CHANGZHOU,A HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CITY .CHANGZHOU,A MODERN AND ECONOMIC CITY .THE CITY OF CHANGZHOU, LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEASTOF JIANGSU PROVINCE,IS CONTIGUOUSTO SHANGHAI ANDNANJIN IN OTHERWIE DIRECTION, WITH THE YANGTZERIVER LYING TO THE NORTH WHILE THE TAIHU LAKE TOTHE SOUTH. THE CITY ENJOYS CONVENIENTTRANSPORTATION WITH RAILWAY LINES AND THE GRANDCANAL ACROSS THE CITY PROPER,HIGH WAYS ALONGIT,AND SCHEDULED FLIGHTS TO OVER10 CITIES.CHANGZHOU HAS JURISDICTION OVER THREECITIES WUJIN, JINTAN AND LIYANG, COVERING AN AREAOF 4,375 SQUARE KILOMETERS WITH A POPULATION OF3.39 MILLION. IT IS FAVOURED WITH A MILD CLIMATEAND RICH PRODUCTS.WITH A LONG HISTORY OF OVER 2500 YEARS, IT WASCALLED YANLING, LANLING AND AN ALTERNATIVENAMEDRAGON CITY. IT IS USUALLY HONORED AS THESTRATEGIC TOWN IN THE WU AREA AND A FAMED CAPITALOF EIGHT COUNTIES,AND HOME TO A GALAXY OFTALENTS, THE LONG HISTORY HAS LEFT BEHIND MANYHISTORICAL RELICE SUCH AS YANCHENG OF SPRING ANDAUTUMN PERIOD, TIANNING TEMPLE OF TANG DYNASTYAND OTHERS.IN RECENT YEARS, CHANGZHOU HAS QUICKENED THEDEVELOPMET OF SCENIC SPOTS AND ESTABLISHED WUJINYANCHENG REMAINS, JINTAN MAOSHAN SCENIC SPOT ANDLIYANG TIANMU LAKE TOURISM VACATION ZONE, WHICHATTRACT TOURISTS WITH ITS DEEP CULTURALCONNOTATION AND UNIQUE NATURAL SCENERY.