I am going to work in Wujiang. What should I know about Wujiang, Jiangsu?

Wujiang City is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, with a north latitude of 30 degrees 45 minutes and 36 seconds - 31 degrees 13 minutes and 41 seconds, and an east longitude of 120 degrees 21 minutes and 4 seconds - 53 minutes and 59 seconds. It borders Qingpu District of Shanghai to the east, Jiaxing City and Tongxiang City of Zhejiang Province to the south, Taihu Lake to the west, Wuzhong District of Suzhou City to the north, Jiashan County of Zhejiang Province to the southeast, Kunshan City to the northeast, and Huzhou City of Zhejiang Province to the southwest. . The city's total area is 1,176.68 square kilometers (excluding the water surface of Taihu Lake under its jurisdiction). The Municipal People's Government is located in Songling Town.

Wujiang City has no mountains, and the terrain is low and flat, sloping slowly from northeast to southwest, with a height difference of about 2.0 meters between north and south. The field surface elevation is generally 3.2-4.0 meters, with the highest point being 5.5 meters and the lowest point being less than 1.0 meters. There are crisscrossing rivers and lakes in the territory, with a water area of ??26,700 hectares (400,600 acres, excluding the water surface of Taihu Lake under its jurisdiction), accounting for 22.70% of the city's total area. The soil is mainly loamy yellow soil and clayey purple mud, followed by small silt soil, and a small amount of gray soil and stacked soil.

Wujiang has a long history. In the third year of Kaiping in the Later Liang Dynasty (909), Wujiang County was established. The county government was Songling, which belonged to Suzhou. In the second year of Yuanzhen in the Yuan Dynasty (1296), Wujiang County was promoted to a state, and in the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1369), it was restored to a county. In the fourth year of Yongzheng reign in the Qing Dynasty (1726), Wujiang County was divided into Zhenze County to the west and Wujiang County to the east. In 1912, Wujiang and Zhenze counties were combined into Wujiang County, which was under the jurisdiction of the Jiangsu Governor's Office. On April 29, 1949, Wujiang was liberated and people's power was established. The county has been divided into 8 districts, 10 districts, 9 districts and 5 districts. In 1957, the county was divided into districts and townships, with 23 townships and 7 county towns established. In 1958, 20 people's communes were established in rural areas of the county, and in 1962, three more people's communes were established. In 1983, the rural organizational system was restored, Lili Town and Lili Township were merged, and towns managed villages. There were 7 towns and 22 townships in the county. In 1985, 5 more townships were merged. Since 1987, all townships in the county have gradually withdrawn from townships and established towns. In 1992, the county was removed and a city was established, with 18 towns and 5 townships. By 2004, the city had completely completed the evacuation of rural areas and established towns, with 10 towns including Songling, Shengze, Tongli, Zhenze, Lili, Pingwang, Luxu, Taoyuan, Hengshan and Qidu. Wujiang has four distinct seasons throughout the year, a mild climate, and abundant rainfall. It has a north subtropical monsoon oceanic climate, with an average annual temperature of about 16 degrees Celsius and an annual rainfall of about 1,000 mm. It is suitable for the growth of crops and aquatic crops. It is known as the "Land of Fish and Rice" and "Land of Silk". The reputation of "mansion". There are no mountains in the whole territory, and the terrain is low and flat, sloping slowly from northeast to southwest. The height difference between north and south is about 2 meters. The field elevation is generally 3.2 to 4.0 meters, with the highest point 5.5 meters and the lowest point below 1.0 meters. The soil is mainly loamy yellow soil and clayey purple mud, followed by small silt soil. The city's cultivated land area is 700,000 acres. The main crops include rice, wheat, rapeseed, sericulture, seedlings, etc., and aquatic crops include mat grass, lotus root, gorgon fruit, wild rice, etc. The territory is crisscrossed with rivers and densely populated by lakes, with a water area of ??26,700 hectares, accounting for 22.7% of the city's total area. It is rich in aquatic resources, including Taihu hairy crabs, Taihu whitebait, and Taihu white shrimps. Taihu white fish, South American prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, green shrimp, pond snakehead, California bass, mandarin fish, soft-shell turtle, etc. Wujiang's livestock and poultry breeding is quite large-scale, and in recent years, famous and high-quality new products such as ostriches, rex rabbits, meat pigeons, and sika deer have been gradually introduced.

Wujiang borders Shanghai to the east, Taihu Lake to the west, Hangzhou to the south, and Suzhou to the north. Songling Town is the seat of the municipal government. The convenient water, land and air transportation connects Wujiang with big cities such as Shanghai, Suzhou and Hangzhou.

In terms of highways: Shanghai-Suzhou-Zhejiang Expressway and National Highway 318 (Shanghai-Wujiang-Zhejiang-Tibet) cross the entire territory of Wujiang from east to west. Sujiahang Expressway and Provincial Highway 227 (Zhangjiagang-Hangzhou) run through the entire territory of Wujiang from north to south. It only takes 45 minutes from Wujiang to Shanghai via expressway and 60 minutes to Hangzhou. All towns can get on the expressway within 20 minutes, reach the urban area within 30 minutes, and transit vehicles can leave the country within 40 minutes.

Aviation: Wujiang is 54 kilometers from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, 86 kilometers from Pudong Airport, 150 kilometers from Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport, and 226 kilometers from Nanjing Lukou Airport.

In terms of shipping: Wujiang is 140 kilometers away from Shanghai Port, 100 kilometers away from Zhapu Port, 340 kilometers away from Ningbo Port, and 140 kilometers away from Zhangjiagang Port.

Railway: 22 kilometers from Beijing-Shanghai Railway Suzhou Station in the north and 40 kilometers from Jiaxing Station in the south.

In terms of water transportation: The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which connects the Yangtze River, runs through the north and south. It can navigate 500-ton ships throughout the year and can undertake container transportation. It is 100 kilometers away from Shanghai Port in the east, and the Taipu River crossing Wujiang from east to west connects to the Huangpu River. It can be used by ships of 500 tons throughout the year.

Wujiang City is an outstanding tourist city in the country. It currently has 54 cultural relics protection units, including 1 at the national level and 15 at the provincial level. Tongli Ancient Town, which has a typical Jiangnan water town atmosphere, is known as the "Little Venice of the East" for its simple style of "small bridges and flowing water and houses". It is especially famous for the exquisite conception, unique layout and unparalleled charm of the Tuisi Garden. Tuisi Garden has been included in the World Heritage List by UNESCO, and is integrated with the "Two Halls and Three Bridges" (Jiayin Hall, Chongben Hall, Taiping Bridge, Geely Bridge, and Changqing Bridge) and complement each other. Ming and Qing Commercial Street, Luo Xingzhou, Nanguo Tea House, Pearl Tower and Chen Qubing's former residence have become new highlights of Tongli's scenery. At the same time, Wujiang is home to a large number of cultural monuments and scenic spots such as Shengze Silkworm Temple, Zhenze Ciyun Temple Pagoda, Lili Liuyazi’s former residence, and Songling Chuihong Bridge ruins. Wujiang's Ancient Canal Scenic Belt, Taihu Lake Tourist Circle and Xiaodian Lake Provincial Forest Park, with their natural beauty and charming scenery, are increasingly becoming tourist destinations for people to travel and return to nature.

Throughout the ages, Wujiang has been a land of great humanities and talented people. During the more than two thousand years from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a large number of famous historical figures emerged. According to data, there are more than 140 historical figures who are from Wujiang or have lived in Wujiang for a long time. The more famous ones include Fan Li in the Spring and Autumn Period, Yan Ji and Yan Zhu, father and son of the Western Han Dynasty poets and poets, Zhang Han, a writer in the Western Jin Dynasty, Liang Chenjian in the Southern Dynasty Literary exegesis and painter Gu Yewang, Tang Dynasty writer Lu Guimeng, Song Dynasty Jinshi Xie Jingchu and Xie Tao, Ming Dynasty poets and essayists Shi Jian, Shen Hao, garden architect Ji Cheng, Qing Dynasty astronomer Wang Xichan and writer Wu Zhaoqian , lyricist Xu Xi, medical scientist Xu Dachun, etc. In modern times, a large number of outstanding figures such as Chen Qubing, a figure in the Revolution of 1911, Liu Yazi, a democratic fighter and patriotic poet, Zhang Yingchun, a revolutionary martyr, Jin Songcen, a master of Chinese studies, and Fan Yanqiao, a writer, were born.

The long history has created Wujiang’s profound cultural heritage and demonstrated distinctive Wu cultural characteristics. Wujiang folk literature has a long history and rich reserves, especially the Luxu folk songs, which are unique in Wuzhong for their loud and clear, sincere and simple emotions, beautiful and fresh tunes and strong local flavor. There are many popular schools of folk dance, opera and folk arts, each with its own merits. The staple food of Wujiang people is mainly rice, and miscellaneous grains are only used to adjust the taste. Among them, Panlong cake, Min cake, malt cake, smoked beans, Zhenze black dried tofu, etc. are all Wujiang's unique famous foods.

The city's agriculture continues to promote the agricultural industry around the overall idea of ??"optimizing the grain and oil industry, improving the forestry and flower industry, refining the sericulture industry, expanding the animal husbandry, developing special vegetable industry, and strengthening the aquaculture industry" Structural adjustment has been carried out, and comprehensive agricultural production capacity has been steadily improved. The total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery was 2.92 billion yuan throughout the year, an increase of 3.8% over the previous year. The ratio of planting area of ??food crops and cash crops was adjusted to 40.5:59.5, 37 standardized operating procedures for agricultural products were formulated, 30 provincial-level pollution-free agricultural product origin certifications were established and passed, and 41 new pollution-free agricultural products and 6 green agricultural products were added. Agriculture has developed rapidly using foreign investment. There were 45 foreign investment projects throughout the year, with contracted foreign investment of US$58.5 million. The ten practical things in rural areas have been implemented, and the rural production and living environment has been improved. The degree of mechanization of agricultural production has been further improved. At the end of the year, the city's total agricultural machinery power reached 489,400 kilowatts, and there were 466 large and medium-sized agricultural tractors of various types.

The city's industry relies on characteristic industries and actively expands and strengthens the sector economy, forming the three pillar industries of silk textile, cable and optical cable, and electronic information and the "one town, one industry" regional cluster sector economy.

The market competitiveness of enterprises has been further improved. Six industrial clusters in the city have been listed among the 20 industrial clusters supported by the province. The industrial structure has been further optimized, and the scale of enterprises has continued to grow. There are 110 enterprises in the city with annual sales exceeding 100 million yuan, compared with An increase of 25 was added last year; corporate financing channels were further expanded, and Wujiang's "Hengtong Optical Cable" was successfully launched; product optimization and new adjustment work continued to advance. The city has 1,951 registered trademarks, 39 well-known and famous trademarks, and has Suzhou municipal-level and above 78 famous brand products. In 2003, our city was rated as one of the six new silk capitals in the country, and Hengshan Town was rated as a famous woolen sweater town in Jiangsu Province.

The industrial economy has grown rapidly and economic benefits have further improved. The total industrial output value for the whole year was 90.116 billion yuan, an increase of 4.0% over the previous year. The industrial added value was 15.275 billion yuan, an increase of 28.7% over the previous year. The product sales revenue was 84.013 billion yuan, and the total profit was 2.047 billion yuan, an increase of 4.66% over the previous year. and 18.8. Among them: foreign, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan-invested enterprises achieved a total industrial output value of 32.026 billion yuan, an increase of 94.1% over the previous year, and private individual enterprises achieved a total industrial output value of 53.328 billion yuan, an increase of 27.9%. The city's industries above designated size achieved a total industrial output value of 45.024 billion yuan, an increase of 3.16% over the previous year, an industrial added value of 11.22 billion yuan, and a total profit of 1.21 billion yuan, an increase of 21.9 and 27.0 respectively over the previous year. The comprehensive economic efficiency index of industrial enterprises above designated size is 138.9, an increase of 10 percentage points from the previous year. The city's industrial electricity consumption increased rapidly. The cumulative industrial electricity consumption for the whole year reached 4.936 billion kilowatt hours, an increase of 38.3% over the previous year, ranking first among the five (county) cities in Suzhou. The status and role of the tertiary industry in the national economy are increasing day by day. In 2002, the city's tertiary industry added value was 8.691 billion yuan, an increase of 13.73% over the previous year, accounting for 37.05% of the GDP, and employed 131,800 people throughout the society. The total retail sales of consumer goods reached 4.397 billion yuan, an increase of 14.86% over the previous year. The city has 99 commodity markets of various types, 8 of which exceed 100 million yuan, with an annual transaction volume of 18.4 billion yuan. Among them, the China Oriental Silk Market has an annual turnover of 14.8 billion yuan, ranking ninth among the top 100 commodity wholesale markets in the country. . The market is stable, with the overall consumer price index at 99.4% and the overall retail price level at 99.6%, down 1.1 and 0.2 percentage points respectively from the previous year. The total tourism revenue was 1.65 billion yuan, an increase of 18% over the previous year, and it received 2.25 million Chinese and foreign tourists, including 120,000 overseas tourists, an increase of 18.1% and 20% respectively over the previous year. The post and telecommunications industry completed an added value of 326 million yuan, and completed a total post and telecommunications business of 628 million yuan, an increase of 15.19% and 15.23% respectively over the previous year. By the end of the year, the city's total exchange capacity reached 389,900, the total number of fixed-line users reached 270,000, and the main line penetration rate reached 35.1 lines per 100 people. Wujiang broadband IP metropolitan area network was completed and opened, covering all towns in the city, with 39,900 telecommunications Internet users. The annual real estate transaction volume was 740 million yuan, and the commercial housing development area reached 475,600 square meters, both of which had a significant increase over the previous year. A total of 5,169 vehicle license plates of various types were issued throughout the year, including 3,642 private car license plates, an increase of 41.73% and 24.57% respectively over the previous year.