Located in the Yangtze River Delta, Kunshan neighbors on the international metropolis of Shanghai in the east and leaning against Suzhou the historical and cultural famous city of China in the west, with a total city area of 927 square kilometers and a population of 650,000 permanent registered residents. Having a favorable regional position, Kunshan enjoys convenient traffic condiitons, with the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, Suzhou-Shanghai Expressway, Suzhou Round-the-city Expressway and No.312 State Highway passing through the city and being only 42 kilometers away from the Shanghai Hongqiao Airport.

      Kunshan has a long history and a gathering of talents, and Gu Yanwu the famous thinker, Zhu Bolu the educationist, Gui Youguang the prose writer, and Wang An the “computer magnate” are all natives from Kunshan. The land here is the birth place of Kunqu Opera “the patriarch of all the Chinese operas”. Kunshan is rich in products and has numerous delicacies, with the hairy crab from Yangcheng Lake being well-known far and near, and Marvelous Kitchen noodles, simmered duck from Zhoushi, cured neat from Zhangpu (Riverside of Clan Zhang), button from Qiandeng (Thousand of Lamps and Lanterns), green dumplings from Zhengyi, stocking-sole-shaped short cakes from Jinxi (Brocade Stream) and Wanshan food series from Zhouzhuang being all in everybody’s good graces.

       Since the reform and opening-up, Kunshan has made great efforts to implement export-oriented bringing-along strategy, and has taken its own “road of Kunshan” of taking the lead in development, of scientific development and of harmonious development, being honored in succession with the titles of the State Hygienic City, State Environment-Protection Model City, National Excellent Tourism City, State Garden City and State Ecological City. In 2006, the whole city fulfilled a regional gross product of 93.2 billion yuan, a total import-export of 42.8 billion yuan, and an omni-caliber financial revenue of 15.13 billion yuan, taking the lead in the realizing of the all-round well-to-do society indexes of Jiangsu Province, and ranking first in the list of National Top Hundred Counties (Cities) in two years running.

      The time-honored history, splendid culture and unique natural landscape make up the rich and colorful tourism resources of Kunshan. And the ancient towns of the water land, leisure and holiday resorts as well as city sightseeing and numerous historical and cultural remains compose the four tourism plates of Kunshan. Zhouzhuang the number one water land of China enjoys reputation both at home and abroad with its typical style and features of “small bridges over the flowing streams with some family houses” , and has been listed among the first batch of national Grade-5A scenic areas; the ancient town of Jinxi has won initial success in its namebrand making of “China’s Land of Civilian-run Museums” ; Qiandeng the historical and cultural famous town of China has become the National Base of Patriotism Education; Yangcheng Lake and Dianshan Lake the provincial-level tourism and holiday resorts are of the sky and water meeting in a common color to present a grotesque sight; Yufeng (Jade Peak) Hill is “a peak oushining others on a hundred li of plain” ; and the Dangui (Orange Osmanthus) Garden contributes to one’s pleasure of mind and inner tranquility. The world-renowned enterprises of Giant, Tongli Electric Elevator, Suntory Beer as well as State Modern Agriculture Exemplary Zone and other national industrial and agricultural tourism exemplary spots have formed an assembly of industrial and agricultural tourism points. Kunshan has 4 standard golf coursed, conference and exposition center and spots center with top grade facilities as well as numerous leisure and entertainment sites, bing an ideal place for business trip and conference-exposotition trip as well as relaxation and holidy making.
With a complete set of perfect tourism service facilities, Kunshan is provided with 20 star-grade tourist hotels and a group of top-grade business hotels; and the tourist inquiry service centers, aviation booking offices, shopping malls for tourists, tourism automobile leasing companies are available in all varieties, to provide an omni-bearing and thoughtful service for the tourists.
Kunshan, a city fusing the primitive simplicity with modernism as well as synchronizing the classical with the fashion tide, has not only create the splendor of economic development, but also displaying its charm of tourism culture.