The latest planning and site selection of Wuxi Olympic Sports Center

The latest planned location of Wuxi Olympic Sports Center is the core area of Taihu New Town.

On February 9, 2023, the Wuxi Olympic Sports Center project, which received much attention, started construction in the Economic Development Zone. This is a vivid practice for our city to accelerate the construction of a prosperous and happy this beautiful city that people are satisfied with, and it is also a landmark project for our city to carry forward the spirit of "four dares" and strive to build a strong city through sports.

Wuxi Olympic Sports Center has a total land area of about 56.7 hectares, a total construction area of about 467,000 square meters and a total investment of about 6.9 billion yuan. It is planned to have 60,000 stadiums, 1.8 million stadiums, 2,000 swimming pools and a national fitness center, which will be built according to the standards of Grade A stadiums. After completion, large-scale comprehensive national sports events can be held.

Famous scenic spots in Wuxi

Yuantouzhu, Beijing-Hangzhou Ancient Canal and Xi Hui Park are the essence of Wuxi, but by no means all of them. On the beauty of gardens, there are pear gardens and plum gardens. On the long river of history, there is the second spring in the world, Xue Fucheng's former residence, nanzenji. Yuanyuanzhu, located in the northern part of Taihu Lake, is named after it looks like a floating catfish and is known as the first scene of Taihu Lake. There are Taoist fairy palaces and statues of Taoist and Buddhist grottoes on the island, as well as many historical sites and private gardens built by celebrities and dignitaries in the old days.

Lingshan scenic spot is the only Buddhist cultural theme park that displays Sakyamuni's achievements. It consists of Lingshan Giant Buddha, Lingshan Gong Fan, Jiulong Irrigation Bath, Xiangfu Temple, Wuyin Tancheng and other scenic spots. It can be simply summarized as one mountain, one temple and one Buddha, with a strong Buddhist atmosphere.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Wuxi