Wuxi is famous for her sericulture and silk industry. Wuxi is located in the heart of the Yangtze River Delta, the economic center of China, in the south of Jiangsu Province. Facing the Yangtze River in the north and the Taihu Lake in the south,Wuxi is just about 183 kilometers away from Nanjing in the west and 128 kilometers from Shanghai in the east. It takes less than 2 hours from Shanghai Pudong International Airport.