The real rise of Wuxi is in modern times. Wuxi was called little shanghai at that time, and it is still quoted today. This shows that Wuxi's social and economic activities were not active at that time. In the book "Wuxi Guide" at the beginning of last century, we found that what should be recovered should be returned, where should be changed, roads should be repaired, rickshaws should be repaired, and amusement parks should be opened. The number of tourists is several times that of the former, but the benefits will also come, so we pay tribute to them and say that the local customs of Wuxi have become "little shanghai". This is also the earliest origin of Wuxi being called little shanghai!
One hundred years ago, Wuxi's industry began to develop slowly. At that time, Wuxi was also the birthplace of China's national industry. Wuxi takes yarn mills, flour mills and silk mills as its pillar industries, with the number of employees and industrial output value ranking first in the country. Developed industries make Wuxi rise slowly. With the industrial foundation, Wuxi's commerce, transportation, culture and so on. Is slowly rising, traffic, bustling. Little shanghai's name spread like wildfire from now on!
More than 40 years ago, an American photographer came to China, from Beijing to Guangzhou, and took photos all the way south. At that time, China was basically an agricultural society, and the picture in the photo could be described as backward. But when the photographer came to Wuxi, he was deeply shocked! Compared with most cities in China, Wuxi was far ahead at that time.
In 1970s, farmers in China basically made a living by farming. But Wuxi is a special case. Wuxi's township industry is developed, and many villagers do not farm and work in township factories. At that time, the leader of the brigade said that because Wuxi was close to Shanghai, many industrial production in Shanghai spread here. Most of the products here are sold to Shanghai, and then sold to the whole country and exported.
Although there was no reform and opening up at that time, Wuxi's township development model has gradually taken shape, which is the later Sunan model! Sunan mode refers to the way to realize non-agricultural development through the development of township enterprises in Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou, and Wuxi is an important birthplace of Sunan mode. After the founding of New China, Wuxi established a number of Shedui enterprises on the basis of collective sideline. By the 1970s, these Shedui enterprises had gradually developed into agricultural machinery plants.