Wuxi

American

[wy-shœ] / ˈwüˈʃœ /

(Older Spelling) Wusih;

noun

Pinyin.

a city in southern Jiangsu province, in eastern China.

Wuxi British

/ ˈwuːˈʃiː, -ˈsiː /

noun

a city in E China, in S Jiangsu province on the Grand Canal: textile industry. Pop: 1 192 000 (2005 est)

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Some municipalities, including the eastern cities of Wuxi and Hangzhou, have pledged hundreds of thousands of dollars to support the adoption and development of OpenClaw and other AI agents.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Some examples: In Wuxi, an industrial city west of Shanghai with 100,000 workers, the party had only 25 members in 1929.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

"There is a popular demand for better and more sustainable protein for food," says corresponding author Xiao Liu of Jiangnan University in Wuxi, China.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2025

Last month, He set a Chinese national record when he ran a 2:06:57 at the Wuxi Marathon, the New York Times reported.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2024

The city of Wuxi, near the commercial hub of Shanghai, held 85 signing ceremonies for deals worth 156 billion yuan during a seven-day trip to Hong Kong, Macau and Shenzhen, its Douyin posting showed.

From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2023

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