长江水润,沙上风吹,张家港市的前身沙洲县,因此得名。沙洲县1962年成立,其行政区域由江阴、常熟两县各划出一部分边远乡镇合并而成。1986年经国务院批准撤县建市,设立张家港市。张家港地处长江下游南岸,东面是大都市上海,南面是著名的苏州、无锡、常州。改革开放前,沙洲县既无铁路,又无高等级公路,长江客轮也不停靠张家港码头。由于资源贫乏,交通不便,经济发展缓慢,人们戏称当时的 Yangtze River moist, sand blowing, Zhangjiagang City, the predecessor of Shazhou County, hence the name. Shazhou County was established in 1962, its administrative region from Jiangyin, Changshu two counties each out of the remote villages and towns merged. Approved by the State Council in 1986 to withdraw from the county to establish a city, the establishment of Zhangjiagang City. Zhangjiagang is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River south bank, the east is the metropolis of Shanghai, south of the famous Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou. Before the reform and opening up, there was neither a railway nor a high-grade highway in Shazhou County, nor did the Changjiang Ferry run to Zhangjiagang Ferry Terminal. Due to poor resources, inconvenient transportation and slow economic development, people dubbed it at the time