Located in the middle section of China's golden coastline,
Wenzhou is one of the 14 coastal cities firstly opened
up to the outside world in 1984.
Wenzhou is around 600 km away from Shanghai, the biggest
city and the business center in China.
Wenzhou covers a land area of 11,784 square kilometers
and a sea area of 11,000 square km, with a population
of 7.5 million.
Wenzhou enjoys agreeable climate and beautiful landscape.
Established 1680 years ago, Wenzhou is the home to a great
number of famous historical and cultural figures as well
as the founding place of China's commerce-focused economic
school.
The transportation and telecommunication facilities in
Wenzhou are quite developed: it is one of China's 45 key
highway pivot cities; its harbor is one of the top 20
pivot harbors in China; its airport has opened 64 air
routes, including the direct flight to Hongkong; its railway
station stands at the top of its counterparts in terms
of passenger and cargo volume.
Wenzhou is one of the most dynamic cities in the world
named by UN Industrial Development Organization and in
2004 it was listed as one of the top 10 Chinese cities
with most economic dynamism.
As a place with an early commencement and rapid development
of market economy since China's reform and opening-up,
wenzhou has maintained a yearly GDP growth rate of more
than 15% over the past 20 years.
The Wenzhounese is an important force among the Chinese
businessmen in the world. At present, there are more than
1.7 million Wenzhounese doing business or run enterprises
all over China and half a million of them scattered around
the globe.
Wenzhou is quite famous for making light industrial products,
and it is the major base in China for manufacturing glasses,
lighter, shoes, textile and so on. |
