The Tourism Business Forum 2026 opened in Preah Sihanouk Province, Cambodia, on July 29, with Zhou Wendong, vice-mayor of Wuxi, outlining a three-pronged cooperation framework between the city and the Cambodian province.
Wuxi reported a 5 percent year-on-year increase in GDP for the first half of 2026, reaching 809.03 billion yuan ($119.80 billion), according to official data released on July 29.
A summer travel boom has lifted weekly passenger throughput at Wuxi Shuofang Airport to more than 15,000 for the first time, a nearly 40 percent year‑on‑year surge that local officials attribute in large part to a sharp rise in arrivals from South Korea.
Wuxi, a major industrial hub in East China, has achieved double-trillion status, joining an elite group of cities with both a GDP exceeding 1 trillion yuan ($147.69 billion) and a total market capitalization of domestically listed companies surpassing 1 trillion yuan.
Tania Hamad, an Australian tech founder, joined a tech immersion trip in Wuxi, which reshaped her understanding of scale and innovation.
The 15th Asia Pacific Harmonica Art Week was held in Jiangyin, Wuxi, Jiangsu province, from July 24 to 27, welcoming harmonica players from across the globe.
The sixth Canal Cities Model United Nations Conference and the Global Citizen MUN China Conference opened on July 24 in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, drawing nearly 700 students and teachers from China, the United States, Europe and Southeast Asia.
Japanese retiree reflects on a 40-year-old hit song and his unbreakable bond with Wuxi.
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