无锡地处长江三角洲中心，东邻上海，西接南京，京杭大运河穿城而过。无锡是中国著名的鱼米之乡，吴文化、中国民族工业和乡镇企业的发祥地之一。
这座具有三千年历史的国家历史文化名城，是中国著名的“四大米市”之一，被誉为“太湖明珠”。这里集江、河、湖、泉、洞之美于一体，是国际花园城市和中国10个重点旅游城市之一；这里生态环境优良，是中国最具国际生态竞争力城市，建成了中国首个生态城市群；这里科技发达，人才辈出，是传感网国家高技术产业基地、“感知中国”中心，当今中国的两院院士中，无锡籍院士多达80人，居全国地级市前列；这里交通便利，是连接南北、沟通东西的区域性交通枢纽，每周有500多个架次航班往来于日本、香港、澳门、台湾以及北京、广州、成都等20余个海内外城市；这里经济发达，是中国投资环境最优城市之一，综合实力连续多年位居全国大中城市十强之列，人均GDP已超18000美元，列江苏省首位。“太湖佳绝处，运河水弄堂，灵山吉祥地，百年工商城”，如今，美丽的无锡正积极科学发展，率先发展，着力打造“源远流长的吴文化、经世致用的工商文化、多姿多彩的山水文化、天人合一的和谐文化、科技时尚的影视文化”五大文化品牌，努力建设“魅力无锡、创新无锡、创业无锡、幸福无锡。”
Located at the center of the Yangtze River Delta, with Shanghai to its east, Nanjing to its west and the Grand Canal running through, Wuxi is a famous land of milk and honey in China and also the origin of the Wu Culture, Chinese Folk Industry and rural enterprises.
As a China's famous historical and cultural city and one of “The Four Markets of Rice “, it is reputed as the pearl of Taihu Lake. The combination of rivers, lakes, springs makes Wuxi the international Garden City and one of the ten key tourist cities in China: The ecological environment in Wuxi is great, thus it is China's most competitive city in the international community with the first ecological urban agglomeration in China.
Wuxi also boasts developed science and technology, talented people, being the national high-tech industry base of sensor network and the center of “Kaleidoscope of Chinese Culture". Among the academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, 80 are from Wuxi, which makes its ranking at the top. With the convenient transportation, Wuxi is an important transportation hub of communication between the north and the south, the east and the west. There are more than 500 flights per week to more than 20 cities at home and abroad such as Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu and so forth.
Wuxi is also one of the optimal cities with investment environment in China. With the advanced economy, the integral strength of Wuxi has been among the top 10 of the Large and medium-sized cities in China. Per capita GDP has reached 18,000 US dollars, ranking the first in Jiangsu province.
