Liuhe, Taicang Explained

Liuhe (; (Liuho) lit. "Liu Creek") is a town under the jurisdiction of Taicang county-level city in Suzhou, China. Liuhe has an area of 68sqkm, with around permanent residents.

Name

Liuhe town was called Liujiagang (; lit. "Liu Family Harbor"). It is sometimes also encountered as Liuhegang (; lit. "Liuhe Harbor").

Geography

Liuhe is located around 35km (22miles) to the north of downtown Shanghai. It borders Fuqiao town. Owing to this placement, Liuhe is sometimes known in Chinese as the "First Town at the End of the River and the Start of the Sea".

Famous people

Famous people linked to Liuhe include:

• Chien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese physicist who lived in the United States and was born and raised in Liuhe. She is regarded as the "queen of physics" for her work on beta decay and laying the groundwork for the creation of the Standard Model in particle physics.^[1]
• Steven Chu is a Nobel Prize winner in physics, whose ancestral hometown is Liuhe.

Industries

Fishing is the traditional industry in Liuhe and it is still one of the most important industries in Liuhe. Liuhe also has quite developed manufacturing. There are a few regionally famous manufacturing companies in Liuhe.

Transportation

China National Highway 328 runs through Liuhe.

External links

• Government of Liuhe portal

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Cho. Adrian. Postage stamp to honor female physicist who many say should have won the Nobel Prize. 2021-02-05. 2021-02-01.