Inter IKEA, one of the world’s top retailers (which owns the IKEA trademark), recently announced plans to build its first Chinese shopping centre in Wuxi. The Inter IKEA Wuxi Shopping Centre will be located on Yunlin Street in Xishan District, and is ... Read More>>
According to the Wuxi Bureau of Transportation, Wuxi mobile phone users can currently inquire about bus and taxi information via SMS. Next year, users will be able to get all kinds of transportation information via SMS, such as flights, railway and ... Read More>>
During the opening ceremonies of the 2nd China Wetland Culture Festival and Asian Wetland Forum in Wuxi on October 11th, the Lianghong National Wetland Park was approved by the State Forestry Administration to become one of China’s 12 official ... Read More>>
The 2011 Wuxi Golden Autumn Shopping Festival (as well as the Zhongshan Lu 2nd Leisure Shopping Week) officially kicked off on September 28th. During the festival, which will be open until October 31st, locals and visitors can enjoy big promotions offered ... Read More>>
The 2011 Tour of Taihu Lake will be held on November 1st in Wuxi. The 5-day bike race will cover a distance of over 600 km in Wuxi, Suzhou and Changzhou. The Wuxi Lake track, according to reports, starts with Lihu Lake Light Square and goes by Taihu ... Read More>>
New direct flights between Wuxi and Taipei officially began on August 29th. The total journey time has now been shortened to two hours. See also: Wuxi Transport - Airport Read More>>
Starting from August 29th, Shenzhen Airlines Wuxi Branch will open a new direct flight from Wuxi Shuofang Airport to Taipei Taoyuan Airport. It will be the 3rd regional flight Shenzhen Airlines opens in Wuxi, following flights to Macao and Hong Kong. The ... Read More>>
Leopard will open a new franchise restaurant in Wuxi on July 31st. It is located at the New City Life Square (新之城全生活广场) in the Central Business District. Leopard’s open buffet style dinner experience is sure to become a hit with the locals. ... Read More>>
On June 26th,, the Wuxi Tourist Center was moved to the Bus Passenger Station of Wuxi Central Station (originally called Wuxi Comprehensive Transportation Hub). In August, a tourist reception area will be set up at the first floor lobby of the Central ... Read More>>
The Phase II area of Chong'an Temple Street Mall in Wuxi was recently finished and is now open to the public. With the phase II construction complete, the shopping area has been more than doubled in size from 56,000 sq. m to 130,000 sq. m. You can get to ... Read More>>
The 61st Miss World Wuxi Division began registration on June 7th. According to reports, in addition to hosting this year’s division pageant, Wuxi will also host the final for this year’s Miss World competition. That means Miss World 2011 will be ... Read More>>
Wuxi Tourist Distribution Center will officially launch a shuttle bus route to Changzhou World Joyland from April 30th. Buses will depart from both Wuxi Tourist Distribution Center (the waiting room in the west section of Wuxi Bus Station) and Joyland. The ... Read More>>
Huishan Folk Culture Temple Fair (Huishan Temple Fair for short) will kick off at Xihui Park on the morning of April 16th. The highlight of this year’s Huishan Temple Fair will be the large-scale parade of 1,100 actors separated into 50 square-shaped ... Read More>>
The China Clay Museum will be open in May in Wuxi City, “the hometown of clay figurines”. The museum has currently collected over one thousand clay figurines from across China. According to reports, the clay museum, which is located in Huishan ... Read More>>
According to reports, the city of Wuxi plans to construct four new subway lines with a total track length of 150 kilometres between 2011 and 2017. These lines will connect Wuxi with Jiangyin and Yixing. At this point, the project is still in the planning ... Read More>>
Starting on January 24, Tianjin Airlines will begin Tianjin to Wuxi non-stop flights. The new round-trip flights will occur every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The flight No. is GS6611/2. It departs from Tianjin at 10:10 and arrives in Wuxin at ... Read More>>
The Wuxi Subway Line 2 project was launched on January 16. Preliminary work has been ongoing. It is reported that the construction period for the project is about 4 years and it is expected to be put into test operation by the end of 2014. See Also: Wuxi ... Read More>>
After the Shanghai-Hangzhou high speed railway opened on the 26th, passengers going from Wuxi to Hangzhou need only 1 hour 42 minutes to get to their destination. Driving a car to Hangzhou takes 2 hours and 25 minutes at the fastest, while the local train ... Read More>>
The Taihu highway viaduct was officially opened on Sept. 27th. With it, it now takes only 15 minutes to drive from downtown Suzhou to Taihu Lake. Read More>>
Before May, Wuxi launched the eastern portion of the ancient canal tour (from Yunhe Park to Yangyao Bay) which is part of the Wuxi’s city water tour. On Sep 20th, the complete canal tour began. The whole trip takes about 80 minutes. Currently, there ... Read More>>
At the press conference held on August 25th, a spokesperson with Wuxi municipal government has announced that the city has successfully passed the China preliminaries in its bid for the title of “International Garden City” (type E city award). ... Read More>>
A famous street food night market from Taiwan will be arriving in Wuxi this year. In December, the Taiwan style temple fair and night market will be arriving at Nanchan Temple in Wuxi, at Nanmen Toushan gourmet street. It is planned that there will be ... Read More>>
Qingming Bridge Street in Wuxi has been chosen as one of “China's Famous Streets Rich in History and Culture”. A total of ten streets rich in culture and history that were recognized in this year's round of judgments. “China's Famous ... Read More>>
During the May Day Holiday, the Grand Canal Scenic Belt in Wuxi officially opened to the public. Since the restoration project started in the end of 2007, authorities have invested 2.2 billion RMB, carefully restored the Original Rong Laike and Beitang Rice ... Read More>>