Chengxiang Town is located in Taicang City, Jiangsu Province, adjacent to Jiading District of Shanghai to the south and Kunshan City to the west. It is an important station for Jiangsu Province to connect with Shanghai and one of the gateway cities for Jiangsu Province to connect with Shanghai.

Chengxiang Town is located 30 kilometers from the center of Shanghai and is one of the closest cities to Shanghai.

On October 9, 2018, Chengxiang Town was selected as one of the top 100 comprehensive strength towns in China for the year 2018. On September 11, 2019, Chengxiang Town was selected as one of the "2018 Top 100 Comprehensive Competitiveness Towns in China". On October 8, 2019, it was selected as one of the top 100 comprehensive strength towns in China for the year 2019.

Chengxiang Town will accelerate the construction of innovation carriers, accelerate the agglomeration of innovative enterprises, formulate high value and targeted science and technology innovation reward policies, and improve the incentive mechanism for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements; Accelerate the cultivation of independent innovation capabilities in enterprises, activate innovation entities, and ensure new breakthroughs in the number of high enterprises and provincial private technology enterprises; Based on the Suzhou Institute of Inorganic Non Metals at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, we will accelerate the transformation and implementation of technological innovation achievements, strengthen cooperation with universities in Shanghai, Nanjing and other places, and achieve greater results in major projects and the introduction of scientific and technological talents.