沙溪镇

位于太仓市的中北部，是中国新舞蹈艺术奠基人吴晓邦的故乡，中国历史文
化名镇。镇总面积132.14平方公里，东与港区相连，西与昆山接壤，南与城
厢镇毗邻，北接常熟。辖20个行政村、8个社区居委会，户籍人口近9万人，
常住人口约16万人。
生物医药产业园、台资科技创新产业园、新材料产业园三大新兴产业园初具
规模。古镇保护与开发稳步推进，成功入选 “中国世界文化遗产预备名单”，
获评国家4A级旅游景区。
沙溪先后荣获“中国人居环境范例奖”、“全国特色景观旅游名镇”、“江苏省经
济发达镇行政管理体制改革试点镇”、“江苏省文明镇”等荣誉称号。

Located in the middle and northern
parts of Taicang, Shaxi Town was
home of Wu Xiaobang, who is the
founder of New Art of Dance of
China, and also a famous historic and
cultural town of China. Covering an
area of 132.14 square kilometers, the
town borders the port area on the
east, Kunshan on the west, Chengxiang
Town on the south and Changshu
on the north. It consists of 20 administrative
villages and eight neighborhood
committees with a registered
population of nearly 90,000 and
permanent population of about
160,000.
The Bio-medicine Industrial Park, the
Taiwan-funded Science and Technology
Innovation Industrial Park and the
Shaxi Town New Materials Industrial Park, which
are three major parks for emerging
industries, have taken initial shape.
The protection and development of
the ancient town are in stable progress.
The ancient town has been
added to China’s Tentative List of the
World Cultural Heritage and designated
as a National Grade 4A tourist
destination.
Shaxi has won many awards and
titles, including China Habitat
Environment Example Prize, National
Famous Tourism Towns with Special
Views, the Pilot Town for Administrative
System Reform of Developed
Towns of Jiangsu Province, and
Culturally Advanced Town of Jiangsu
Province.