Kunshan ( 昆山; pinyin: Kūnshān; Wade-Giles: K'un-shan) is a county-level city in Jiangsu, China. Is currently ranks as the most economically successful county in China. It is culturally significant as the origin of Kunshan diao, the melody which ultimately evolved into Kunqu, China's oldest extant theatre art. Pinyin (æ¼é³, pÄ«nyÄ«n) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hà nyÇ PÄ«nyÄ«n (æ±è¯æ¼é³, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin. ... Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ... A county-level city (县级市 Pinyin: xiànjí shì) is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. ... Jiangsu (Simplified Chinese: æ±è; Traditional Chinese: æ±è; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chiang-su; Postal System Pinyin: Kiangsu) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. ...
It is known as the birthplace of Gong Xian and Soong Ching-ling. Gong Xian (Traditional: é¾è³¢; Simplified: é¾è´¤; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kung Hsien) (1618-1689; some sources give his birth year as early as 1617 or as late as 1620; born in Kunshan, Jiangsu) was a Chinese painter, the most important of the Eight Masters of Nanjing and the leading painter of the Nanjing... Soong Ching-ling (Simplified Chinese: å®åºé¾; Traditional Chinese: 宿 ¶é½¡; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Sung Ching-ling) (January 27, 1893 - May 29, 1981) was one of the Soong sistersâthree sisters whose husbands were amongst Chinas most significant political figures of the early 20th century. ...
Last Oct. 16th, KCC CEO Chung, Mong-jin was chosen as the 5th winner of ‘Friend of Kunshan’ award from Kunshan City’s People’s Government which was held in Kunshan Hotel in Kunshan, China.
‘The Friend of Kunshan’ is a conferred title from Kunshan City’s People’s Government in China which is given to a foreign investor who has contributed crucially to the open-door economy development of Kunshan.
During this award, high position public officers including the secretary of the people’s parties as well as the mayor of Kunshan City, representatives from various enterprises and influential figures were at the award.