The Wuxi High-Tech Zone (Xinwu District), recognized for its pioneering spirit and innovative history, is positioned at the geometric center of China’s bustling Yangtze River Delta. As the most significant window of openness and a hotbed for foreign investment in the city, it is home to over 1750 foreign enterprises，with a strong foundation and successful track record of Sino-European collaborative development. Meicun Street is one of the six streets under the jurisdiction of Wuxi High-Tech Zone and an important component of Wuxi National High tech Zone. Flanked by the Sunan Shuofang International Airport to the south and bordered by the Wuxi East Station of the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, the G2 Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, and the National Highway 312 to the north, Meicun enjoys a comprehensive 8-minute direct transportation system for high-speed railways, highways, and airports.
As is well known, China is a country with a long history and rich historical and cultural heritage. Meicun – one of the top ten historical and cultural towns in China, if you want to learn about traditional Chinese culture, you must not miss it. Historically known as Meili, Meicun is located in the Xinwu District of Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, with a population approaching 300,000. Three millennia ago, “Taibo went to Wu and settled down in Meili”, founding the first ancient civilization in Jiangnan region known as “Gouwu”. Historically termed as “Zhide Mingbang” (meaning a place with high moral character and profound cultural accumulation), Meicun has garnered the reputation of “Jiangnan’s premier ancient town”. The village retains numerous historical sites and cultural relics, including the Taibo Temple, Taibo Well, “Zhide Mingbang” Archway, Meili Archaeological Museum, and the first artificial canal in Jiangnan – Bodu River.
As the cradle of Wu culture, Meicun is heralded as a province of poetry, literature, rites, and music, serving as an educational stronghold in Jiangsu Province and rightfully earning the title of “The hometown of Erhu”. As early as 1965, Meicun founded its ethnic instrument factory, marking the commencement of erhu production in the village.TNow, the first “Erhu Cultural Park” in China that integrates the functions of Erhu history and culture, production technology, performance hall, and training and activity base has been established here, as well as the Erhu Industrial Park covering five major regions, including Erhu Workshop, Meili Meili Cultural and Creative Store, Meicun Erhu Live Broadcasting Room, Performance Hall, and Wu Yunxue Hall.
Meicun takes Meili culture as its soul, Meili ancient town as its support, and Wu culture as its core elements, it offers diverse local tourism experiences such as the “Wuyun Meili Folk Tour”, “Zhide Cultural Study Tour”, “Red Meicun Themed Tour”, and the “Meicun Erhu Specialty Tour”.
Yet, the allure of Meicun lies not only in its history and culture but also in its dynamic integration with modern society, which breathes a new life into the town.
In recent years, through strategic initiatives including major project introduction, leading enterprise development, headquarters economy growth, technology-driven innovation, leveraging capital markets, and transformational upgrading, Meicun has fostered new growth poles, becoming an epicenter for industrial agglomeration and technological advancement. The town features three major industrial sectors—intelligent equipment and auto components, electronic information, new energy, and materials—and three major service sectors—modern logistics, commerce, and cultural creativity. Meicun is constantly transforming and upgrading its industries, while also attaching great importance to attracting and cultivating innovative talents. It has established a land area of 30 acres with a total construction area of 15000m2 Meicun Science and Technology Innovation Center, a street technology talent innovation and entrepreneurship platform. As a provincial-level incubator, Meicun continuously improves its technological innovation atmosphere, innovation level, and innovative service system.
The local economy has maintained robust and rapid development. In 2022, the district reported a total fiscal revenue of CNY 2.442 billion, a public budget revenue of CNY 1.39 billion, an industrial output above the designated size of CNY 72.977 billion, revenue from the service industry above the designated size is 5.246 billion yuan, fixed asset investments of CNY 4.849 billion, and actual foreign capital utilization of USD 41.57 million.
In alignment with the national strategy of fostering a “dual circulation” development pattern and green, low-carbon circular growth, Wuxi has decided to establish the Sino-European Industrial Innovation Zone. This initiative is a pivotal component of the Wuxi National High-tech Industrial Development Zone’s development plan, as an important part of the development plan for the six major industrial and urban integration functional zones of the “two cities and four zones” in Wuxi National High tech Industrial Development Zone, the planned area of the park is 24.5 square kilometers with a core area covering 7.7 square kilometers. The initial phase along Xinhua Road is planned to cover 1.15 square kilometers, with its influence extending over the entire Meicun Street. As the location of the China Europe Industrial Innovation Zone, the Wuxi High-tech Zone serves as one of the most significant gateways for international openness and foreign investment not only for the city of Wuxi but also for Jiangsu Province. Hosting over 1,750 foreign enterprises, the zone boasts a solid foundation for Sino-European cooperative development and a track record of success.
Leveraging Wuxi High-tech Zone’s robust foundation for international industrial cooperation, the Sino-European Industrial Innovation Zone adheres to the integrated development concept of a science-industry-city, constructing a high-quality “One core, Two axes, Six parks” development pattern. “One core” refers to the Industrial Innovation Service Support Core; “Two axes” indicate the Xinhua Road Science and Innovation Development Axis and the Xida Road Industrial Service Axis; “Six parks” consist of Intelligent Equipment Industrial Park, Auto Parts Industrial Park, New Energy Industrial Park, New Type Energy Storage Industrial Park, Artificial Intelligence Industrial Park, and Industrial Metaverse Industrial Park.
Fully utilizing the bridge and linkage role of foreign trade organizations such as the EU Project Innovation Center, the China-Britain Business Council, and the French Chamber of Commerce, the Sino-European Industrial Innovation Zone is actively creating four major international cooperative sub-parks, namely the China-Germany International Cooperation Industrial Park, China-France International Cooperation Industrial Park, China-Switzerland International Cooperation Industrial Park, and China-Israel International Cooperation Industrial Park. The zone is actively fostering a future foreign high-end industry cluster predominantly comprising European and American enterprises. Actively building a future foreign high-end industry cluster with European and American enterprises as the main focus, the park will become another unique international industrial highland in Wuxi High tech Zone after completion, striving to become a leading and nationally renowned innovation leading international high-end industry cooperation and development zone in the Yangtze River Delta.
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