1. Location Advantage
Lying in the southern Jiangsu of the Yangtze River Delta, Gaochun is adjacent to Suzhou, Wuxi and Changshu in the east, Wuhu, Xuancheng and Ma’anshan in the west, a 50-minute drive to Nanjing urban area, a 25-minute drive to Nanjing Lukou International Airport. It takes only one hour to neighboring Changzhou, Huzhou, Wuhu, Ma’anshan, Xuancheng etc, and 2 hours to Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi, Tongling, etc.
2. Traffic Advantage
With highways and roads leading everywhere, Ninggao Expressway (Nanjing-Gaochun), Ningxuan Expressway (Nanjing-Xuancheng), Ningwang First-class Highway (Nanjing-Xuancheng) and Wutai Highway (Wuhu-Wuxi) run across the county. The distinct waterway of the county extends westward to the Yangtze Golden Channel and eastward to Sunan Water Network of Taihu Lake, and trans-Gaochun Wushen Canal (Wuhu-shanghai) is three-level waterway. Ninghang Interurban Railway (Nanjing-Hangzhou) and surround urban light rail have passed the planning.
3. Cost Advantage
Gaochun is located at the junction of Jiangsu and Anhui, rich in labor resources, lower in labor costs accounting for 65%-70% of average level in southern Jiangsu.
4. Scientific and Educational Advantage
Nanjing is one of the country's three colleges and universities concentration areas, with Nanjing University, Southeast University and other well-known universities to provide all manner of required qualified talents for enterprise development.
5. Ecological Advantage
Gaochun boasts good ecological environment in northern sub-tropical and middle subtropical transition monsoon climate. It has four distinct seasons, cold and heat significantly, plentiful rainfall, abundant sunshine and long frost-free period, with annual rainfall of 1213 millimeters and 20 fine days every year. Domestic water is second-class water (direct drinking), and its Gucheng Lake crabs enjoy equal popularity as Yangcheng Lake crabs.
6. Geological Advantage
Gaochun is the best geological environment area of Jiangsu Province. With an average altitude of 20 meters, the natural environment of the county shows a pattern of three mountains, two rivers and five fields. The industrial plant construction needs no piling for its average ground endurance of 20 tons or more. Ground water and the foundation above the groundwater level are non-corrosive to reinforced bars in concrete and concrete structure, and engineering geology is in good conditions.
7. Cultural Advantage
Gaochun, with a long history, has rich historical and cultural heritage, and human characteristics of Wu and Chu customs, located on the borders between the two ancient kingdoms Wu and Chu. Xuecheng Ruins of 6300 years ago is the earliest Neolithic sites in Nanjing, and Gaochun Old Street is known as “Jinling First Ancient Street”.
8. Service Advantage
Gaochun Administrative Service Center supplies “one-stop” services for foreign investors, builds the “Green Channel” for the travelling merchants, spares no effort to help foreign investors deal with passports, planning approval, capital construction, recruitments and various matters during the production operation.
9. Environment Advantage
Gaochun is a national public security advanced county, with social stability all over the county.
10. Development Zone Advantage
Controlling infrastructure construction in high standard and high quality, the development zone, with complete functions, is growing into a new lakeside area mainly focusing on modern manufacture. It sets up five large characteristic industrial parks, namely, Electronic Information Industrial Park, Biologic Pharmacy Industrial Park, Mechanical Manufacturing Industrial Park, Zhejiang Merchants Industrial Park and New Materials Industrial Park, and has formed industrial groups of optoelectronics, automobile and electromechanical integration.