Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, prefecture-level city, located in the south of Jiangsu Province, the Yangtze River Delta Plain hinterland, east of Taihu Lake, north of the Yangtze River, east of Wuxi City, west of Nanjing City, Zhenjiang City border, south of Wuxi City, Anhui Province, Xuancheng City; terrain is the lower reaches of the Yangtze River plains, both the high sandy plains and hills and lakes and polder, the topography of the southwest high, low in the northeast; for the northern subtropical humid monsoon climate, the four seasons are clear, rainfall is plentiful; The total area of the city is 4,385 square kilometers. As of February 2024, the city governs five districts and substitutes for one county-level city, with the municipal people's government stationed at 1280 Longcheng Avenue. As of the end of 2023, the city had a resident population of 5,375,000, with an urbanization rate of 78.51%.
Changzhou is a national historical and cultural city. In the late Spring and Autumn Period (547 BC), Jiza, the fourth son of King Shoumeng of Wu, founded the city of Yanling, which began a history of more than 2,500 years of accurate chronology and exact names of places, and has been the seat of counties, prefectures, roads, and prefectures in successive dynasties. In the ninth year of the reign of Emperor Kaihuang of the Sui Dynasty (589), Changzhou was first called Changzhou, and the city was established in 1949. Changzhou is a city in the center of Yangtze River Delta, an important city in Shanghai Metropolitan Area and Suzhou-Wuxi Changzhou Metropolitan Area, and an advanced manufacturing base in Yangtze River Delta. Changzhou has convenient transportation conditions by water, land and air, with Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, Shanghai-Nanjing City Railway, Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, Ning-Hangzhou Expressway and Beijing-Hangzhou Canal passing through the city, and there is a civil aviation airport, Changzhou Beniu International Airport. Famous scenic spots in the city include China Spring and Autumn Drowning City Tourism Zone, Maoshan Mountain, China Dinosaur Park, Tianning Temple, Qingguo Lane, Tianmu Lake, Chendu Cao Tang and so on.
In 2023, Changzhou realized a regional GDP of 1011.636 billion yuan, per capita disposable income of 62,592 yuan, and general public budget revenue of 68.03 billion yuan.