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Fuqiao Town
May 15, 2018
Located at the central area of the Port Area of Taicang Port Economic Development Zone, Fuqiao town is 30 kilometers away from downtown Taicang.
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Liuhe Town
May 15, 2018
Liuhe town is the first town in the Yangtze River estuary, the starting point for Zheng He’s seven voyages (Zheng He was a great navigator in the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644), and the hometown of the famous physics scientist Chienshiung Wu and painting master Zhu Qizhan.
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Shaxi Town
May 15, 2018
Located in central and north Taicang, Shaxi town, covering an area of 126.7 square kilometers, consists of 20 villager committees and eight neighborhood committees with a permanent resident population of 85,000 and a floating population of about 68,000.
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Chengxiang Town
May 15, 2018
Chengxiang town covers an area of 85.71 square kilometers. It consists of six villager committees and 22 neighborhood committees, with a permanent resident population of 94,000 and a floating population of 79,000.
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Administrative division and population
May 15, 2018
Taicang administrates the Taicang Port Economic Development Zone (the port area and the new area), the New Science and Education Town, six townships, one sub-district, 3,239 villager teams under 76 villager committees.
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Location
May 15, 2018
Taicang is adjacent to the Yangtze River in the east and faces Chongming Island across the river. It borders Baoshan and Jiading districts of Shanghai in the south, Kunshan city in the west and Changshu city in the north.
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Culture
May 15, 2018
It has long been the home to culture with rich cultural heritages and long education benefits and formed the unique Loudong Culture. It is where Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty set sail for his seven grand voyages.