江阴城历史悠久,是长江南北城乡物资的重要集散地之一和水陆交通枢纽,素有“江海门户”之称。改革开放以来,工商业发展迅速,各地商贩沿公路两旁摆摊经营副食品。1992年市政府顺应市场经济发展的需要,在市区东南锡澄公路与澄张公路交叉口、大运河西侧建设江阴食品城。 Jiangyin City has a long history and is one of the important distribution centers for the materials of the north and south urban and rural areas of the Yangtze River, as well as a water and land transportation hub. It is known as the “Jianghai Gateway”. Since the reform and opening up, industrial and commercial development has been rapid. Local traders have set up stalls on both sides of the highway to operate non-staple food. In 1992, the municipal government complied with the needs of the development of the market economy and built Jiangyin Food City at the intersection of the Xicheng Highway and Chengzhang Highway in the southeast of the city and the west side of the Grand Canal.