语言不仅是一种工具,更是一种有价值、可利用、能发展的社会资源。本文从苏北外资经济发展状况入手,探讨了外语语言环境与城市形象、经济发展的关系,并指出“外语环境”也是“投资环境”。基于此,淮安在“十三五”经济发展中应加大外语环境建设力度,提升城市文化品位,促进城市内涵建设。 Language is not only a tool, but also a valuable, accessible and developing social resource. This article starts with the economic development of foreign capital in Northern Jiangsu, discusses the relationship between foreign language environment and city image and economic development, and points out that “foreign language environment” is also “investment environment”. Based on this, Huai’an should intensify the construction of its foreign language environment in the economic development of “13th Five-Year Plan”, enhance its cultural quality and promote the connotation construction of the city.