Study on Development Stratagem of Urban Competitiveness ——A Case of Urban Competitiveness in Wuxi City

It is ordinary to compete and collaborate among cities. However, urban researches have paid great attention to urban collaboration and obviously ignored urban competitiveness. This paper attempts to set up the integrated development stratagem of urban competitiveness to instruct individual urban growth.At first, this work provides scientific basis of development stratagem about urban competitiveness. It includes four areas: new growth theory, international trade theory, location theory and enterprise competition theory. The four kinds of theories provide foundations for development stratagem of urban competitiveness.Then, this paper points that the development stratagem system of urban competitiveness is constituted of five sections: 1) Regional competition situation. It is important to find out the rivals in region. 2) The present urban advantages. It means to make sure of urban industry advantages, enterprise advantage and location advantage. 3) The development model. Capital accumulation, technical progress and human capital are the major impetuses of urban competitiveness. 4) The problems of urban competitiveness. 5) Selection of development stratagem.So the system has been used in analyzing and appraising urban competitiveness in Wuxi City. According to the developmental pattern and trade competitiveness in national market and internal market, the pressure to Wuxi City is not from inter-provincial cities, but from Suzhou , Changzhou and Nanjing cities in Jiangsu Province. Although textile industry in Wuxi has great advantage and its scenery is attractive, lack of creativity and environmental deterioration worsen the above fortes. The current urban development model in Wuxi City has to be adjusted in order to keep the urban competitiveness and creativity and sustainable use in resources are decisive factors influencing urban competitiveness.At last, we can reasonably conclude that the greatest problem in Wuxi City is that the past fortes fade away but the new advantages have not been established. Therefore, consolidating its strong point and fostering the new competitiveness are urgent in Wuxi City. Because the situation of Wuxi City is typical in China, the study is helpful to proves the way of urban competitiveness.