Profile

Changzhou is a city with a long cultural history over 2500 years, also a newly developed industrial city with modern vigor and vitality. Since implementing China¡¯s reform and opening-up policy, Changzhou¡¯s economic and social cause has developed greatly. Its comprehensive economic strength ranks among the top in China. High-quality office buildings, villas, sports centers, international hospital, supermarkets, parks, golf courses, provide foreign investors with comfortable living environment.                                              

Changzhou has attracted lots of investors from and abroad by its superior geographic location, convenient transportation, efficient services. Up to now, more than 3000 foreign-founded enterprises have been located in Changzhou, such as Ashland Chemical, caltex, Toshiba, Bridgestone, Fuji. 

Investment Environment

Geographic Location

In the most developed area of China

In the center of the Yangtze River Delta

In the center of Shanghai Economic Coordinated Region

Functional Section

With the advantages of its long industrial history and complete categories, the traditional industries of metallurgy, vehicle manufacture, textile& garment, fine chemistry and foodstuff processing occupy important positions in China. Other new industries like electronic information, biological pharmaceuticals, new building materials, plastics and furniture have been developing rapidly. With these, Changzhou makes more and more important contributions to the economic & social development of the region.

l          Comprehensive Development Experimental Example City by the State Council

l          One of the Top-40 Cities with the Most Favorable Investment Environment

l          One of the Top-50 Cities of Comprehensive economic Strength

l          One of the Sustainable development Cities by UN

l          One of the Most Reward Cities for Foreign Investors in Jiangsu province

Natural Environment

Changzhou enjoys subtropics monsoon maritime climate, it is temperate and moist with four pleasant seasons.

Annual average temperatire: 18.5¡ãC

Annual average humidity: 78%

Annual average precipitation: 1074mm

Annual sunshine hours: 2028 hours

Annual dominant wind direction speed: ESE (east-southeast wind)

Annual maximum wind speed: 11.5m/s (10 year¡¯s average)

Annual average atmospheric pressure: 1016.4 millibar

Annual non-frost period: 250 days

Transportation

Land transportation: Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway

160km. To Shanghai, 100km to Nanjing.

Nanjing-Hangzhou Expressway,

Yanjiang Expressway, Yanjiang Expressway, Beijing-Shangfhai Express Railway

Changzhou Airport: Second largest airport in jiansu provine

Over 20 airlines to Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Xianmen, Dalian, Xi¡¯an, Kunming.¡­

Sea Transportation: Yangtze River¡ªGolden shipping line

National port of category A

An inland transport artery

Facilitates

Electricity supply: 10 power plNTS, DOUBLE POWER SOURCES, DOUBLE CIRCUIT SUPPLIES, Changzhou transfer & transmission station of ¡°Yangtze River 3 Gorges¡± power plant

Steam supply: 7 co-generation power plants, 480 billion Jouble per year

Telecommunication: post, telephone, Internet, satellite telecommunication, EMS connecting Changzhou with 180 countries & regions

Water supply: 600,000 tons/day

Environment protection: 8 sewage treatment centers, capacity of 300,000 tons/day

Service organs: Customs IMP. & EXP. Commodity Inspection Bureau, Law firms, Public Accountants, Foreign Investment Service Center, Complaint & Mediation Center, etc, to provide foreign investors and traders with consultation on government policies, law, regulation, etc.

Industrial Park

Electronic Scie-Tech Industrial Park

Covering 8.92km², focusing on industries in IC, computer and its fittings, telecom, photo electricity and precision machinery. It is designed by Taiwan well-known China Engineering, Consulting Inc. and Shanghai Tongji University, and invited the managers from Tai wan Shinchgu City Science-base Industrial Park Administration to act as development consultants. By now its infrastructure has been in a shape, many manufacture from foreign countries and regions have settled down in the park as the pioneers.

Yangtze River-side Chemical Industrial zone

It covers 38km² and has constructed several 10,000 tonnage general wharf, petrochemical wharf, container wharf. In this area the elevation is around 3-4m, and has 10km deepwater front. Its infrastructure such as tap-water plants, sewage treatment plants and cogeneration power plants have been finished. It focus on the development of fine chemical industry.

International Environmental protection Industrial Park

Covering 10km², ratified by the state Council and sponsored by the State Bureau of Environment Protection, the Park is planned to develop in some major fields as follow: water saving and water treatment industry, air pollution control industry, waste treatment industry, energy saving and clean energy industry, resource comprehensive utilization industry.

Software Industrial Park

Total area is 130 hectares. It is a software R & D center and manufacturing base for medium & small enterprises. In the neighborhood of this park, there are Hehai University, Technology Normal college, Changzhou Institute of Technology, China Dinosaurs park, residence quarters, etc, providing the software companies with rich human resources, comfortable working & living environment and colorful amusement choices as well.

Textile Industrial Park

It covers 8.7km², focusing on new textile materials, advanced spinning and weaving, printing and dyeing, final finishing, well-known garments.