Wuxi Introduction

Wuxi is an old city in Jiangsu province, Wuxi borders Changzhou to the west and Suzhou to the east. The northern half looks across to Taizhou to the north over the Yangtze River, while the southern half also borders the province of Zhejiang to the south. Because of its recent development, Wuxi has been dubbed the “little Shanghai”.

The total is 4,787.61 km² with population of 6 Million, Less than half of this in city center.
Predominantly Han Chinese.
Wuxi is far more bearable than that of many other cities around China. Unlike some regions, there are four distinct seasons in Wuxi.It rains practically year round in Wuxi. Rain accumulation varies from 30 – 40 mm in the driest months of December and January up to 160 – 170 mm in the wettest months of June and July.
Winter can feel very cold, but most people still complain that it is much colder in the north of China. However, the temperature rarely dips far below zero, and there is very little snow. Generally speaking the temperature stays between 0 and 10 degrees Celsius during the winter months.

Spring is long and extremely pleasant. There is still a little rain and a few windy days, but nothing too unpleasant. Spring days are usually between 15 and 25 degrees (C) and nights between 15 and 20 degrees (C).

Summer days are mostly in the high 20’s (C) and nights are often still very warm, sometimes dipping down to about 24 degrees (C).
Autumn is still relatively warm, with days in the mid 20’s (C) and nights a little cooler than in summer.

History
Wuxi was founded 3,000 years ago by two fugitive princes, Taibo and Zhongyong, of Zhou from northern China, who intended to give their brother “Jili” the throne. The two princes settled down in “meili”, which is believed to be today’s Meicun of Wuxi (albeit some historic records lead to somewhere in today’s Suzhou).They helped developing local agriculture and waterways and soon this area flourished. After the death of Taibo, because Taibo has no son, the emperor of Zhou named a descendant of his family king of kingdom “Wu”.
Wu became one of the strongest kingdoms during the spring and autumn period. Sunzi (Suntzu), who wrote the famous “the Art of War” came to Wu and helped the king in military.
The culture and economy center of “Wu” area shifted to Suzhou after Yinzheng, the first emperor united China and Wuxi belongs to Suzhou back then. During the Han dynasty, Wuxi was set up as a county by the emperor Wudi.Historic records showed that Tin was discovered during the early ages of Han and conflicts arose in this area because of Tin. Soon it ran out of Tin and some people think this is the reason why it was called Wuxi (No tin).

The prefecture-level city of Wuxi administers 9 county-level divisions, including 7 districts and 2 county-level cities.

Chong’an District ,Nanchang District ,Beitang District ,Binhu District ,Huishan District , Xishan District ,
Wuxi New District ,Jiangyin City and Yixing City .