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Changzhou

Changzhou (Changzhounese: Zaon Tsei, Chinese: 常州) is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province, China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling and Jinling. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhenjiang to the northwest, Wuxi to the east, and the province of Zhejiang to the south. Changzhou is located in the highly developed Yangtze Delta region of China extending from Shanghai going northwest. The population of Changzhou city was 4,592,431 at the 2010 census.[3][4] The city is the birthplace of Zhou Youguang who created the pinyin romanization system.

Changzhou
常州市
Changchow
Location of Changzhou City jurisdiction in Jiangsu
Changzhou
Location of the city center in China
Changzhou
Changzhou (Eastern China)
Changzhou
Changzhou (China)
Coordinates (Changzhou municipal government): 31°48′40″N 119°58′26″E / 31.811°N 119.974°E / 31.811; 119.974Coordinates: 31°48′40″N 119°58′26″E / 31.811°N 119.974°E / 31.811; 119.974
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangsu
Municipal seatXinbei District
Divisions5 districts, 1 city
Government
 • Party SecretaryChen Jinhu(陈金虎)[1]
 • MayorSheng Lei(盛蕾)
Area
 • Prefecture-level city4,384.58 km2 (1,692.90 sq mi)
 • Urban
1,872.1 km2 (722.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 census)[2]
 • Prefecture-level city4,592,431
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
 • Urban
3,601,079
 • Urban density1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
 • Metro12,400,000
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
213000, 213100 (Urban center)
213200, 213300 (Other areas)
Area code0519
ISO 3166 codeCN-JS-04
GDP2017[2]
 - TotalCNY 662.23 billion (US$103.47 billion)
 - per capitaCNY 140383 (U$21,934.84)
 - Growth 8.1%
License Plate Prefix苏D
Local dialectWu: Changzhou dialect
Websitewww.changzhou.gov.cn
Changzhou
"Changzhou" in Chinese
Chinese常州

History

 
Misty Blue Sitting Statue of Guanyin, Jingde Kiln. Southern Song Dynasty. Collected in Changzhou Museum.

"The Ruins of Yancheng" (淹城遺址), comprise the remains of a walled city located in the Wujin district of Changzhou that was founded over 3000 years ago at the beginning of the Western Zhou dynasty. The earliest record of a settlement on the site of modern Changzhou is as a commandery founded in 221 BC at the beginning of the Qin Dynasty. During the interregnum between the Sui and Tang, the city of Piling (毗陵) was the capital of Shen Faxing's short-lived Kingdom of Liang (AD 619 to 620). Changzhou got its present name meaning "ordinary prefecture" in 589. Following construction of the Grand Canal in 609, Changzhou became a canal port and transshipment point for locally-grown grain, and has maintained these roles ever since. The rural counties surrounding Changzhou are noted for the production of rice, fish, tea, silk, bamboo and fruit.

 
Maps of "Tchang-chou-hien" and "Kia-ting-hien" from Du Halde's 1735 Description of China, based on accounts by Jesuit missionaries.

During the Taiping Rebellion of the 1850s, one of five palaces housing the leaders of the so-called "Kingdom of Celestial Peace" was constructed in Changzhou. Today the ruins of the "King's Palace" can be found near the People's No.1 Hospital.

In the 1920s, Changzhou started to attract cotton mills. The cotton industry got a boost in the late 1930s when businesses began relocating outside of Shanghai due to the Japanese occupation. Unlike many Chinese cities, Changzhou continued to prosper even during the upheavals of the Cultural Revolution of 1966–76. Today it is an important industrial center for textiles, food processing, engineering (diesel engines, generators, transformers and other machinery), and high technology.

Historical changes

On January 1, 1953, Changzhou was set as provincially administrated municipality.

In 1958, Zhenjiang Prefecture was renamed as Changzhou Prefecture, and the administration office was moved from Zhenjiang to Changzhou. Changzhou was incorporated by Changzhou Prefecture.

In 1959, Changzhou Prefecture was changed into Zhenjiang Prefecture, and the administration office was moved from Changzhou to Zhenjiang. Changzhou was incorporated by Zhenjiang Prefecture.

In 1960, Wujin County of Zhenjiang Prefecture was incorporated into Changzhou.

In 1962, Changzhou was changed into provincially administrated municipality and Wujin County was incorporated into Zhenjiang Prefecture.

In 1983, when the municipally affiliated county system was carried out, Wujin County, Jintan County and Liyang County of Zhenjiang were incorporated into Changzhou. The urban area was divided into five municipally administrated districts, Guanghua, Tianning, Zhonglou, Qishuyan and Jiaoqu. At that time, Changzhou administrated three counties and five districts.

From September 1986, as approved by State Council, Guanghua District was revoked and the previous administrative area was incorporated into Zhonglou District and Tianning Districrt. Liyang County was changed into Liyang City (county level). At that time, Changzhou administrated one city, two counties and four districts.

In 1993, Jintan County was changed into Jintan City.

In 1995, Longhutang Town, Xinqiao Town, Baizhang Town and Weitang Town of Wujin County were incorporated into Jiaoqu District. As approved by State Council on June 8 of 1995, Wujin County was promoted to Wujin City, with the government set in Hutang Town.

In 1999, as approved by the provincial government, Taixiang Town of Jiaoqu District was revoked and incorporated into Xueyan Town of Wujin City. [5]

Administration

 
Map including Changzhou (labeled as (walled) WU-CHIN (CHANGCHOW) 武進) (AMS, 1952)

The prefecture-level city of Changzhou administers seven county-level divisions, including five districts and one county-level city.

Map
Subdivision Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Population (2020)[6] Area (km2) Density (/km2)
City Proper
Tianning District 天宁区 Tiānníng Qū 668,906 154.84 3,317.50
Zhonglou District 钟楼区 Zhōnglóu Qū 658,537 132.93 3,806.03
Suburban
Xinbei District 新北区 Xīnběi Qū 883,125 508.91 1,172.72
Wujin District 武进区 Wǔjìn Qū 1,277,487 1,065.26 1,571.56
Jintan District 金坛区 Jīntán Qū 585,081 975.68 565.81
Satellite cities (County-level cities)
Liyang City 溧阳市 Lìyáng Shì 785,092 1,534.52 488.35
Total 5,278,121 4,372.15 1,050.28
Dissolved district: Qishuyan District

Demographics

Its total population was 4,592,431 inhabitants at the 2010 census, an average 2% per year increase since the previous census, and 3,290,918 lived in the built-up area made up of 5 urban districts.[4]

Education

Changzhou is an educational hub and is home to several universities, including Changzhou University, Hohai University (Changzhou campus), Jiangsu Teachers' University of Science and Technology, Jiangsu Teachers' University of Technology, and Changzhou Institute of Technology. The city also has a number of prominent secondary schools, including the Changzhou Senior High School of Jiangsu Province.

As the first education park taking higher vocational education as its distinguishing feature in China, Changzhou Higher Vocational Education Base was called the “cradle of silver-collar workers”. Every year, it cultivated 20,000 technological talents to the Yangtze River Delta area. 100% of the graduates signed employment contracts and the one-off employment rate was higher than 98%. There are 5 higher vocational colleges and an undergraduate college in the park, which have realized the cross-school study, common credit and resource sharing. A large number of highly qualified vocational talents were cultivated here. Based on this, Changzhou Scientific Education Town was founded. It cooperates with foreign universities in America, Canada, Britain and Germany, etc., domestic universities like Nanjing University, scientific institutes and hi-tech enterprises in constructing nearly 100 laboratory, practice, training, and technological R&D centers. Presently, it is marching towards the national sample vocational education area, experimental area of production, teaching and research, and the cluster area of scientific innovation. Many central leaders such as Hu Jintao, Jia Qinglin and Luo Gan have paid inspection visits here and spoke highly of it.[7]

Economy

Changzhou's traditional role has been that of a commercial center and in particular a distribution center for agricultural produce, which was shipped by canal to the north and later, to Shanghai. The city began to develop a cotton textile industry in the 1920s, and cotton mills were established in the late 1930s, when Japanese attacks drove many Chinese businesses to invest outside Shanghai.

The city has remained a textile center and the most important location in Jiangsu Province for weaving[citation needed]. It also has large food-processing plants as well as flour-milling, rice-polishing, and oil-pressing industries. After 1949 it also developed as a centre of the engineering industry. Qishuyan, some 10 km (6.2 mi) southeast of Changzhou, has one of the largest locomotive and rolling stock plants in China. Other engineering works in Changzhou produce diesel engines, generators, transformers along with agricultural and textile machinery. At the time of the Great Leap Forward in 1958 a steel plant was also built to provide raw material for heavy industry.

Since 1908, Changzhou has been linked by rail with Shanghai and Nanjing (see below for transportation).

Up until now, Changzhou has remained one of the most developed cities in Jiangsu, ranked third after Suzhou and Wuxi. The city's 2009 GDP per capita of ¥70,103 in 2009, less than that of Suzhou and Wuxi but more than the capital city Nanjing, ranked the city third in Jiangsu.

Changzhou is also one of the top business cities in China. According to Forbes ranking, Changzhou was the 9th best business city in mainland China in 2008. Changzhou data was reported at 662.228 RMB bn in Dec 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 577.386 RMB bn for Dec 2016. China's CN: GDP: Jiangsu: Changzhou data is updated yearly, averaging 130.818 RMB bn from Dec 1991 to 2017, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 662.228 RMB bn in 2017 and a record low of 10.545 RMB bn in 1991. China's CN: GDP: Jiangsu: Changzhou data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database's National Accounts – Table CN.AE: Gross Domestic Product: Prefecture Level City.[8]

Industrial zones

  • Changzhou Export Processing Zone

Approval for the establishment of Changzhou Export Processing Zone was given in June 2005 with a planned area of 1.66 km2 (0.64 sq mi). Near to Shanghai and Nanjing via convenient transportation links, the zone began operation in October 2006. Investors enjoy a series of preferential policies whilst all handle export procedures are handled inside the export processing zone. The zone focuses on electronic information, electromechanical integration and new materials.[9]

  • Changzhou National Hi-Tech District

Changzhou National Hi-Tech District (CND) is a state-level high-tech industrial development zone. It is located in the northern part of Changzhou city. With a population of 500,000 and an area of 439 square km, the district is 160 km (99 mi) from Shanghai to the east and 110 km (68 mi) from Nanjing to the west. The district represents the highest-level and most sophisticated industrial park in Changzhou. More than 1,300 foreign companies and over 5,000 local industrial enterprises have been registered within the district of which around 40% are from European and American countries. Industries encouraged include engineering machinery, transformer & transmission equipment, automotive, locomotive & locomotive components, parts, precision machinery, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, photo-voltaic (PV) and new materials, chemicals, garment and textiles production, computer software and research & development. Some major investors include Terex, Komatsu, Ashland Chemical, Johnson, Caltex Oil Corp., Disa, +GF+, Rieter and General Electronics.[10]

 Changzhou used to be one of the birthplaces of the national modern industry in China. Sheng Xuanhuai, who was honored as the “Father of China's Industry”, bent all his efforts in the modern factory and mine communications. He created 11 “No.1” in China, including the first telecommunication enterprise. In the end of Qing Dynasty and the early days of the Republic of China, the textile, mechanical and food industries of Changzhou were rapidly developing. In 1906, the first capitalist manufacturing factory, Jinyu Textile Factory appeared. In 1932, the famous industrialist, Liu Guojun, founded the integration mode of spinning, weaving and dyeing. It had a pioneer meaning in the 1930s. During the 1980s, Changzhou became the star industrial city that was famous all over China, and created the “South Jiangsu Mode” with the characteristics of the times, the developed town industry. As the traditional and advantageous industry of Changzhou, the equipment manufacturing industry has been developing in recent years. Changzhou has formed 6 great national characterized industrial bases, that is, agricultural implement and machinery manufacturing, power transmission and transforming manufacturing, automobile and accessories manufacturing, new textile, track traffic and new coating. Presently, the power transmission and transforming manufacturing industry is the first in China, and the track traffic vehicle and accessories manufacturing base is famous in East China and all over the country. The engineering machinery and vehicle industry has shown its strong growth momentum. By the end of 2010, Changzhou has had 26 national famous brands, 175 provincial famous brands and 327 municipal brands. The number of national famous brands is the third in Jiangsu. The good pattern of multi-level development and echelon improvement, which takes the national brand as the orienting role, the provincial brand as the body and the municipal brand as the reserve, has been initially formed.   Changzhou is becoming a modern equipment manufacturing city with prominent domestic advantages and large potential.[11]

Climate

The climate is Humid Subtropical Cfa, with cool winters and hot and humid summers. Changzhou has a wide range of temperature differences throughout the year.

Climate data for Changzhou (1981−2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 21.2
(70.2)
26.7
(80.1)
30.6
(87.1)
33.6
(92.5)
35.2
(95.4)
37.8
(100.0)
39.4
(102.9)
38.2
(100.8)
38.2
(100.8)
32.1
(89.8)
29.4
(84.9)
22.2
(72.0)
39.4
(102.9)
Average high °C (°F) 7.3
(45.1)
9.2
(48.6)
13.8
(56.8)
20.0
(68.0)
25.8
(78.4)
28.8
(83.8)
32.2
(90.0)
31.7
(89.1)
27.6
(81.7)
22.6
(72.7)
16.3
(61.3)
10.0
(50.0)
20.4
(68.8)
Average low °C (°F) 0.3
(32.5)
2.1
(35.8)
5.8
(42.4)
11.4
(52.5)
16.8
(62.2)
21.3
(70.3)
25.3
(77.5)
24.9
(76.8)
20.6
(69.1)
14.7
(58.5)
8.4
(47.1)
2.4
(36.3)
12.8
(55.1)
Record low °C (°F) −12.8
(9.0)
−8.8
(16.2)
−4.2
(24.4)
−1.0
(30.2)
6.8
(44.2)
13.3
(55.9)
17.0
(62.6)
17.8
(64.0)
10.4
(50.7)
2.9
(37.2)
−4.2
(24.4)
−11.2
(11.8)
−12.8
(9.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 54.3
(2.14)
55.1
(2.17)
88.1
(3.47)
81.8
(3.22)
97.5
(3.84)
171.5
(6.75)
191.4
(7.54)
136.2
(5.36)
82.2
(3.24)
60.2
(2.37)
53.8
(2.12)
31.9
(1.26)
1,104
(43.48)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 8.7 9.8 13.0 11.4 11.7 12.8 12.8 11.3 9.5 8.7 7.0 6.1 122.8
Source 1: National Meteorological Center of CMA[12]
Source 2: Weather China (precipitation days, extremes 1971–2000)[13]

Transportation

Metro

The Line 1 of the Changzhou Metro opened on 21 September 2019.[14] The Line 2 opened on 28 June 2021.

Railway

Located just south of the Chang Jiang (Yangtze River), Changzhou station is situated on the original Beijing–Shanghai railway. Changzhou North station was completed in 2011 and is located in the north of Changzhou in the Xinbei district on the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway. Changzhou is also one of the main stops on the busy Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway, with two stations located in Changzhou (Changzhou station and Qishuyan station).

Air travel

Changzhou Benniu International Airport in Xinbei District is approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) from the city center. There are domestic flights to Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shenyang, Kunming, Harbin and Dalian, and international flights to Macau, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Japan.

Highways and Expressways

Bus rapid transport(BRT) system

Use of the BRT System costs one yuan and provides access throughout Changzhou. The BRT-only stations and road sections have the following specifications: separate bus lanes or bus-only roadways, a vast network of routes and corridors, high capacity buses operating both outside and inside these corridors, greater passenger volume as compared to that in mixed traffic lanes (about 3000 pphpd), enhanced station environments (not just simple bus shelters), pre-boarding fare collection and fare verification, electric buses, centralized system controls, real-time next bus information app, segregated bike lanes along main corridor(s) as well as station access for disabled persons. The following cities also have BRT systems: Beijing, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Jinan, Hangzhou, Hefei, Kunming, Xiamen, Zhengzhou[15] and Ürümqi.

Elevated freeways

Changzhou has a network of four elevated freeways: the Longcheng Avenue in the north, the Longjiang road in the west, the Qingyang road in the east, and the Changhong road/Jinwu (Jintan-Wujin) Freeway in the south. Together, these four roads make up the "Outer Ring Elevated Road" system.

Culture and folklore

The Changzhou dialect is a member of the Wu Chinese language family.

Other famous handicrafts of Changzhou are silk embroidery in a "crisscross" style and carvings made from green bamboo.

Noted snacks made in Changzhou include pickled radish, sesame candy, sweet glutinous rice flour dumpling with fermented glutinous rice, and silver thread noodles (also known as dragon's beard noodles).

Since 2004, Changzhou has successfully hosted China (Changzhou) International Cartoon and Digital Art Festival (CICDAF) for three times successively. With the 3-year efforts, CICDAF has basically reached the level of an international cartoon and movie festival, having vast and active influence on both the foreign and domestic cartoon industry. It has become one of the most professional and authoritative international cartoon events at the highest level. It gives new connotation to the cultural development in Changzhou, and Changzhou has ranked as the only municipal city among the first 9 “national animation and cartoon industrial bases” in China. Up to now, there are 3 incubator parks in the base with nearly 60 enterprises registered and the registered capital of nearly RMB 3 million. This year, the number of cartoons produced in the base and set by the National Bureau of Broadcasting and Television has reached 70, that is, 4,500 volumes and 50,000 minutes. A group of distinguished works have been up and coming, including the Peach Blossom Fan, which has gained many rewards both oversea and domestically. On December 12, 2006, Changzhou National Cartoon Industrial Base was awarded as “Top Ten Innovative Base with the Largest Investment Value of 2006”.[16]

Tourism

 
Comb Lane

Amusement parks

Changzhou is the home of the China Dinosaurs Park located in the Xinbei District of the city. The 5A rated Dinosaur Park has a collection of dinosaur bones and fossils from all over China. The park has 50 various fossils and more than 30 amusement programs including the Brontosaurus Roller Coaster and the Whirling Dinosaur Carriage. The fossils are located in a museum housed in a single building and the amusement rides are spread throughout the park which is categorized into six themed areas. Besides fossils and family oriented rides, Dinosaur Park is home to a giant panda and sea lions.[17]

In 2011, a new amusement park called CC Joyland (simplified Chinese: 环球动漫嬉戏谷; traditional Chinese: 環球動漫嬉戲谷; pinyin: Huánqiú dòngmàn xīxì gǔ) opened in Taihuwan near Taihu lake in Wujin District in the south of Changzhou.

As a National 4-A Tourist Resort of Changzhou, China Dinosaur Park is the sample base of the national science popularization education and the Chinese cultural industry. It is also a National 4-A Class Amusement Park that perfectly combines museum, hi-tech acoustic, optic and electric technology, special video effects and multimedia network and that integrates exhibition, science popularization, entertainment, leisure and participatory performances. Its central building and the core of the park is China Dinosaur Museum, which was the cooperative project of Changzhou Municipal government and the Ministry of Land and Resources (the former Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources). It presents to the society with the most precious geological minerals through the advanced supporting facilities. The park is Pided into several parts, including China Dinosaur Museum, On-lake lawn, biological performance of the dinosaur mountain, leisure area for foreign investors and aggressive project area, etc. These parts let people feel the mysterious atmosphere of the ancient years, to see the appearance of dinosaurs, and to enjoy the modern travel atmosphere full of surprise and risks. As one of the cards of Changzhou, China Dinosaur Park, together with other scenic spots, is featuring Changzhou into a new tourist landmark in east China.[18]

Tianning Temple and Hongmei Park

The city is also home to the Tianning Temple—one of the largest Zen Buddhist temple and monasteries in China. The city recently rebuilt the Tianning pagoda in the temple grounds, which is adjacent to Hongmei Park. The pagoda, called the Tianning Baota, was first built during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907). Since that time it has been destroyed and rebuilt five times. The current reconstruction is built to the height specification of 153.79 m (504.6 ft). This makes it the tallest pagoda in China and perhaps also the world. Both the Hongmei Park and Tianning Temple are located just to the east of the city centre.[19]

There is the Hong Mei Park, which includes a small children's amusement park, a zoo, a rose garden and many scenic waterways. Of historical interest in the park is a historical pavilion with exhibits related to the Changzhou comb industry. In addition, there is another pavilion which displays locally produced root carvings. The park attracts large numbers of people during holidays and is often dotted with a variety of vendors. However, the Hongmei Park has been criticized for animal abuse and overpricing in its aquarium. Tianning Temple and Hongmei Park are served by the Hongmei Park station on Line 2 (Changzhou Metro).


As Changzhou is noted for its combs, the city has reconstructed its Fine Comb Lane area with contemporary architecture. Changzhou combs can be purchased in most places in the city.


Other sites include Changzhou's sunken city and area of archaeological ruins from the Spring and Autumn period.

Dongpo Park is located in the east part of downtown of Changzhou city, and its original name is Dongjiao Park. It covers 2.667 hectares, and is a typical Jiangnan Garden composed of cultural sites and natural landscape. During the time of south Song dynasty, the civilians of Changzhou established Yizhou Pavilion to commemorate, Su Dongpo, who was the great literature master and used to come to Changzhou. During the time of Qing dynasty, Kangxi and Qianlong, two emperors southwardly visited, they ordered to build up the temporary palace here and reconstructed this pavilion.

Changzhou also has attractive gardens such as the Wei Yuan.

The Old Museum of Wisteria is also located in the city.  

Sister cities

Notable people

  • Su Dongpo (Su Shi; 1036–1101), poet and essayist.
  • Sheng Xuanhuai (1844–1916), late Qing Dynasty bureaucrat and reformer.
  • Lü Simian (1884–1957), historian and member of the Doubting Antiquity School
  • Zhao Yuanren (1892–1982), prominent linguist.
  • Hong Shen (1894–1955), pioneering dramatist and filmmaker was born here.
  • Yun Daiying (1895–1931), revolutionary and pioneer of early Communist Youth activities.
  • Liu Haisu (1896–1994), prominent artist.
  • Zhang Tailei (1898–1927), one of the founders of Chinese Communist Party, first Chinese ever working in Communist International.
  • Qu Qiubai (1899–1935), former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and prominent Marxist thinker and writer. Named "Changzhou San Jie" together with Yun Daiying and Zhang Tailei.

Qu Qiubai, Zhang Tailei and Yun Daiying, who are called “three heroes of Changzhou”, were earlier Party leaders. They fought for the reform of China and sacrificed themselves. As one of the earlier leaders of the Party, Qu Qiubai was a Marxist, an excellent proletarian revolutionist, theorist and publicist as well as one of the founders of the revolutionary literature in China. Zhang Tailei is a name closely related to foundation of Socialist Youth League and Guangzhou Uprising. He was one of the earliest international activists in the Party as well as the link between the Party and Communist International, Youth League and Youth Communist International. He was called the “real internationalist”. Yun Daiying was one of the early Party leaders. He was also a political scientist, theorist, and leader of youth movements. He participated into and led the May Fourth Movement, the May 30th Movement, Nanchang Uprising, and Guangzhou Uprising, etc. Having been influenced by him, numerous young people stepped onto the road of reform. “Three heroes of Changzhou” are the representatives of the celebrities of Changzhou, and they will be the pride of Changzhou people.[20]

See also

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External links

  • Government website of Changzhou (in Chinese)
  • Changzhou city guide with open directory (Jiangsu.NET)
  • (Mildchina.com)
  • (in Chinese)
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Not to be confused with Cangzhou Chongzhou or Hangzhou For other uses see Changzhou disambiguation Changzhou Changzhounese Zaon Tsei Chinese 常州 is a prefecture level city in southern Jiangsu province China It was previously known as Yanling Lanling and Jinling Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west Zhenjiang to the northwest Wuxi to the east and the province of Zhejiang to the south Changzhou is located in the highly developed Yangtze Delta region of China extending from Shanghai going northwest The population of Changzhou city was 4 592 431 at the 2010 census 3 4 The city is the birthplace of Zhou Youguang who created the pinyin romanization system Changzhou 常州市ChangchowPrefecture level cityLocation of Changzhou City jurisdiction in JiangsuChangzhouLocation of the city center in ChinaShow map of JiangsuChangzhouChangzhou Eastern China Show map of Eastern ChinaChangzhouChangzhou China Show map of ChinaCoordinates Changzhou municipal government 31 48 40 N 119 58 26 E 31 811 N 119 974 E 31 811 119 974 Coordinates 31 48 40 N 119 58 26 E 31 811 N 119 974 E 31 811 119 974CountryPeople s Republic of ChinaProvinceJiangsuMunicipal seatXinbei DistrictDivisions5 districts 1 cityGovernment Party SecretaryChen Jinhu 陈金虎 1 MayorSheng Lei 盛蕾 Area Prefecture level city4 384 58 km2 1 692 90 sq mi Urban1 872 1 km2 722 8 sq mi Population 2010 census 2 Prefecture level city4 592 431 Density1 000 km2 2 700 sq mi Urban3 601 079 Urban density1 900 km2 5 000 sq mi Metro 3 12 400 000Time zoneUTC 8 China Standard Postal code213000 213100 Urban center 213200 213300 Other areas Area code0519ISO 3166 codeCN JS 04GDP2017 2 TotalCNY 662 23 billion US 103 47 billion per capitaCNY 140383 U 21 934 84 Growth8 1 License Plate Prefix苏DLocal dialectWu Changzhou dialectWebsitewww changzhou gov cnChangzhou Changzhou in ChineseChinese常州TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinChangzhōuGwoyeu RomatzyhCharngjouWade GilesCh ang2 chou1IPA ʈʂʰa ŋʈʂo ʊ WuRomanizationZaontsei Contents 1 History 1 1 Historical changes 2 Administration 3 Demographics 4 Education 5 Economy 5 1 Industrial zones 6 Climate 7 Transportation 7 1 Metro 7 2 Railway 7 3 Air travel 7 4 Highways and Expressways 7 5 Bus rapid transport BRT system 7 6 Elevated freeways 8 Culture and folklore 9 Tourism 9 1 Amusement parks 9 2 Tianning Temple and Hongmei Park 10 Sister cities 11 Notable people 12 See also 13 References 14 External linksHistory Edit Misty Blue Sitting Statue of Guanyin Jingde Kiln Southern Song Dynasty Collected in Changzhou Museum The Ruins of Yancheng 淹城遺址 comprise the remains of a walled city located in the Wujin district of Changzhou that was founded over 3000 years ago at the beginning of the Western Zhou dynasty The earliest record of a settlement on the site of modern Changzhou is as a commandery founded in 221 BC at the beginning of the Qin Dynasty During the interregnum between the Sui and Tang the city of Piling 毗陵 was the capital of Shen Faxing s short lived Kingdom of Liang AD 619 to 620 Changzhou got its present name meaning ordinary prefecture in 589 Following construction of the Grand Canal in 609 Changzhou became a canal port and transshipment point for locally grown grain and has maintained these roles ever since The rural counties surrounding Changzhou are noted for the production of rice fish tea silk bamboo and fruit Maps of Tchang chou hien and Kia ting hien from Du Halde s 1735 Description of China based on accounts by Jesuit missionaries During the Taiping Rebellion of the 1850s one of five palaces housing the leaders of the so called Kingdom of Celestial Peace was constructed in Changzhou Today the ruins of the King s Palace can be found near the People s No 1 Hospital In the 1920s Changzhou started to attract cotton mills The cotton industry got a boost in the late 1930s when businesses began relocating outside of Shanghai due to the Japanese occupation Unlike many Chinese cities Changzhou continued to prosper even during the upheavals of the Cultural Revolution of 1966 76 Today it is an important industrial center for textiles food processing engineering diesel engines generators transformers and other machinery and high technology Historical changes Edit On January 1 1953 Changzhou was set as provincially administrated municipality In 1958 Zhenjiang Prefecture was renamed as Changzhou Prefecture and the administration office was moved from Zhenjiang to Changzhou Changzhou was incorporated by Changzhou Prefecture In 1959 Changzhou Prefecture was changed into Zhenjiang Prefecture and the administration office was moved from Changzhou to Zhenjiang Changzhou was incorporated by Zhenjiang Prefecture In 1960 Wujin County of Zhenjiang Prefecture was incorporated into Changzhou In 1962 Changzhou was changed into provincially administrated municipality and Wujin County was incorporated into Zhenjiang Prefecture In 1983 when the municipally affiliated county system was carried out Wujin County Jintan County and Liyang County of Zhenjiang were incorporated into Changzhou The urban area was divided into five municipally administrated districts Guanghua Tianning Zhonglou Qishuyan and Jiaoqu At that time Changzhou administrated three counties and five districts From September 1986 as approved by State Council Guanghua District was revoked and the previous administrative area was incorporated into Zhonglou District and Tianning Districrt Liyang County was changed into Liyang City county level At that time Changzhou administrated one city two counties and four districts In 1993 Jintan County was changed into Jintan City In 1995 Longhutang Town Xinqiao Town Baizhang Town and Weitang Town of Wujin County were incorporated into Jiaoqu District As approved by State Council on June 8 of 1995 Wujin County was promoted to Wujin City with the government set in Hutang Town In 1999 as approved by the provincial government Taixiang Town of Jiaoqu District was revoked and incorporated into Xueyan Town of Wujin City 5 Administration Edit Map including Changzhou labeled as walled WU CHIN CHANGCHOW 武進 AMS 1952 See also List of administrative divisions of Jiangsu The prefecture level city of Changzhou administers seven county level divisions including five districts and one county level city Map GeLake Tiao Changdang Lake LakeTai Tianning Zhonglou Xinbei Wujin Jintan Liyang city Subdivision Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Population 2020 6 Area km2 Density km2 City ProperTianning District 天宁区 Tianning Qu 668 906 154 84 3 317 50Zhonglou District 钟楼区 Zhōnglou Qu 658 537 132 93 3 806 03SuburbanXinbei District 新北区 Xinbei Qu 883 125 508 91 1 172 72Wujin District 武进区 Wǔjin Qu 1 277 487 1 065 26 1 571 56Jintan District 金坛区 Jintan Qu 585 081 975 68 565 81Satellite cities County level cities Liyang City 溧阳市 Liyang Shi 785 092 1 534 52 488 35Total 5 278 121 4 372 15 1 050 28Dissolved district Qishuyan DistrictDemographics EditIts total population was 4 592 431 inhabitants at the 2010 census an average 2 per year increase since the previous census and 3 290 918 lived in the built up area made up of 5 urban districts 4 Education EditChangzhou is an educational hub and is home to several universities including Changzhou University Hohai University Changzhou campus Jiangsu Teachers University of Science and Technology Jiangsu Teachers University of Technology and Changzhou Institute of Technology The city also has a number of prominent secondary schools including the Changzhou Senior High School of Jiangsu Province As the first education park taking higher vocational education as its distinguishing feature in China Changzhou Higher Vocational Education Base was called the cradle of silver collar workers Every year it cultivated 20 000 technological talents to the Yangtze River Delta area 100 of the graduates signed employment contracts and the one off employment rate was higher than 98 There are 5 higher vocational colleges and an undergraduate college in the park which have realized the cross school study common credit and resource sharing A large number of highly qualified vocational talents were cultivated here Based on this Changzhou Scientific Education Town was founded It cooperates with foreign universities in America Canada Britain and Germany etc domestic universities like Nanjing University scientific institutes and hi tech enterprises in constructing nearly 100 laboratory practice training and technological R amp D centers Presently it is marching towards the national sample vocational education area experimental area of production teaching and research and the cluster area of scientific innovation Many central leaders such as Hu Jintao Jia Qinglin and Luo Gan have paid inspection visits here and spoke highly of it 7 Economy EditChangzhou s traditional role has been that of a commercial center and in particular a distribution center for agricultural produce which was shipped by canal to the north and later to Shanghai The city began to develop a cotton textile industry in the 1920s and cotton mills were established in the late 1930s when Japanese attacks drove many Chinese businesses to invest outside Shanghai The city has remained a textile center and the most important location in Jiangsu Province for weaving citation needed It also has large food processing plants as well as flour milling rice polishing and oil pressing industries After 1949 it also developed as a centre of the engineering industry Qishuyan some 10 km 6 2 mi southeast of Changzhou has one of the largest locomotive and rolling stock plants in China Other engineering works in Changzhou produce diesel engines generators transformers along with agricultural and textile machinery At the time of the Great Leap Forward in 1958 a steel plant was also built to provide raw material for heavy industry Since 1908 Changzhou has been linked by rail with Shanghai and Nanjing see below for transportation Up until now Changzhou has remained one of the most developed cities in Jiangsu ranked third after Suzhou and Wuxi The city s 2009 GDP per capita of 70 103 in 2009 less than that of Suzhou and Wuxi but more than the capital city Nanjing ranked the city third in Jiangsu Changzhou is also one of the top business cities in China According to Forbes ranking Changzhou was the 9th best business city in mainland China in 2008 Changzhou data was reported at 662 228 RMB bn in Dec 2017 This records an increase from the previous number of 577 386 RMB bn for Dec 2016 China s CN GDP Jiangsu Changzhou data is updated yearly averaging 130 818 RMB bn from Dec 1991 to 2017 with 25 observations The data reached an all time high of 662 228 RMB bn in 2017 and a record low of 10 545 RMB bn in 1991 China s CN GDP Jiangsu Changzhou data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics The data is categorized under China Premium Database s National Accounts Table CN AE Gross Domestic Product Prefecture Level City 8 Industrial zones Edit Changzhou Export Processing ZoneApproval for the establishment of Changzhou Export Processing Zone was given in June 2005 with a planned area of 1 66 km2 0 64 sq mi Near to Shanghai and Nanjing via convenient transportation links the zone began operation in October 2006 Investors enjoy a series of preferential policies whilst all handle export procedures are handled inside the export processing zone The zone focuses on electronic information electromechanical integration and new materials 9 Changzhou National Hi Tech DistrictChangzhou National Hi Tech District CND is a state level high tech industrial development zone It is located in the northern part of Changzhou city With a population of 500 000 and an area of 439 square km the district is 160 km 99 mi from Shanghai to the east and 110 km 68 mi from Nanjing to the west The district represents the highest level and most sophisticated industrial park in Changzhou More than 1 300 foreign companies and over 5 000 local industrial enterprises have been registered within the district of which around 40 are from European and American countries Industries encouraged include engineering machinery transformer amp transmission equipment automotive locomotive amp locomotive components parts precision machinery biotechnology pharmaceuticals photo voltaic PV and new materials chemicals garment and textiles production computer software and research amp development Some major investors include Terex Komatsu Ashland Chemical Johnson Caltex Oil Corp Disa GF Rieter and General Electronics 10 Changzhou used to be one of the birthplaces of the national modern industry in China Sheng Xuanhuai who was honored as the Father of China s Industry bent all his efforts in the modern factory and mine communications He created 11 No 1 in China including the first telecommunication enterprise In the end of Qing Dynasty and the early days of the Republic of China the textile mechanical and food industries of Changzhou were rapidly developing In 1906 the first capitalist manufacturing factory Jinyu Textile Factory appeared In 1932 the famous industrialist Liu Guojun founded the integration mode of spinning weaving and dyeing It had a pioneer meaning in the 1930s During the 1980s Changzhou became the star industrial city that was famous all over China and created the South Jiangsu Mode with the characteristics of the times the developed town industry As the traditional and advantageous industry of Changzhou the equipment manufacturing industry has been developing in recent years Changzhou has formed 6 great national characterized industrial bases that is agricultural implement and machinery manufacturing power transmission and transforming manufacturing automobile and accessories manufacturing new textile track traffic and new coating Presently the power transmission and transforming manufacturing industry is the first in China and the track traffic vehicle and accessories manufacturing base is famous in East China and all over the country The engineering machinery and vehicle industry has shown its strong growth momentum By the end of 2010 Changzhou has had 26 national famous brands 175 provincial famous brands and 327 municipal brands The number of national famous brands is the third in Jiangsu The good pattern of multi level development and echelon improvement which takes the national brand as the orienting role the provincial brand as the body and the municipal brand as the reserve has been initially formed Changzhou is becoming a modern equipment manufacturing city with prominent domestic advantages and large potential 11 Climate EditThe climate is Humid Subtropical Cfa with cool winters and hot and humid summers Changzhou has a wide range of temperature differences throughout the year Climate data for Changzhou 1981 2010 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high C F 21 2 70 2 26 7 80 1 30 6 87 1 33 6 92 5 35 2 95 4 37 8 100 0 39 4 102 9 38 2 100 8 38 2 100 8 32 1 89 8 29 4 84 9 22 2 72 0 39 4 102 9 Average high C F 7 3 45 1 9 2 48 6 13 8 56 8 20 0 68 0 25 8 78 4 28 8 83 8 32 2 90 0 31 7 89 1 27 6 81 7 22 6 72 7 16 3 61 3 10 0 50 0 20 4 68 8 Average low C F 0 3 32 5 2 1 35 8 5 8 42 4 11 4 52 5 16 8 62 2 21 3 70 3 25 3 77 5 24 9 76 8 20 6 69 1 14 7 58 5 8 4 47 1 2 4 36 3 12 8 55 1 Record low C F 12 8 9 0 8 8 16 2 4 2 24 4 1 0 30 2 6 8 44 2 13 3 55 9 17 0 62 6 17 8 64 0 10 4 50 7 2 9 37 2 4 2 24 4 11 2 11 8 12 8 9 0 Average precipitation mm inches 54 3 2 14 55 1 2 17 88 1 3 47 81 8 3 22 97 5 3 84 171 5 6 75 191 4 7 54 136 2 5 36 82 2 3 24 60 2 2 37 53 8 2 12 31 9 1 26 1 104 43 48 Average precipitation days 0 1 mm 8 7 9 8 13 0 11 4 11 7 12 8 12 8 11 3 9 5 8 7 7 0 6 1 122 8Source 1 National Meteorological Center of CMA 12 Source 2 Weather China precipitation days extremes 1971 2000 13 Transportation EditMetro Edit Main article Changzhou Metro The Line 1 of the Changzhou Metro opened on 21 September 2019 14 The Line 2 opened on 28 June 2021 Railway Edit Located just south of the Chang Jiang Yangtze River Changzhou station is situated on the original Beijing Shanghai railway Changzhou North station was completed in 2011 and is located in the north of Changzhou in the Xinbei district on the Beijing Shanghai high speed railway Changzhou is also one of the main stops on the busy Shanghai Nanjing intercity railway with two stations located in Changzhou Changzhou station and Qishuyan station Air travel Edit Changzhou Benniu International Airport in Xinbei District is approximately 15 km 9 3 mi from the city center There are domestic flights to Beijing Guangzhou Chengdu Shenyang Kunming Harbin and Dalian and international flights to Macau Taiwan South Korea Thailand Vietnam Indonesia and Japan Highways and Expressways Edit China National Highway 312 Shanghai Nanjing Expressway part of G42 Shanghai Chengdu Expressway Shanghai Suzhou Wuxi Changzhou Zhenjiang Nanjing Yanjiang Expressway part of G4221 Shanghai Wuhan Expressway formerly Jiangsu S38 Changshu Hefei Expressway Jiangsu S58 Shanghai Changzhou Expressway Jiangsu S39 Jiangyi Expressway G4011 Yangzhou Liyang Expressway Jintan and Liyang only G4012 Liyang Ningde Expressway Liyang only Liyang section G25 Changchun Shenzhen Expressway Liyang only Rizhao Hangzhou section Jiangsu S48 Shanghai Yixing Expressway Wuxi Yixing section Bus rapid transport BRT system Edit Use of the BRT System costs one yuan and provides access throughout Changzhou The BRT only stations and road sections have the following specifications separate bus lanes or bus only roadways a vast network of routes and corridors high capacity buses operating both outside and inside these corridors greater passenger volume as compared to that in mixed traffic lanes about 3000 pphpd enhanced station environments not just simple bus shelters pre boarding fare collection and fare verification electric buses centralized system controls real time next bus information app segregated bike lanes along main corridor s as well as station access for disabled persons The following cities also have BRT systems Beijing Chongqing Dalian Guangzhou Jinan Hangzhou Hefei Kunming Xiamen Zhengzhou 15 and Urumqi Elevated freeways Edit Changzhou has a network of four elevated freeways the Longcheng Avenue in the north the Longjiang road in the west the Qingyang road in the east and the Changhong road Jinwu Jintan Wujin Freeway in the south Together these four roads make up the Outer Ring Elevated Road system Culture and folklore EditThe Changzhou dialect is a member of the Wu Chinese language family Other famous handicrafts of Changzhou are silk embroidery in a crisscross style and carvings made from green bamboo Noted snacks made in Changzhou include pickled radish sesame candy sweet glutinous rice flour dumpling with fermented glutinous rice and silver thread noodles also known as dragon s beard noodles Since 2004 Changzhou has successfully hosted China Changzhou International Cartoon and Digital Art Festival CICDAF for three times successively With the 3 year efforts CICDAF has basically reached the level of an international cartoon and movie festival having vast and active influence on both the foreign and domestic cartoon industry It has become one of the most professional and authoritative international cartoon events at the highest level It gives new connotation to the cultural development in Changzhou and Changzhou has ranked as the only municipal city among the first 9 national animation and cartoon industrial bases in China Up to now there are 3 incubator parks in the base with nearly 60 enterprises registered and the registered capital of nearly RMB 3 million This year the number of cartoons produced in the base and set by the National Bureau of Broadcasting and Television has reached 70 that is 4 500 volumes and 50 000 minutes A group of distinguished works have been up and coming including the Peach Blossom Fan which has gained many rewards both oversea and domestically On December 12 2006 Changzhou National Cartoon Industrial Base was awarded as Top Ten Innovative Base with the Largest Investment Value of 2006 16 Tourism Edit Comb Lane Amusement parks Edit Changzhou is the home of the China Dinosaurs Park located in the Xinbei District of the city The 5A rated Dinosaur Park has a collection of dinosaur bones and fossils from all over China The park has 50 various fossils and more than 30 amusement programs including the Brontosaurus Roller Coaster and the Whirling Dinosaur Carriage The fossils are located in a museum housed in a single building and the amusement rides are spread throughout the park which is categorized into six themed areas Besides fossils and family oriented rides Dinosaur Park is home to a giant panda and sea lions 17 In 2011 a new amusement park called CC Joyland simplified Chinese 环球动漫嬉戏谷 traditional Chinese 環球動漫嬉戲谷 pinyin Huanqiu dongman xixi gǔ opened in Taihuwan near Taihu lake in Wujin District in the south of Changzhou As a National 4 A Tourist Resort of Changzhou China Dinosaur Park is the sample base of the national science popularization education and the Chinese cultural industry It is also a National 4 A Class Amusement Park that perfectly combines museum hi tech acoustic optic and electric technology special video effects and multimedia network and that integrates exhibition science popularization entertainment leisure and participatory performances Its central building and the core of the park is China Dinosaur Museum which was the cooperative project of Changzhou Municipal government and the Ministry of Land and Resources the former Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources It presents to the society with the most precious geological minerals through the advanced supporting facilities The park is Pided into several parts including China Dinosaur Museum On lake lawn biological performance of the dinosaur mountain leisure area for foreign investors and aggressive project area etc These parts let people feel the mysterious atmosphere of the ancient years to see the appearance of dinosaurs and to enjoy the modern travel atmosphere full of surprise and risks As one of the cards of Changzhou China Dinosaur Park together with other scenic spots is featuring Changzhou into a new tourist landmark in east China 18 Tianning Temple and Hongmei Park Edit The city is also home to the Tianning Temple one of the largest Zen Buddhist temple and monasteries in China The city recently rebuilt the Tianning pagoda in the temple grounds which is adjacent to Hongmei Park The pagoda called the Tianning Baota was first built during the Tang Dynasty AD 618 907 Since that time it has been destroyed and rebuilt five times The current reconstruction is built to the height specification of 153 79 m 504 6 ft This makes it the tallest pagoda in China and perhaps also the world Both the Hongmei Park and Tianning Temple are located just to the east of the city centre 19 There is the Hong Mei Park which includes a small children s amusement park a zoo a rose garden and many scenic waterways Of historical interest in the park is a historical pavilion with exhibits related to the Changzhou comb industry In addition there is another pavilion which displays locally produced root carvings The park attracts large numbers of people during holidays and is often dotted with a variety of vendors However the Hongmei Park has been criticized for animal abuse and overpricing in its aquarium Tianning Temple and Hongmei Park are served by the Hongmei Park station on Line 2 Changzhou Metro As Changzhou is noted for its combs the city has reconstructed its Fine Comb Lane area with contemporary architecture Changzhou combs can be purchased in most places in the city Other sites include Changzhou s sunken city and area of archaeological ruins from the Spring and Autumn period Dongpo Park is located in the east part of downtown of Changzhou city and its original name is Dongjiao Park It covers 2 667 hectares and is a typical Jiangnan Garden composed of cultural sites and natural landscape During the time of south Song dynasty the civilians of Changzhou established Yizhou Pavilion to commemorate Su Dongpo who was the great literature master and used to come to Changzhou During the time of Qing dynasty Kangxi and Qianlong two emperors southwardly visited they ordered to build up the temporary palace here and reconstructed this pavilion Changzhou also has attractive gardens such as the Wei Yuan The Old Museum of Wisteria is also located in the city Sister cities Edit Takatsuki Osaka Prefecture Japan Hurstville New South Wales Australia Torrington Connecticut United States of America Solihull England United Kingdom Dar es Salaam Tanzania Prato Italy Buffalo New York United States of America Rockford Illinois United States of America Arad Romania Netanya Israel Wyndham Australia Curitiba Brazil Minden Germany Essen Germany La Serena Chile Niagara Falls Canada Johor Bahru Malaysia Tilburg Netherlands Satakunta Finland Jelenia Gora Poland Lommel Belgium Randers Denmark Tomsk Russia Stavropol Russia Tokorozawa Japan Namyangju South Korea Chuncheon South Korea Eskisehir Turkey Beau Bassin Rose Hill MauritiusNotable people EditSu Dongpo Su Shi 1036 1101 poet and essayist Sheng Xuanhuai 1844 1916 late Qing Dynasty bureaucrat and reformer Lu Simian 1884 1957 historian and member of the Doubting Antiquity School Zhao Yuanren 1892 1982 prominent linguist Hong Shen 1894 1955 pioneering dramatist and filmmaker was born here Yun Daiying 1895 1931 revolutionary and pioneer of early Communist Youth activities Liu Haisu 1896 1994 prominent artist Zhang Tailei 1898 1927 one of the founders of Chinese Communist Party first Chinese ever working in Communist International Qu Qiubai 1899 1935 former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and prominent Marxist thinker and writer Named Changzhou San Jie together with Yun Daiying and Zhang Tailei Qu Qiubai Zhang Tailei and Yun Daiying who are called three heroes of Changzhou were earlier Party leaders They fought for the reform of China and sacrificed themselves As one of the earlier leaders of the Party Qu Qiubai was a Marxist an excellent proletarian revolutionist theorist and publicist as well as one of the founders of the revolutionary literature in China Zhang Tailei is a name closely related to foundation of Socialist Youth League and Guangzhou Uprising He was one of the earliest international activists in the Party as well as the link between the Party and Communist International Youth League and Youth Communist International He was called the real internationalist Yun Daiying was one of the early Party leaders He was also a political scientist theorist and leader of youth movements He participated into and led the May Fourth Movement the May 30th Movement Nanchang Uprising and Guangzhou Uprising etc Having been influenced by him numerous young people stepped onto the road of reform Three heroes of Changzhou are the representatives of the celebrities of Changzhou and they will be the pride of Changzhou people 20 Zhou Youguang 1906 2017 linguist often credited as the father of Hanyu Pinyin Hua Luogeng 1910 1985 prominent mathematician Xie Zhiliu 1910 1997 prominent painter Tang Jun 1962 former President of Microsoft in China Lu Lan 1987 Olympic athlete and badminton player Won the woman s championship at the 2009 BWF World Championships See also EditChangzhou sesame candy List of twin towns and sister cities in ChinaReferences Edit local leadership information Retrieved 2022 03 07 a b Changzhou Jiangsu City Information in Simplified Chinese Changzhou Municipal Statistic Bureau 2010 03 01 Archived from the original on 2015 05 30 Retrieved 2010 06 30 a b OECD Urban Policy Reviews China 2015 OECD READ edition OECD iLibrary OECD Urban Policy Reviews OECD 18 April 2015 p 37 doi 10 1787 9789264230040 en ISBN 9789264230033 ISSN 2306 9341 Archived from the original on 27 March 2017 Retrieved 9 December 2017 Linked from the OECD here Archived 2017 12 09 at the Wayback Machine a b China Jiangsu Prefectures Cities Districts and Counties Population Statistics Charts and Map www citypopulation de Archived from the original on 2018 10 02 Retrieved 2014 12 31 Historical Changes Archived from the original on 2018 12 25 Retrieved 2018 12 25 Communique of the Seventh National Census of Changzhou 2021 05 20 Retrieved 2022 03 07 Scientific Education Card Archived from the original on 2018 12 25 Retrieved 2018 12 25 China CN GDP Jiangsu Changzhou Economic Indicators www ceicdata com Archived from the original on 2019 03 06 Retrieved 2019 03 03 RightSite asia Changzhou Export Processing Zone Archived from the original on 2010 06 11 Retrieved 2010 07 01 RightSite asia Changzhou National Hi Tech District Archived from the original on 2010 05 26 Retrieved 2010 07 01 Economy Card Archived from the original on 2018 12 25 Retrieved 2018 12 25 1981年 2010年 常州 月平均气温和降水 in Simplified Chinese National Meteorological Center of CMA Retrieved 22 November 2022 常州 气象数据 中国天气网 in Chinese Weather China Retrieved 22 November 2022 常州地铁1号线今日正式开通初期运营 cz001 com cn in Chinese China 2019 09 21 Archived from the original on 2019 09 21 Retrieved 2019 09 22 Changzhou BRT Archived from the original on 2009 01 22 Retrieved 2009 01 19 Culture Card Archived from the original on 2018 12 25 Retrieved 2018 12 25 中华恐龙园官网 www cnkly com Archived from the original on 2009 01 18 Retrieved 2009 01 17 Tourism Card Archived from the original on 2018 12 25 Retrieved 2018 12 25 Buddhists gather to inaugurate world s tallest pagoda China Daily Xinhua 2007 04 30 Archived from the original on 2007 12 09 Retrieved 2007 04 30 Figure Card Archived from the original on 2018 12 25 Retrieved 2018 12 25 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Changzhou Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Changzhou Government website of Changzhou in Chinese Changzhou city guide with open directory Jiangsu NET The history and culture of Changzhou city Mildchina com Cafe Zeeland The first European style cafe of Changzhou in Chinese Universities available for international students in Changzhou Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Changzhou amp oldid 1126260802, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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