Changzhou, nicknamed the Dragon Town, is a city with a history of 2,500 years. Situated in the downstream of Yangtze River Drainage Basin and on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou has been a national tourist hub and one of provincial industrial centers.

The earliest history of Changzhou started at the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the original town was founded as a commandery in 221 B.C. Changzhou got its current name, ordinary prefecture, in 589 A.D., and after the Grand Canal was constructed, the town became a canal port and a transshipment point. In later Taiping Rebellion Period, there were lots of municipal constructions including palaces and government offices, housing leaders of the dynasty. In the 1920s, Changzhou started to attract mill owners for cotton industry and the industry finally made Changzhou a national textile center in China.

Changzhou City is one of Jiangsu thirteen prefecture-level cities which administers five old municipal districts and two county-level cities.

Noted with its people’s honesty and faithfulness, Changzhou boasts its economic and cultural prosperity, social harmony, and its excellent protected environment.