Jiangsu is a province with more balanced domestic development, and most of the next urban development is more powerful, although the southern Jiangsu region is stronger than the northern Jiangsu region, but the gap between the regions is not large. Jiangsu's economy is booming in the construction of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which runs through almost every city in Jiangsu from the north to the south, and the area along the canal has basically been well developed. Moreover, the water network in Jiangsu is dense, and many small towns are economically prosperous because of shipping.
Jiangsu "sub-county-level town", formed by the merger of 3 towns, is known as the "first town in the southeast", called Shaxi Town, is a small town under the jurisdiction of Taicang. Jiangsu people are certainly not unfamiliar with Taicang, one of the four county-level cities managed by Suzhou, and have strong economic strength. Taicang is strategically located adjacent to Shanghai in the south and will achieve a GDP of 138.6 billion yuan in 2020. Taicang's economy is prosperous, so its street and town strength will naturally not be bad, and Shaxi Town is a leader.
Shaxi Town covers an area of 132.4 square kilometers, in the early years did not have such a large scale, by the merger of 3 towns, the scale has been expanded, only set as a "sub-county town", 3 towns are the original Shaxi Town, Yuewang Town, Guizhuang Town, in 2003 these 3 towns merged to form a new Shaxi Town. Today, Shaxi Town is quite prosperous, with a total population of 144,000, a GDP of 12.893 billion yuan in 2017, and a per capita GDP of nearly 90,000 yuan.
Shaxi Town is located in the central and western part of Taicang, positioned as a satellite town of Taicang, the territory of Shaxi Ancient Town is a national 4A attractions, although not as famous as Zhouzhuang, Qiandeng, Jinxi, but also an antique water town, ancient streets, ancient buildings, rich tourism resources, there are Shaxi Old Street, Wu Xiaobang Former Residence and other small attractions. The cuisine of Shaxi Town is the more common feature of Taicang, Shaxi lard rice candy is the most famous, as well as pine nut sugar, tusong sweet potato, pearl cake and so on.
Shaxi Town's cultural tourism business, is the town's development signboard, here from the center of Shanghai, closer than the center of Suzhou, to Shanghai only need 1 hour by car, economic and trade is quite prosperous, but many people see, is Shaxi as a historical ancient town of the humanistic style. There are 2 highways and 1 national highway in the town, namely 204 National Highway, Shenhai Expressway and Sukuntai Expressway, which are convenient for road travel.
Railway travel or rely on the surrounding city's railway stations, Taicang Station, Taicang South Station, Taicang Port Station, etc., there is a new railway station Shaxi Town in the town, Shanghai-Tong Railway set up a station here, but also for the development of Shaxi Town to bring opportunities and convenience. Shaxi Town once had the praise of "the first town in the southeast", and now it still continues its glory.