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Wuxi lies
to the north of Thai Lake, in Jiangsu province. It is one of the
important industrial areas in China. It is 4650 square kilometers
in area and the population is 4240000.
Wuxi is in
the plain area, the southern part of it is hilly areas, and there
are a lot of rivers and lakes. It belongs to monsoon climate of
inferior torrid zone. The annual temperature is 15.5, the annual
precipitation is 1100mm, and the blank frost period can last 239
days. In Wuxi, the water and soil resources are abundant, and
also, there are some other mineral resources, such as marble and
lime stone.
The county
industry in Wuxi is the most developing area in China. Wuxi is the
main center of cotton textiles and one of the important bases of
machine and electron industry. The pottery production of Yixing is
famous both in China and abroad. Dingshu Town is the main
producing area and it is called the city of pottery. The
agriculture is developing, there is rice, fresh-water fish,
cocoon, fruits and so on. It is the famous land of fish and rice
in our country.
Wuxi is one
of the important hubs of water transport and land transport in
Jiangnan area. The railway, inland water transport and highway are
developed. Also the airplanes here can take you to Beijing and
some other cities. Thai Lake scenery area that crosses Wuxi and
Suzhou is one of the important places of interest in China. Thai
Lake is the third biggest fresh lake in China, there are many
islands in the lake, and the scene is very beautiful. In addition,
there are some other places of interest, such as Yunv Pool in
Yixing, Dongpo Hall, Xingguo Tower in Jiangyin, Xuxiake memorial
hall and so on.
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