2010 Census, the population is 6,372,624 and has thus increased by almost 2 million in about 6 years. According to the statistical office of the city of Wuxi, 3.66 million people live in the actual urban settlement area of Wuxi (as of 2018).
Administrative structure
At the district level, Wuxi consists of five urban districts and two independent cities. These are:
- Liangxi district ( 梁溪 区 / 梁溪 區 ), 65.95 km², 953,000 inhabitants, center;
- District Binhu ( 濱湖區 / 滨湖区 ), 628.15 square kilometers, 695,800 inhabitants, seat of the city government;
- Huishan District ( 惠山區 / 惠山区 ), 325.12 km², 706,600 inhabitants;
- Xishan District ( 錫山 區 / 锡山 区 ), 399.11 km², 702,800 inhabitants;
- Xinwu District ( 新 吴 区 / 新 吳 區 ), 220.01 km², 560,000 inhabitants;
- Jiangyin City ( 江陰 市 / 江阴 市 ), 986.97 km², 1.637 million inhabitants;
- City of Yixing ( 宜興 市 / 宜兴 市 ), 1,996.61 km², 1.253 million inhabitants.
history
Wuxi has a 3000 year old city history. The city was founded towards the end of the Shang Dynasty . Taibo, the eldest son of Emperor Zhouwu , established the city and Wuxi became a cultural center of the Wu state . During the Zhou Dynasty and Qin Dynasty it became a center of tin mining , from which the city name Youxi ( 有 錫 / 有 锡 - "has tin") resulted. When the tin deposits were exhausted, the city was renamed Wuxi ( 無錫 / 无锡 - "has no tin").
Economy and Transport
Due to its booming economic development, Wuxi is often referred to as "Little Shanghai ". Wuxi is one of the east Chinese economic centers, it is the second most important city in Jiangsu Province after Nanjing and was the first city in this province with an industrial park for foreign investors. According to a ranking by the Forbes business magazine in 2008, Wuxi is one of the most attractive Chinese business locations. It was ranked 3rd on the list of Best Business Cities in Mainland China . According to a study from 2014, Wuxi had a gross domestic product of US $ 211.46 billion in purchasing power parity . In the ranking of the economically strongest metropolitan regions worldwide, the city took 50th place. The GDP per capita is $ 44,760 (PPP). Wuxi is one of the richest cities in all of China.
The traditional industrial branch of textile processing is of great importance, but is increasingly being displaced by companies in the electrical, mechanical engineering and automotive industries as well as high technology . The National Supercomputing Center is located in Wuxi with the world's most powerful supercomputer at the time of 2016. Wuxi is a center of Chinese solar technology . It is also one of the main investment destinations for the Japanese economy. Large companies such as Sony , Minolta , Panasonic , Agfa , Bosch and Vaillant have plants in the city.
Wuxi benefits from its convenient location on the Kaiserkanal as well as a motorway and a railway line to Shanghai and Nanjing . With the introduction of the CRH express trains on April 18, 2007, Shanghai can be reached in 45 minutes. Wuxi is also the center of water traffic in southern Jiangsu.
Wuxi International Airport has existed since October 2007, and was built on a former military airfield. In addition to regional flights, there are also flight connections to other Asian countries.
Local public transport is mainly carried by suburban railways and city buses. A subway has been under construction since 2008. When it is planned for completion in 2015, the network will consist of three lines and a total length of 56.11 km. "Line 1" was opened in July 2014. In addition, Wuxi is a model city of the central government for the development of efficient traffic control systems .
Extensive residential areas are currently being built near the lake, primarily as living space for foreigners. To increase the attractiveness, a new zoo based on the model of Singapore and one of the largest amusement parks in Asia, the completion of which was planned for 2008/09, is being built. Increasing urbanization, the increased volume of traffic and large real estate projects lead to environmental problems and the destruction of the historical building fabric.
tourism
Wuxi is developed for tourism due to its location on Tai Hu (太湖), the third largest inland lake in China. Sights are z. For example, the 88 meter high Buddha statue on Lingshan , completed in 1996 , the Luding Mountain Park and the Garden of Amusement , which is one of the famous private gardens in South China. Yuantou Zhu Park is located on a peninsula south of Lake Tai Hu . In the park there are teahouses, pavilions and a lighthouse, which in the past served as summer residences for the wealthy Chinese. The 8.2 hectare Li Garden is located on the shores of Lake Li, and legend has it that it was laid out for Fan Li during the spring and autumn annals . The spring and autumn pavilions, which date back to the spring and autumn periods, form the highest point in the park. Today's buildings are reconstructions.
Yuantouzhu Peninsula and Sanshan Island in Lake Tai
Buddha statue at Lingshan
Liyuan Garden on Li Lake
View from Qingshan Temple to the western part of Wuxi
education
The Jiangnan University offers 63 courses and is equipped with 30,378 students (as of 2019), the largest university of Wuxi. In addition to the university, there are eight other colleges and universities of applied sciences. a. specialize in information technology, education and technical sciences. There are also nine colleges in Wuxi.
Wuxi is one of the centers of German education in China. Preparations are made for IHK exams and for a course of study according to German standards, as well as part-time studies in English, so that the numerous local German companies, etc. a. Siemens, Bosch, Lanxess u. v. m. to support. The iVWA International Administration and Business Academy responsible for this was awarded the 2006 iMOVE Further Education Export Prize in 2006. The iVWA has been running a German school in Wuxi since 2007.
Buildings
Sports
In the city is the Wuxi Sports Center Gym , which can hold 7,155 spectators .
In 2018 the fencing world championships took place in Wuxi.
Town twinning
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Cascais , Portugal
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Akashi , Japan
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Chattanooga , Tennessee , USA
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Sagamihara , Japan
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Hamilton , New Zealand
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Scarborough , Canada
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Davis , California , USA
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Alameda , California, USA
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Ratingen , Germany (with the Huishan district, since 2007) -
Bocholt , Germany (business partnership)
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Leverkusen , Germany (since 2014; business partner city since 2005)
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Gimhae , South Korea
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Daejeon , South Korea
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Ballerup , Denmark
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Zielona Góra , Poland
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Tiberias , Israel
In addition, the independent cities of Jiangyin and Yixing in the Wuxi administrative area have partnered with:
sons and daughters of the town
- Xue Fucheng (1838-1894), ambassador of the Qing period to Europe
- Yang Yinliu (1899–1984), music researcher
- Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998), writer and scholar
- Fang Zhaoling (1914-2006), painter
- Qian Lingxi (1916–2009), civil engineer
- Rong Yiren (1916–2005), businessman, politician and ex-Vice President of the People's Republic of China
- Wang Xuan (1936-2006), computer scientist; Inventor of computer laser replacement technology for Chinese characters
- Zhou Yongkang (* 1942), politician
- Jimmy Wang Yu (* 1944), actor, director and film producer
- Ye Jiangchuan (* 1960), chess master
- Cai Zhenhua (* 1961), table tennis player, trainer and official
- Miao Xiaochun (* 1964), photo artist and computer graphic artist
- Gu Jun (* 1975), badminton player
- Cheung Yuk (* 1981), table tennis player
swell
- ↑ Jiangsu (China): Prefecture Level, Cities & Counties - Population Statistics, Maps, Graphics, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved February 5, 2018 .
- ↑ 走进 江苏 行政 区划.江苏 省政府 门户 网站, May 18, 2018, accessed August 24, 2018 (Chinese).
- ^ Alan Berube, Jesus Leal Trujillo, Tao Ran, and Joseph Parilla: Global Metro Monitor . In: Brookings . January 22, 2015 ( brookings.edu [accessed July 19, 2018]).
- ↑ Top 500 supercomputers: China is number 1 with processors developed in-house. golem.de , June 20, 2016.
- ↑ http://www.chinatours.de/wuxi
- ↑ "Wuxi in China" on bocholt.de ( memento from July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on the partnership. (Reviewed January 7, 2007)
- ↑ Lord Mayor Buchhorn signs city partnership with Wuxi
- ↑ Intensive economic cooperation with the Chinese city of Wuxi is to become a reality , accessed on June 5, 2014
