Nanzha town is located in the southern suburbs of Jiangyin City in the beautiful and fertile Taihu Plain and at the heart of the economically prosperous Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou area.The town is just 6 and 11 kilomerters to Jiangyin Port and Zhangjiagang respectively,two first-class open ports in the country,and 3 kilomerters to the entrance to Xicheng Expressway and the Xinchang Railway and the busy Xicheng Highway runs across the town.Transportation is very conventent and economic and social undertakings are developing rapidly.The total area of the town is 45 square kilomerters.There are 15 administrative villages and 1 neighborhood committee under the town with a permanent resident population of 47,000. The GDP of the town in 2002reached1,250,000,000yuan,revenue 57,170,000 yuan,profit and tax 160,000,000 yuan,total industrial output 2,110,000,000 yuan and tertiary industry added value 687,000,000 yuan.