Under the jurisdiction of the Suzhou City, east of the Yangtze River and adjacent to Shanghai, Taicang is the closest city to Shanghai along the river, ranked as top seven comprehensive strength cities among the hundred county-level cities. Taicang High-tech Zone is the main position of Taicang's economic development, scientific and technological innovation and cooperation with Germany, and it is also an important gateway for Suzhou to connect with Shanghai. Taicang has been cooperating with Germany for 31 years, and is known as the "Hometown of German Enterprises in China", which is also the only Sino-German enterprise cooperation base in China. Taicang's cooperation with Germany continues to develop in depth, expanding from the economic field to many aspects such as culture, education, science and technology and social management.