Also, Taixing has obvious geographical advantages and convenient land and water transportation. Beijing-Shanghai, Tong Ning and Ningjingyan Expressway pass through the territory, with five interchanges. Xinchang Railway, which passes through the hinterland, is directly connected with Longhai Line and Beijing-Guangzhou Line, and Taixing has a passenger and freight station. Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge connects Taixing with Shanghai and southern Jiangsu. The 25.2-kilometer-long coastline of the Yangtze River has a national first-class general wharf for opening to the outside world and a special wharf for chemicals, building materials, liquefied gas and coal, which has unique advantages in water transportation. Taixing is 2.5 hours' drive from Shanghai Pudong International Airport and 2 hours' drive from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport and Nanjing Lukou Airport. Taixing and Wuxi belong to the 1 hour economic circle, while Shanghai and Zhejiang belong to the 2-hour economic circle.
Taixing has fertile land and rich specialties. The annual output of ginkgo biloba accounts for one-third of the country. Taixing Giant Buddha Finger was designated by Kunming World Expo 1999 as the only "pollution-free Ginkgo biloba" with permanent naming rights, which sold well at home and abroad. The domestic carbon dioxide gas field has a good development prospect, with reserves exceeding 1000 billion cubic meters and purity of 99.9%. This is the largest carbon dioxide gas field discovered in China so far. The city has a good industrial base. There are more than 360 large-scale enterprises with annual sales income of more than 5 million yuan, and 46 enterprises with output value exceeding 100 million yuan, including 5 enterprises with output value exceeding 654.38+0 billion yuan or profits and taxes exceeding 100 million yuan. The main products involve nearly 6,000 varieties in ten categories, such as chemical industry, medicine, machinery and textile. The output of reducer, crankshaft, indigo dye, violin and other products 10 ranks first in the country. The construction industry has a long-standing reputation, and the construction project has won the Luban Award, the highest honor of engineering quality in China, and the Golden House Award for total quality management for seven times. Jiangsu Zhongxing Construction Co., Ltd. was established in 200 1, with a registered capital of 333 million yuan and net assets of 424 million yuan. It has the special qualification of national housing construction general contracting, and the construction market covers five continents. The export-oriented economy is booming, with more than 400 foreign-invested enterprises. Taixing Economic Development Zone at the provincial level has perfect facilities and complete functions. In 2002, it was named "China Fine Chemical Industry (Taixing) Development Park" by China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association. At present, 65 enterprises from the United States, France, the Netherlands, Singapore, Taiwan Province Province of China and other countries and regions have settled down, including Akzo Nobel, the world's top 500 company, and large multinational companies such as Xinpu and Aisen.
Taixing has outstanding people and profound cultural heritage. In modern times, a number of outstanding figures have emerged, such as Ding Wenjiang,, and so on. The city's general education and vocational and technical education have always been at the leading level in the province, which has sent tens of thousands of qualified talents for higher education and trained a large number of high-quality outstanding management talents and workers.
The economy is also good. Taixing is rich in agricultural resources, and is known as "the hometown of ginkgo", "the hometown of education", "the hometown of construction" and "the hometown of pigs". It is a national key lean-meat pig, high-quality ginkgo production base and vegetable production and processing export base. Taixing has a solid industrial economic foundation, with more than 2,500 industrial enterprises, including 358 enterprises above designated size, forming a pillar industry with electromechanical, chemical, textile, food, light industry, medical care and building materials as the main body. The production scale and market share of eight products in the city rank among the top in China, among which six products rank among the top three in China, and four products have become "individual champions", and a number of enterprises such as Taixing Group, Tailong Group, Zhong Dan Group and Jichuan Pharmaceutical have emerged with sales exceeding 65.438 billion yuan or profits and taxes exceeding 100 million yuan. Indigo production accounts for 1/3 of the world's total output, violin production accounts for 20% of the world's primary market, and reducer production ranks first in China.
Taixing's construction industry has developed rapidly. At present, there are 1 enterprises with special qualification for general contracting of housing construction in China, 7 enterprises with second-class qualification and 2 enterprises with third-class qualification. He has won the highest quality award in China for many times, and won the titles of "Magic Soldier" and "Iron Army" in the domestic and foreign construction markets. Taixing's service industry has developed rapidly. There are 67 markets in the city, of which 5 are 100 million yuan markets. Traditional industries such as commerce and catering continued to grow, basic industries such as transportation, post and telecommunications and municipal services developed rapidly, and industries such as finance and insurance, information consulting, community service and real estate rose rapidly. Taixing is a riverside city with accelerating pace of development and opening up.
By June 2005, merchants from more than 40 countries and regions had come to Taixing to invest and start businesses, and a total of 70 foreign-invested enterprises/kloc-0 had been established, with a total actually utilized foreign capital of 250 million US dollars. World-renowned multinational companies such as Akzo Company in the Netherlands have settled in Taixing. Import and export trade grew strongly. There are 8 self-operated import and export authorized enterprises in the city, and the export market has developed to 137 countries and regions. Foreign economic cooperation has been further expanded. The city's labor export covers 34 countries and regions such as Asia, Africa, Europe and the United States, and has established sister city relations with Acadia, Brocken County and St. George's City in California. The coastline of Taixing Yangtze River is 25.2 kilometers, of which 9.8 kilometers is the first and second-class deep-water coastline, which is becoming an important plate for open development along the Yangtze River. At present, the overall planning of development along the Yangtze River has been completed. Key infrastructure projects such as high-grade highways along the Yangtze River are progressing smoothly, and key parks such as China Fine Chemical Industry (Taixing) Park are developing well.